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<h2>Lectures</h2>
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<h3>Sri Caitanya-caritamrta Lectures</h3>
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The four divisions of social order is the brāhmaṇa, kṣatriya, vaiśya and śūdra; and spiritual order is the sannyāsī, vānaprastha, gṛhastha and brahmacārī. To become a brahmacārī means to make advance in spiritual life. And the social order is there, the brāhmaṇas, kṣatriya. So it is called varṇāśrama-dharma.
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[[Vanisource:670111 - Lecture CC Madhya 22.21-28 - New York|670111 - Lecture CC Madhya 22.21-28 - New York]]
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In the Śrīmad-Bhāgavata, Eleventh Canto, these two verses are there. What is that? Mukha-bāhūru-pādebhyaḥ puruṣasyāśramaiḥ saha. Now, according to Vedic conception of social life, there are four divisions of social order and four divisions of spiritual order. The four divisions of social order is the brāhmaṇa, kṣatriya, vaiśya and śūdra; and spiritual order is the sannyāsī, vānaprastha, gṛhastha and brahmacārī. To become a brahmacārī means to make advance in spiritual life. And the social order is there, the brāhmaṇas, kṣatriya. So it is called varṇāśrama-dharma.

Actually, Hindu . . . there is no such word as "Hindu" religion. We don't find in the Vedic scripture. Hindu religion . . . this "Hindu" word is given by the Muhammadans. They, they, they generally pronounce i as h. They . . . so there is river in the west, western side of India. There is river, Indus, Indus River. So Indus River the Muhammadans used to call "Hindus." From "Hindus" it has come to Hindustan, "the place of the Hindus."

So Hindu, Hindu religion is a modern term given by the foreigners. Actually the Indians, the bhāratīya, they, their religion is varṇāśrama-dharma, religion of four castes and four spiritual orders. Four spiritual orders and four social orders. The persons who follow these four orders of social status and four orders of spiritual advancement, they are called varṇāśrama. So "Hindu religion" is a miscalculation. Really, they are called varṇāśrama-dharma. That is the Vedic term.
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