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A paṇḍita, if one has actually elevated to that stage of perfect wisdom, then he is sama-darśinaḥ, that actually sama . . . how sama-darśinaḥ? Vidyā-vinaya-sampanne brāhmaṇe. A Brāhmin, according to Vedic culture, a Brāhmin is considered . . . Brāhmin means vidyā-vinaya-sampanne. He is very gentle and very learned. That is the first qualification of Brāhmin. Not by birth but by qualification.
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[[Vanisource:690502 - Lecture at International Student Association Cambridge - Boston|690502 - Lecture at International Student Association Cambridge - Boston]]
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It is said that you are doing your duty according to your position. Everyone is doing. Svanuṣṭhitaḥ dharmaḥ. Dharma means occupational duty. Everyone has got duty. A student has a duty, or a householder has got some duty, a sannyāsī has got some duty, a brahmacārī has got duty. So there are different types of duties according to different occupation or profession.

But Bhāgavata says that you can perform your duties very nicely, very accurately, but if by performing your duties you do not come to the understanding of Kṛṣṇa, or God, then whatever you have done very nicely, śrama eva hi kevalam: it is simply laboring. Simply laboring.

But if you want to perfection, come to the point of perfection, then that is stated in the Bhagavad-gītā, as I said, that bahūnāṁ janmanām, after discharging duties very nicely, very accurately, very faithfully, if one comes to the point that vāsudevaḥ sarvam iti, then you should understand that your feelings of love or international feeling or national feeling has actually expanded. That is it. That is real national feeling.

And what is the symptom? A man says: "Yes, I have expanded very widely my feelings of love." No. There are some symptoms how you are feeling, how you are . . . that is also stated in the Bhagavad-gītā, that paṇḍitāḥ sama-darśinaḥ. Paṇḍita means learned. Sama-darśinaḥ.

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:vidyā-vinaya-sampanne
:brāhmaṇe gavi hastini
:śuni caiva śva-pāke ca
:paṇḍitāḥ sama-darśinaḥ 
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A paṇḍita, if one has actually elevated to that stage of perfect wisdom, then he is sama-darśinaḥ, that actually sama . . . how sama-darśinaḥ? Vidyā-vinaya-sampanne brāhmaṇe. A Brāhmin, according to Vedic culture, a Brāhmin is considered . . . Brāhmin means vidyā-vinaya-sampanne. He is very gentle and very learned. That is the first qualification of Brāhmin. Not by birth but by qualification.

Gentle and learned. Vidyā-vinaya-sampanne brāhmaṇe gavi . . . brāhmaṇe gavi hastini, paṇḍitaḥ sama-darśinaḥ. Because his vision is no more on the platform of this body. Sama-darśinaḥ. He sees a learned Brāhmin is also a spirit soul, and a dog is also a spirit soul, an elephant is also a spirit soul, or a low-born man, he is also spirit soul.
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