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<h2>Lectures</h2>
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<h3>Bhagavad-gita As It Is Lectures</h3>
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Bhāgavata says, dharma-svanuṣṭhitaḥ puṁsām. Everyone has got his duty, either as a brāhmaṇa, as a kṣatriya, as a vaiśya, as a śūdra, as a brahmacārī, as a gṛhastha, vānaprastha, sannyāsī. This is Vedic eight divisions of social life, human life, varṇāśrama-dharma. Unless one comes to this institutional progress of life, varṇa and āśrama, they are animals. Human life begins from these eight divisions of occupational duty.
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[[Vanisource:740131 - Lecture BG 07.01-5 - Hong Kong|740131 - Lecture BG 07.01-5 - Hong Kong]]
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Everyone is performing his duty very nicely. So that is . . . Bhāgavata says, dharma-svanuṣṭhitaḥ puṁsām. Everyone has got his duty, either as a brāhmaṇa, as a kṣatriya, as a vaiśya, as a śūdra, as a brahmacārī, as a gṛhastha, vānaprastha, sannyāsī. This is Vedic eight divisions of social life, human life, varṇāśrama-dharma. Unless one comes to this institutional progress of life, varṇa and āśrama, they are animals. Human life begins from these eight divisions of occupational duty. A brāhmaṇa must execute his duty, a kṣatriya must execute his duty, vaiśya . . . they are all described in the Bhagavad-gītā, what are the duties of brāhmaṇas: satya śamaḥ damaḥ titikṣā ārjava jñānam vijñānam āstikyaṁ brahma-karma svabhāva-jam ([[Vanisource:BG 18.42 (1972)|BG 18.42]]). Kṣatriya: tejaḥ śauryaṁ yuddhe ca apalāyanam ([[Vanisource:BG 18.43 (1972)|BG 18.43]]). Vaiśya: kṛṣi-go-rakṣya-vāṇijyaṁ vaiśya-karma svabhāva-jam ([[Vanisource:BG 18.44 (1972)|BG 18.44]]). Śūdra: paricaryātmakaṁ karyam śūdra-karma svabhāva-jam. Everything is there. So if everyone discharges his duty properly, then his life becomes successful.
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