Real religion

[Guest guest]

Lest we forget the clear aim of this conference:

 

"Unfortunately, the Indian people gave up the real religious

system-sanatana-dharma, or varnasrama-dharma - and accepted a hodgepodge

thing called "Hinduism." Therefore there is trouble. Vedic religion means

varnasrama-dharma, the division of society into four social classes and four

spiritual orders of life. The four social classes are the brahmanas, the

ksatriyas, the vaisyas and the sudras. The four spiritual orders are the

brahmacaries, the grhasthas, the vanaprasthas and the sannyasis. When all

these classes and orders work harmoniously to satisfy the Lord, that is real

religion, or dharma.

(Srila Prabhupada, Beyond Religion, Journey of Self-Discovery)