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Four orders of spiritual life and four orders of material life, brahmana, ksatriya, vaisya, sudra. This is called varnasrama-dharma. So India, it is especially practiced, India

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Brahmacārī, vānaprastha, uh . . . gṛhastha, vānaprastha, then sannyāsa. Four orders of spiritual life and four orders of material life, brāhmaṇa, kṣatriya, vaiśya, śūdra. This is called varṇāśrama-dharma. So India, it is specially practiced, India, this bhārata-bhūmi. Therefore bhārata-bhūmi is called puṇya-bhūmi. But we are giving up all these things.

So we are trying to bring everyone—Hindus, Muslims, or mlecchas, Yavanas, Kirāta, Hūṇa, Āndhras—anyone come to Kṛṣṇa consciousness, there is no limitation. We don't say, "No. Because you are born in this family, you cannot take to Kṛṣṇa consciousness." Everyone can do. Just like in Africa they are also taking. They are becoming Vaiṣṇava. So this is our main business. This is the business of every Indian. Caitanya Mahāprabhu said:

bhārata-bhūmite manuṣya-janma haila yāra
janma sārthaka kari' kara para-upakāra
(CC Adi 9.41)

Janma sārthaka kari. First of all we have to make our life perfect by following these principles. Not that we shall remain all along gṛhastha. No. That is not Vedic injunction. At a certain age you must give up your gṛhastha life. Whatever is done is done. That's all. Finished. That is Vedic civilization.

Brahmacārī, vānaprastha, uh . . . gṛhastha, vānaprastha, then sannyāsa. Four orders of spiritual life and four orders of material life, brāhmaṇa, kṣatriya, vaiśya, śūdra. This is called varṇāśrama-dharma. So India, it is specially practiced, India, this bhārata-bhūmi. Therefore bhārata-bhūmi is called puṇya-bhūmi. But we are giving up all these things. We are becoming allured by something else. That is our misfortune. (end)

Page Title:Four orders of spiritual life and four orders of material life, brahmana, ksatriya, vaisya, sudra. This is called varnasrama-dharma. So India, it is especially practiced, India
Compiler:Anurag
Created:2022-11-08, 12:39:27
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