Srila Prabhupada's message to Indians

[Bhakti Vikasa Swami]

I'm repeatedly saying the same thing -- that Indian civilization is different
from others. We should stick to our own culture. That is the prerogative that I
am repeatedly speaking, Caitanya Mahaprabhu's message:
bharata-bhumite manusya-janma haila yara
janma sarthaka kari' kara para-upakara
[Cc Adi 9.41]
Anyone who has taken birth in this holy land of Bharata-varsa, he has got
special advantage. He has got special advantage in this, that he can learn all
this Vedic literature, mahat-seva. Then he makes his life perfect. He
understands what is his life, what is the value of this life, why he's
suffering, how to mitigate it. This is, these things are required, and when one
is well versed and practiced by example, then let him preach all over the
world, para-upakara.

Srila Prabhupada
Lecture - SB 5.5.2, 12 Apr 1975, Hyderabad