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| <div id="Bhagavad-gita_As_It_Is_Lectures" class="sub_section" sec_index="0" parent="Lectures" text="Bhagavad-gita As It Is Lectures"><h3>Bhagavad-gita As It Is Lectures</h3> | | <div id="Bhagavad-gita_As_It_Is_Lectures" class="sub_section" sec_index="0" parent="Lectures" text="Bhagavad-gita As It Is Lectures"><h3>Bhagavad-gita As It Is Lectures</h3> |
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| | <div id="LectureonBG413BombayApril21974_1" class="quote" parent="Bhagavad-gita_As_It_Is_Lectures" book="Lec" index="168" link="Lecture on BG 4.13 -- Bombay, April 2, 1974" link_text="Lecture on BG 4.13 -- Bombay, April 2, 1974"> |
| | <div class="heading">Four varṇa means brāhmaṇa, kṣatriya, vaiśya, śūdra. |
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| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Lecture on BG 4.13 -- Bombay, April 2, 1974|Lecture on BG 4.13 -- Bombay, April 2, 1974]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">The people known as Hindus in the world, the Hindu is a term given by the Mohammedans, from "Indus." Indus River is there. Now it is in Pakistan. So people beyond the Indus River, the Mohammedans in Arabia and other countries, they pronounce "s" as "h". Instead of "Sindhu," they used to pronounce it as "Hindu." So people living, crossing the river Indus or Hindus, they were called "Hindus." Otherwise, this "Hindu" term is not seen in any Vedic literature.</p> |
| | <p>The real meaning is the people who observe the varṇāśrama-dharma, four varṇas and four āśramas. Four varṇa means brāhmaṇa, kṣatriya, vaiśya, śūdra. And below the śūdras, they are called caṇḍālas, pañcama, fifth grade, less than the śūdras. That natural division is there everywhere.</p> |
| | <p>Brāhmaṇa means the most intellectual, most intelligent person. Intelligent means one who knows, who has got sufficient knowledge. So brāhmaṇa means he has got sufficient knowledge even up to the understanding of the Absolute Truth. Brahma jānātīti brāhmaṇaḥ. So that is first-class men, brāhmaṇa. So intellectuals or very intelligent class of men, these are everywhere, all over the world. You may call them brāhmaṇa or not, but a class of men, very intelligent, that is available in every part of the world. So brāhmaṇa means the intelligent class of men. And kṣatriya means they are less than the brāhmaṇas. And vaiśyas means less than the kṣatriyas. And śūdras less than all of them. It is a question of intelligence.</p> |
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| <div id="LectureonBG1845DurbanOctober111975_0" class="quote" parent="Bhagavad-gita_As_It_Is_Lectures" book="Lec" index="404" link="Lecture on BG 18.45 -- Durban, October 11, 1975" link_text="Lecture on BG 18.45 -- Durban, October 11, 1975"> | | <div id="LectureonBG1845DurbanOctober111975_0" class="quote" parent="Bhagavad-gita_As_It_Is_Lectures" book="Lec" index="404" link="Lecture on BG 18.45 -- Durban, October 11, 1975" link_text="Lecture on BG 18.45 -- Durban, October 11, 1975"> |