The Vaiṣṇava, he's not within the guṇas. This is to be understood. Vaiṣṇava is guṇa-tīta: he is above all these guṇas. The other day someone was asking me . . . Potter. A Vaiṣṇava may work as a potter, but the next moment he can be called to worship the Deities. The materially, a potter cannot worship the Deities; a brāhmaṇa must worship. So how is that? One who is working doll-making and he is immediately called, "Go to the Deity room and worship," because a Vaiṣṇava is guṇa-tīta.
- sa guṇān samatītyaitān
- brahma-bhūyāya kalpate
- (BG 14.26)
A Vaiṣṇava is not under these guṇas. But those who are not Vaiṣṇavas, not devotees, they must according to this law of brāhmaṇa, kṣatriya, vaiśya, śūdra, they must work. Otherwise there will be disruption in the social order—varṇa-saṅkaraḥ. Varṇa-saṅkaraḥ means there is no discrimination who is brāhmaṇa, who is kṣatriya, who is a vaiśya, who is śūdra: chaos. Strīṣu duṣṭāsu varṇa-saṅkaraḥ abhibhavāt (BG 1.40). This is also discussed. If you allow the woman to be polluted, then there will be varṇa-saṅkaraḥ. You cannot distinguish who is brāhmaṇa, who is a kṣatriya, who is a vaiśya. Therefore social order should be adjusted, varṇa-saṅkaraḥ. You have . . .Varṇa, varṇāśrama; that is the instruction of the Vedas.
- varṇāśramācāra-vatā
- puruṣeṇa paraḥ pumān
- viṣṇur ārādhyate panthā
- nānyat tat-toṣa-kāraṇam
- (CC Madhya 8.58, Visnu Purana 3.8.9)
Because the whole process of life is to understand God. This is human being. That is the aim of human civilization. But unfortunately these rascals, they do not know it. Na te viduḥ svārtha-gatiṁ hi viṣṇuṁ (SB 7.5.31). They are making different goal of life according to their own whims, sattva-guṇa, rajo-guṇa . . . No sattva-guṇa; rajo-guṇa and tamo-guṇa. Sattva-guṇa, we understand the aim of life is to please God. That is sattva-guṇa.