View source for In spiritual life truthful is very essential. That is the first qualification, brahminical qualification: satya, sama, dama, titiksa, arjavam, and astikyam, jnanam, vijnanam brahma-karma svabhava-jam (BG 18.42), it is stated in the BG

<div id="compilation">
<div id="facts">
{{terms|"in spiritual life . . . truthful is very essential. That is the first qualification, brahminical qualification: satya, śama, dama, titikṣā, ārjavam, and āstikyaṁ, jñānaṁ, vijñānam brahma-karma svabhāva-jam"|"it is stated in the Bhagavad-gītā"}}
{{notes|}}
{{compiler|Soham}}
{{complete|ALL}}
{{first|2024-02-27T14:58:33.000Z}}
{{last|2024-02-27T14:58:33.000Z}}
{{totals_by_section|BG=0|SB=0|CC=0|OB=0|Lec=1|Con=0|Let=0}}
{{total|1}}
{{toc right}}
[[Category:Spiritual Life]]
[[Category:Truthfulness]]
[[Category:Very Essential]]
[[Category:First Qualification]]
[[Category:Brahminical Qualifications]]
[[Category:Satya]]
[[Category:Dama]]
[[Category:Bhagavad-gita Says]]
</div>
<div id="section">
<h2>Lectures</h2>
</div>
<div id="sub_section">
<h3>Srimad-Bhagavatam Lectures</h3>
</div>
<div class="quote">
<div class="quote_heading">
In spiritual life . . . truthful is very essential. That is the first qualification, brahminical qualification: satya, śama, dama, titikṣā, ārjavam, and āstikyaṁ, jñānaṁ, vijñānam brahma-karma svabhāva-jam (BG 18.42), it is stated in the Bhagavad-gītā. And there are many other qualifications; especially, specifically, a brāhmaṇa should have these nine qualifications.
</div>

<div class="quote_link">
[[Vanisource:690311 - Lecture SB 07.09.10 - Hawaii|690311 - Lecture SB 07.09.10 - Hawaii]]
</div>
<div class="text">
He never rejected gṛhastha s. He knows that gṛhastha has sex life, so He never rejected. So if you want sex life, become a gṛhastha. Just have a wife and live peacefully. But if you want to have sex life and at the same time you want to keep yourself as brahmacārī, this is not truthful. This is condemned.

That is the, I mean to say, instance shown by Caitanya Mahāprabhu, that Junior Haridāsa, he was keeping himself as renounced but thinking of sex. He was rejected. But there are many householder devotees, Caitanya Mahāprabhu accepted them.

So truthfulness in spiritual life . . . truthful is very essential. That is the first qualification, brahminical qualification: satya, śama, dama, titikṣā, ārjavam, and āstikyaṁ, jñānaṁ, vijñānam brahma-karma svabhāva-jam ([[Vanisource:BG 18.42 (1972)|BG 18.42]]), it is stated in the Bhagavad-gītā.

And there are many other qualifications; especially, specifically, a brāhmaṇa should have these nine qualifications. But another point is that if one is sincerely in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, all the good qualifications will come, automatically. Therefore we give more stress on Kṛṣṇa consciousness, and if he is very sincere in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, all good qualification will come.
</div>
</div>
</div>