Samskara (Lectures)

Expressions researched:
"samskara" |"samskaras"

Notes from the compiler: Does not include "garbhadhana-samskara" or "garbhadhana samskaras" or "samskara means"

Bhagavad-gita As It Is Lectures

Second birth means saṁskāra, saṁskāra, reformation, reformation. It doesn't matter where and how he is born.

Lecture on BG 2.48-49 -- New York, April 1, 1966:

Sometimes the birds are also called dvija. Dvija means twice-born. Twice-born. Just like the birds... The sea bird lays the egg first, and then it is fomented. And from the, I mean to, the egg, the cub comes out, the offspring comes out—the second birth. Therefore birds are also sometimes called dvija. Similarly human and higher status of life, they must have twice-born. Therefore the brāhmaṇas, the kṣatriyas, and the vaiśyas, this thread, this thread is the sign that "My second birth has been done." This is the emblem. This upavīta, upanayanam, this is the sign. In India higher caste you will find this sacred thread. Sacred thread means when he is accepted, when he is given the second birth, this thread ceremony, there is a thread ceremony. So second birth means saṁskāra, saṁskāra, reformation, reformation. It doesn't matter where and how he is born. It doesn't matter.