VARNASRAMA

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THE SOCIETY DIVIDED ACCORDING TO FAITH (VARNASRAMA) WITH THE ACARYA SRILA

PRABHUPADA AS THE INITIATIOR AT THE CENTRE. 740803SB.VRN That is actually fact,

actually fact, that if one wants to liveindependently... In Calcutta I have

seen. Even poor class vaisyas, and in the morning they'll take some dal, bag of

dal, and go door to door. Dal is required everywhere. So in morning he makes dal

business, and in evening he takes one canister of kerosene oil. So in the

evening everyone will require. Still you'll find in India, they... Nobody was

seeking for employment. A little, whatever he has got, selling some ground nuts

or that peanuts. Something he's doing. After all, Krsna is giving maintenance to

everyone. IT IS A MISTAKE TO THINK THAT "THIS MAN IS GIVING ME MAINTENANCE." NO.

SASTRA SAYS, EKO YO BAHUNAM VIDADHATI KAMAN. IT IS CONFIDENCE IN KRSNA, THAT

"KRSNA HAS GIVEN ME LIFE, KRSNA HAS SENT ME HERE. SO HE'LL GIVE ME MY

MAINTENANCE. SO ACCORDING TO MY CAPACITY, LET ME DO SOMETHING, AND THROUGH THAT

SOURCE, KRSNA'S MAINTENANCE WILL COME." JUST LIKE WE ARE MAINTAINING SO MANY

PEOPLE IN THE KRSNA CONSCIOUSNESS MOVEMENT. SO WHAT BUSINESS WE ARE DOING? BUT

WE ARE CONFIDENT THAT KRSNA WILL SEND US OUR MAINTENANCE. THAT CONFIDENCE

REQUIRED. A sudra means he becomes disturbed. He becomes distur... "Oh, I have

no employment. How shall I eat?Where shall I go? Where shall I live?" He has no

faith in Krsna. THEBRAHMANA HAS GOT FULL FAITH. THE KSATRIYA HAS GOT LITTLE LESS

FAITH, THE VAISYA, LITTLE LESS FAITH, AND THE SUDRA HAS NO FAITH. THIS IS

THEDIFFERENCE. SO YOUR QUESTION WAS THAT HOW WE CAN KNOW A SUDRA? THAT BECAUSE

EVERYONE IS NOW FAITHLESS AND EVERYONE IS SEEKING AFTER EMPLOYMENT.

Therefore... We may discuss in so many ways. BECAUSE PEOPLE HAVE BECOME SUDRA,

THEREFORE THE CAPITALISTS ARE EXPLOITING THEM. If everyone denies to be, serve,

then these so-called industries will fail. Immediately. That is Gandhi's

proposal. "Noncooperate with the British government, and it will wind up."And

actually so happened. Because people are now sudras, they depend for their

bread to others, the others exploit them: "Come here. You work and I shall give

you bread." They do not believe any more, "O God, give us our daily bread." They

think that "This, our master give us daily bread." Thatis sudra. SUDRA MEANS ONE

WHO IS DEPENDENT ON OTHERS. PARICARYATMAKAMKARYAM SUDRA-KARMA SVABHAVA-JAM. THIS

IS THE DESCRIPTION, DEFINITION OFSUDRA. AND VAISYA: KRSI-GO-RAKSYA-VANIJYAM

VAISYA-KARMA SVABHAVA-JAM. THE VAISYA IS DOING THE KRSI, AGRICULTURE. WHY HE

SHOULD DEPEND ON...? TAKE SOME LAND FROM THE GOVERNMENT. YOU PRODUCE YOUR FOOD.

WHERE IS THEDIFFICULTY? KEEP SOME COWS. YOU GET MILK. VAISYA-KARMA

SVABHAVA...GO-RAKSYA. IF YOU HAVE GOT EXCESS, THEN MAKE TRADE. WHY YOU SHOULD

DEPEND ON OTHERS?But they do not know. They want that "I shall go at ten

o'clock in theoffice, and I shall do nothing. Simply I shall take the pen and

make like this and take my salary." That's all. Cheating. This is going on.

Therefore the whole system is polluted. Nobody's doing his duty. Catur-varnyam

maya srstam guna-karma... According to one's quality, one must work. But nobody

wants to work. So therefore they are sudras. They are working, but at the care

of somebody else. Not independently. Now the school, college, the teacher is

also depending on salary. So they are sudras. So what teaching they will give?

TEACHING IS THE BUSINESS OF THE BRAHMANA. NO SALARY. Formerly, all the

brahmanas, they used to have that... It is called tola, catuspathi. Catuspathi.

Brahmana, he'll sit down anywhere and invite that "If you like, you can come and

take some teachings from me." Note: Srila Prabhupada (our BONAFIDE spiritual

master gives the ascertainment of our position---see the instructions he has

provided)SB 5.19.19 A Description of the Island of JambudvipaThe people who

take birth in this tract of land are divided according tothe qualities of

material nature--the modes of goodness [sattva-guna], passion [rajo-guna], and

ignorance [tamo-guna]. Some of them are born as exalted personalities, some are

ordinary human beings, and some are extremely abominable, for in Bharata-varsa

one takes birth exactlyaccording to one's past karma. IF ONE'S POSITION IS

ASCERTAINED BY A BONA FIDE SPIRITUAL MASTER AND ONE IS PROPERLY TRAINED TO

ENGAGE IN THE SERVICE OF LORD VISNU ACCORDING TO THE FOUR SOCIAL DIVISIONS

[bRAHMANA, KSATRIYA, VAISYA AND SUDRA] AND THE FOUR SPIRITUAL DIVISIONS

[bRAHMACARI, GRHASTHA, VANAPRASTHA AND SANNYASA], ONE'S LIFE BECOMES

PERFECT.Note: Srila Prabhupada spells out his mission: to institute the

varnasrama system(all over the world).SB 5.19.19 varnasramacaravatapurusena

parah pumanvisnur aradhyate panthananyat tat-tosa-karanam"The Supreme

personality of Godhead, Lord Visnu, is worshiped by the proper execution of

prescribed duties in the system of varna and asrama. There is no other way to

satisfy the Lord." In the land of Bharata-varsa, the institution of

varnasrama-dharma may be easily adopted. At the present moment, certain

demoniac sections of the population of Bharatavarsa are disregarding the system

of varnasrama-dharma. Because there is no institution to teach people how to

become brahmanas, ksatriyas, vaisyas and sudras or brahmacaris, grhasthas,

vanaprasthas and sannyasis, these demons want a classless society. This is

resulting in chaotic conditions. In the name of secular government, unqualified

people are taking the supreme governmental posts. No one is being trained to act

according to theprinciples of varnasrama-dharma, and thus people are becoming

increasingly degraded and are heading in the direction of animal life. THE REAL

AIM OF LIFE IS LIBERATION, BUT UNFORTUNATELY THE OPPORTUNITY FOR LIBERATION IS

BEING DENIED TO PEOPLE IN GENERAL, AND THEREFORE THEIR HUMAN LIVES ARE BEING

SPOILED. THE KRSNA CONSCIOUSNESS MOVEMENT, HOWEVER, IS BEINGPROPAGATED ALL OVER

THE WORLD TO REESTABLISH THE VARNASRAMA-DHARMA SYSTEM AND THUS SAVE HUMAN

SOCIETY FROM GLIDING DOWN TO HELLISH LIFE.Note: here Srila Prabhupada spells

out the division according to the modes of nature.Bg 7.13 P By nature living

entities have particular types of body and particulartypes of psychic and

biological activities accordingly. THERE ARE FOURCLASSES OF MEN FUNCTIONING IN

THE THREE MODES OF NATURE. THOSE WHO AREPURELY IN THE MODE OF GOODNESS ARE

CALLED BRAHMANAS. THOSE WHO ARE PURELY IN THE MODE OF PASSION ARE CALLED

KSATRIYAS. THOSE WHO ARE IN THE MODES OF BOTH PASSION AND IGNORANCE ARE CALLED

VAISYAS. THOSE WHO ARE COMPLETELY IN IGNORANCE ARE CALLED SUDRAS. And those who

are less than that are animals or animal life. However, these designations are

not permanent.750524BG.FIJ So in the Bhagavad-gita it is said, karanam

guna-sangah asya. As soon as we are in the material world, we are under the

influence either of these three gunas: sattva-guna, rajo-guna, tamo-guna. THOSE

WHO ARE PURELY IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE MODES OF GOODNESS, SATTVA-GUNA, THEY ARE

CONSIDERED AS BRAHMANA. AND THOSE WHO ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE RAJO-GUNA,

PASSION, THEY ARE CALLED KSATRIYAS. AND THOSE WHO ARE ASSOCIATING WITH THE

TAMO-GUNA, IGNORANCE, THEY ARE CALLED THE SUDRAS. AND THE MIXTURE OF TAMO-GUNA

AND RAJO-GUNA IS THE POSITION OF THE VAISYA. In this way, there are four

divisions of men everywhere. CATUR-VARNYAM MAYA SRSTAM GUNA-KARMA-VIBHAGASAH.

According to the association of particular type of modes of nature and working

in that way, it makes a division of the human society. That is required. For

upkeep of the human society in order, according to the quality and work there

must be division. But that is not that division as we are thinking at the

present moment in India--a man is born in the brahmana family, he is brahmana.

No. HE MUST HAVE THE BRAHMINICAL QUALIFICATION. That is first consideration.

Samo damah satyam saucam arjavam titiksa, jnanam vijnanam astikyam brahma-karma

svabhava-jam. That is the verdict of the sastra. Not by birth.Note: Kanistha

(NEOPHYTE is QUALIFIED brahmana)770214r2.may Prabhupada: KANISTHA-ADHIKARI

MEANS HE MUST BE A BRAHMANA. THAT ISKANISTHA-ADHIKARI. THE SPIRITUAL LIFE,

KANISTHA-ADHIKARI, MEANS HE MUST BE A QUALIFIED BRAHMANA. THAT IS KANISTHA.

WHAT IS ESTEEMED AS VERY HIGH POSITION IN THE MATERIAL WORLD, BRAHMANA, THAT IS

KANISTHA-ADHIKARI.

arcayam eva harayepujam yah sraddhayehatena tad-bhaktesu canyesusa bhaktah

prakrtah smrtahThe brahmana means FROM THE MATERIAL STAGE gradually he is

elevated to the spiritual stage. And BELOW THE BRAHMANA THERE IS NO QUESTION OF

VAISNAVA.Hari-sauri: No question of?Prabhupada: Vaisnavism.Note: Purpose of

Initiation710907IN.LON So the time is up? No. (break) By initiated process one

is elevated tothe highest position in this material world. Brahmanas' position,

in this material world, is the highest position. So this is a training to come

to the brahminical stage. THEN ONE HAS TO SURPASS THAT BRAHMINICAL STAGE ALSO.

THAT IS CALLED PURE GOODNESS. Brahmana is goodness, but there is chance of

being contaminated with passion and ignorance, because it is material world.

BUT WHEN (ONE) SURPASSES THAT BRAHMINICAL STAGE AND BECOMES PURE VAISNAVA, THEN

KRSNA BECOMES REVEALED TO HIM. THEREFORE KRSNA'S NAME IS VASUDEVA. PURE STAGE OF

LIFE IS CALLED VASUDEVA STAGE. JUST LIKE VASUDEVA WAS FATHER OF KRSNA. THAT

MEANS WHEN ONE IS SITUATED IN THE VASUDEVA STAGE, SUDDHA-SATTVA, PURE GOODNESS,

KRSNA IS BORN. KRSNA BORN MEANS KRSNA BECOMES VISIBLE, REVEALED. SO THIS

INITIATION PROCESS IS GRADUALLY TO RAISE A DEVOTEE TO THAT PLATFORM. At the

stage of Bhava revelations begins.Adi 7.83 Lord Caitanya in Five FeaturesIn

this verse it is explained that one who chants the Hare Krsna mantradevelops

BHAVA, ECSTASY, WHICH IS THE POINT AT WHICH REVELATION BEGINS.NoI 5 One should

mentally honor the devotee who chants the holy name of LordKrsna, ONE SHOULD

OFFER HUMBLE OBEISANCES TO THE DEVOTEE WHO HAS UNDERGONE SPIRITUAL INITIATION

[DIKSA] and is engaged in worshiping the Deity, and one should associate with

and faithfully serve that Pure devotee who is advanced in undeviated devotional

service and whose heart is completely devoid of the propensity to criticize

others.PURPORT

In order to intelligently apply the sixfold loving reciprocations mentioned in

the previous verse, one must select proper persons with careful discrimination.

Srila Rupa Gosvami therefore advises that we should meet with the Vaisnavas in

an appropriate way, according to their particular status. In this verse he

tells us how to deal with three types of devotees--the kanistha-adhikari,

madhyama-adhikari and uttama-adhikari. THE KANISTHA-ADHIKARI IS A NEOPHYTE WHO

HAS RECEIVED THE HARI-NAMA INITIATION FROM THE SPIRITUAL MASTER AND IS TRYING

TO CHANT THE HOLY NAME OF KRSNA.One should respect such a person within his

mind as a kanistha-vaisnava. A MADHYAMA-ADHIKARI HAS RECEIVED SPIRITUAL

INITIATION FROM THE SPIRITUAL MASTER AND HAS BEEN FULLY ENGAGED BY HIM IN THE

TRANSCENDENTAL LOVING SERVICE OF THE LORD. The madhyama-adhikari should be

considered to be situated midway in devotional service. The uttama-adhikari, or

highest devotee, is one who is very advanced in devotional service. An

uttama-adhikari is not interested in blaspheming others, his heart is

completely clean, and he has attained the realized state of unalloyed Krsna

consciousness. According to Srila Rupa Gosvami, the association and service of

such a maha-bhagavata, or perfect Vaisnava, are most desirable.Note:Srila

Prabhupada the PURE DEVOTEE and his purports from theSrimad-Bhagavatam are

FULLY competant to transmit Loving mellows(diksa---Vasudava is revealed in the

heart). Adi 1.99 One of the bhagavatas is the great scripture

Srimad-Bhagavatam, AND THEOTHER IS THE PURE DEVOTEE ABSORBED IN THE MELLOWS OF

LOVING DEVOTION.Adi 1.100 THROUGH THE ACTIONS OF THESE TWO BHAGAVATAS THE LORD

INSTILLS THEMELLOWS OF TRANSCENDENTAL LOVING SERVICE INTO THE HEART OF A LIVING

BEING, and thus the Lord, in the heart of His devotee, comes under the control

of the devotee's love.Note:Madhyama adhikari has received SPIRITUAL initiation.

Antya 4.192 DIKSA-kale bhakta kare atma-samarpanasei-kale krsna tare kare

atma-sama"At the time of initiation, when a devotee FULLY SURRENDERS UNTO

THESERVICE OF THE LORD, Krsna accepts him to be as good as Himself.Antya 4.194

" 'The living entity who is subjected to birth and death, when he givesup all

material activities dedicating his life to Me for executing Myorder, and thus

acts according to My direction, at that time he reaches the platform of

immortality, and becomes fit to enjoy the SPIRITUAL BLISS OF EXCHANGE OF LOVING

MELLOWS WITH ME.'760211SB.MAY In the madhyama-adhikari he can see four things.

What is that? Fourthings means, first of all the Supreme Lord, isvara, the

controller, he can see. HE CAN SEE MEANS HE UNDERSTANDS, HE APPRECIATES, HE CAN

CONCEIVE, "YES, THE SUPREME LORD IS THERE". THERE IS NO MORE THEORETICAL.Srila

Prabhupada the PURE devotee is the ACARYA who is giving us this opportunity for

Krishna and his pastimes --loving mellows--to be transferred from his heart to

ours PROVIDED we chant the Hare Krishna mantra offenseless and pure(love of

God).SB 10.2.18 As indicated here by the word manastah, the SUPREME PERSONALITY

OFGODHEAD WAS TRANSFERRED FROM THE CORE OF VASUDEVA'S MIND OR HEART TO THE CORE

OF THE HEART OF DEVAKI. WE SHOULD NOTE CAREFULLY THAT THE LORD WAS TRANSFERRED

TO DEVAKI NOT BY THE ORDINARY WAY FOR A HUMAN BEING, BUT BY DIKSA, INITIATION.

Thus the importance of initiation is mentioned here. UNLESS ONE IS INITIATED BY

THE RIGHT PERSON, WHO ALWAYS CARRIES WITHIN HIS HEART THE SUPREME PERSONALITY OF

GODHEAD, ONE CANNOT ACQUIRE THE POWER TO CARRY THE SUPREME GODHEAD WITHIN THE

CORE OF ONE'S OWN HEART.