When scripture contains so much wisdom why does most of India not follow scripture?

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there is so much knowledge given in scriptures why in India no one follows it it is not that no one follows it very few people follow it that is because primarily the philosophical or the educational intellectual aspect of scripture has not been communicated in society the brahmanas were meant to share this knowledge brahmanas are meant to be teachers primarily spiritual teachers but unfortunately many of the people who were brahmanas they simply became paid priests who do certain rituals but they would not explain any philosophical significance so that rich tradition of philosophical education is lost and the culture is there but when the culture is not rationally explained then it becomes neglected or even rejected sometimes it is reviled it is criticized by people so because people feel this is a mix and when somebody when people think simply this is cultural or traditional if I like it I will practice it if I don’t like it I won’t practice it but when they understand that this is not just cultural or traditional this is transformational this will transform my life this will empower me then they practice it that’s why Sri Prabhupada will say that the temples are meant to be educational centers should be like universities so to the extent we can have the philosophical knowledge being shared to that extent people will appreciate the wisdom given in scriptures and they will apply it they will share it so we need to restore the tradition of brahmanas teaching scripture and to the extent we can also be a part of we understand scripture knowledge we share scripture knowledge then we will find that there is a spiritual reawakening that will take place