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<h2>Lectures</h2>
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<h3>Initiation Lectures</h3>
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Brāhmaṇa means the intellectual class of men who knows hygienic rules, keeps himself always purified and engaged in studying Vedic literatures for understanding this world, God, himself, the interrelation. They are called brāhmaṇa. And the kṣatriya means those who live their life under the instruction of the brahmin.
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[[Vanisource:720406 - Lecture Initiation and Installation - Melbourne|720406 - Lecture Initiation and Installation - Melbourne]]
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You are getting initiation in this auspicious day when Lord Kṛṣṇa and Rādhārāṇī, His eternal consort, is now being situated, er, established, installed, on this auspicious moment, and you will be initiated to chant the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra in the beginning:

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:Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare 
:Hare Rāma, Hare Rāma, Rāma Rāma, Hare Hare.
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As it is indicated in this verse, one who remembers the Supreme Personality of Godhead always, he remains always purified, śuci. Śuci. Śuci means . . . another meaning of śuci is brāhmaṇa, purified.

A brāhmaṇa . . . according to nature's division, there are four classes of men: the brāhmaṇa, the kṣatriyas, the vaiśyas and the śūdra. Brāhmaṇa means the intellectual class of men who knows hygienic rules, keeps himself always purified and engaged in studying Vedic literatures for understanding this world, God, himself, the interrelation. They are called brāhmaṇa. And the kṣatriya means those who live their life under the instruction of the brahmin but they are engaged in administration of the state, they are called kṣatriyas. Then vaiśyas, still less intelligent class.

The brāhmaṇa is the first-intelligent class of men, the kṣatriyas the next intelligent class of men, and the vaiśyas, or the mercantile class of men, interested in money by trade, commerce, agriculture, industry, they are called vaiśyas. So next, the last class is called śūdra. Śūdra means workers. They haven't got much intelligence, neither they can work as administrator or traders, but they work and get some salary. They are called śūdras.
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