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Brahminical Culture

 

The Lord is the protector of cows and the brahminical culture. A society

devoid of cow protection and brahminical culture is not under the direct

protection of the Lord, just as the prisoners in the jails are not under the

protection of the king but under the protection of a severe agent of the

king. Without cow protection and cultivation of the brahminical qualities in

human society, at least for a section of the members of society, no human

civilization can prosper at any length.

 

By brahminical culture, the development of the dormant qualities of

goodness, namely truthfulness, equanimity, sense control, forbearance,

simplicity, general knowledge, transcendental knowledge, and firm faith in

the Vedic wisdom, one can become a brahmana and thus see the Lord as He is.

And after surpassing the brahminical perfection, one has to become a devotee

of the Lord so that His loving affection in the form of proprietor, master,

friend, son and lover can be transcendentally achieved.

 

The stage of a devotee, which attracts the transcendental affection of the

Lord, does not develop unless one has developed the qualities of a brahmana

as above mentioned. The Lord is inclined to a brahmana of quality and not of

false prestige. Those who are less than a brahmana by qualification cannot

establish any relation with the Lord, just as fire cannot be kindled from

the raw earth unless there is wood, although there is a relation between

wood and the earth.

 

SB 1.14.34 Purport