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14:3414:34, 9 January 2024 diff hist +4,672 Mukti means to be reinstated in one's original spiritual status after giving up the material conception of life. Therefore, human life is specifically meant for qualifying ourselves for this spiritual liberty No edit summary current
14:3314:33, 9 January 2024 diff hist +4,797 As confirmed in Srimad-Bhagavatam (SB 1.2.6): The word dharma means "engagement." One who is engaged in the service of God (yato bhaktir adhoksaje), without impediment and without cessation, is understood to be situated in his original, spiritual status No edit summary current
14:3214:32, 9 January 2024 diff hist +511 Category:Devotional Service to God Gradually Elevates One from the Material Condition of Life to the Spiritual Status No edit summary current
14:3214:32, 9 January 2024 diff hist +46,414 This injunction (that one should accept a spiritual master who is born in a brahmana family) is only applicable for those who consider social status more important than spiritual status. It is not for people who are spiritually serious No edit summary current
14:2914:29, 9 January 2024 diff hist +17,982 All these sixteen qualifications mentioned (in BG 16.1-3) are transcendental qualities. They should be cultivated according to the different statuses of the social order. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current

19:0519:05, 8 January 2024 diff hist +4,389 Also, please describe the inner and outer space of the universe by specific divisions, as well as the character and activities of the great souls, and also the characteristics of the different classifications of the castes and orders of social life No edit summary current
18:5718:57, 8 January 2024 diff hist +7 The whole aim is how to worship the Supreme Lord. That is human life. So if we make these divisions, so any class of man, if he comes to this social system of varnasrama-dharma, then automatically will come to the understanding what is Brahman No edit summary current
18:5618:56, 8 January 2024 diff hist +13,197 The civilized human beings are those who have regulated principles of social, political and religious life. Those who are socially and politically developed, but who have no religious principles, must be considered naradhamas. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
18:5118:51, 8 January 2024 diff hist +1,561 They worship the forefathers and are busy day and night improving the economic condition of their family, social or national life No edit summary current
18:5018:50, 8 January 2024 diff hist −8 So, whether in social life or political life, or in the matter of eating, sleeping, mating, and defending, a devotee should avoid performing any action tainted by material attachment No edit summary current
18:4918:49, 8 January 2024 diff hist −13 You cannot completely eradicate war from the social life. Just like government maintains the law and order force. There is necessity No edit summary current
18:4918:49, 8 January 2024 diff hist +10,986 You can give up your family life, social life, political life, this life, that life when you take Krsna conscious life. Otherwise, it is not possible. Otherwise, you must have to take some of this life. There is no question of your freedom No edit summary current
18:4618:46, 8 January 2024 diff hist +41,374 This is confirmed in Srimad-Bhagavatam when Narada speaks of the different symptoms characterizing the four divisions of social life. Narada summarizes that brahmanas, ksatriyas, vaisyas and sudras should be selected by their individual qualifications No edit summary current
18:4618:46, 8 January 2024 diff hist +6,602 The rasas derived from our feelings in social life, in family life or in the greater family life of altruism, philanthropy, nationalism, socialism, communism, etc., do not guarantee that one's next life will be as a human being No edit summary current
18:4518:45, 8 January 2024 diff hist +5,683 The higher principles of religion begin with the acceptance of the four orders and the four ranks of social life, as will be explained later. The whole purpose of the mission of incarnations is to arouse Krsna consciousness everywhere No edit summary current
18:4518:45, 8 January 2024 diff hist +17,274 Higher principles No edit summary current
18:4218:42, 8 January 2024 diff hist +4,213 The four orders of social life, as designed in the varnasrama system, are very scientific and cooperative. In student life one is taught the primary principles of the human form of life No edit summary current
18:2018:20, 8 January 2024 diff hist +2,290 As far as entering crematorium is concerned, no, we cannot go. That is social system, but we are sannyasis. A sannyasi is in spiritual life, not in social life at all No edit summary current
18:1718:17, 8 January 2024 diff hist +6,388 One must leave his family life and enter the forest after the age of fifty. This is an authoritative statement of the Vedas, based on the division of social life into four departments of activity - brahmacarya, grhastha, vanaprastha and sannyasa No edit summary current
18:1718:17, 8 January 2024 diff hist +5,985 In this age, neither parents nor their children are trained; both are animalistic and simply eat, sleep, mate, defend, and gratify their senses. This disorder in social life cannot bring peace to human society No edit summary current
18:1618:16, 8 January 2024 diff hist +4,415 In the Skanda Purana it is said that those who are attached to ritualistic activities, the four orders of social life and the four orders of spiritual life, are considered devotees No edit summary current
12:0212:02, 8 January 2024 diff hist −13 If sankirtana-yajna is performed, there will be no difficulty, not even in industrial enterprises. This system should be introduced in all spheres of life - social, political, industrial, commercial, etc. Then everything will run peacefully and smoothly No edit summary current
12:0212:02, 8 January 2024 diff hist +4,284 For you the attraction of social life and the consideration that someone is father, someone is mother and someone is sister, which are illusory relationships, is over; but because I am a poor woman, I am not so advanced in transcendental realization No edit summary current
12:0112:01, 8 January 2024 diff hist +3,822 As stated in the Bhagavad-gita, the Lord has created four orders of social life, namely brahmana, ksatriya, vaisya and sudra. In the Narada-pancaratra it is very clearly described how each of the social orders can please the Supreme Lord No edit summary current
11:5611:56, 8 January 2024 diff hist +5,786 One who is in a lower grade of social life cannot accept the profession of a higher class unless necessary. In times of emergency, all the classes but the ksatriyas may accept professional duties of others No edit summary current
11:5511:55, 8 January 2024 diff hist +4,741 Any knowledge of the world, and knowledge - even material, spiritual, social, political, scientific, philosophical - any knowledge you'll find entirely in this Bhagavad-gita No edit summary current

19:1619:16, 7 January 2024 diff hist +2,561 It is assumed that even if a person acquires some spiritually uplifting knowledge, circumstantially he is prone to forget it No edit summary current
19:1519:15, 7 January 2024 diff hist +7 It is a good sign that the Government has taken up this work of social upliftment as a right measure at a right time. And in order to give the scheme a right direction the government may take authoritative hints from the scriptures like Bhagavad-gita No edit summary current
19:1319:13, 7 January 2024 diff hist +7,715 The pure devotee is not at all attached to improving his social status or improving the status of education of his children. He is not neglectful - he is dutiful - but he does not spend too much time on the upliftment of temporary household or social life No edit summary current
19:1319:13, 7 January 2024 diff hist +417 Category:Pure Devotees of God Do Not Spend Too Much Time on the Upliftment of Temporary Household or Social Life No edit summary current
19:1119:11, 7 January 2024 diff hist −13 Sometimes they (materialistic persons) become babajis or collect money on the plea of worshiping the poor, whom they call daridra-narayana, or for social and political upliftment No edit summary current
19:1019:10, 7 January 2024 diff hist +16,015 Social upliftment No edit summary current
19:0819:08, 7 January 2024 diff hist +2,917 They (religious activities in terms of the social statuses and orders of life) are all clearly mentioned in the Vedic literatures and were manifested by Brahma when the four Vedas were generated from his four mouths No edit summary current
19:0719:07, 7 January 2024 diff hist −6 The Lord has described various kinds of knowledge, knowledge of the different types of orders and statuses of social life, knowledge of the renounced order of life, knowledge of nonattachment, sense and mind control, meditation, etc. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
19:0719:07, 7 January 2024 diff hist +2,332 Surrendering themselves fully with body, words and mind, they can live in any asrama or social status. Indeed, You are conquered by such persons, although You are always unconquerable No edit summary current
19:0619:06, 7 January 2024 diff hist +6,032 Rukmini continued, "My dear Lord, You have stated that a marriage between persons equal in social standing, beauty, riches, strength, influence and renunciation can be a suitable match. But this status of life can be possible only by Your grace" No edit summary
19:0519:05, 7 January 2024 diff hist +16,311 Lord Caitanya showed by His behavior that even an elevated person would not hesitate to take lessons from Ramananda Raya, although Ramananda appeared as a householder situated in a social status beneath that of a brahmana No edit summary current
19:0319:03, 7 January 2024 diff hist +462 Category:Pure Devotees of God Are Not At All Attached to Improving Their Social Status No edit summary current
19:0219:02, 7 January 2024 diff hist +2,793 To distinguish human society from the animals there is the performance of religious activities in terms of the social statuses and orders of life No edit summary current
19:0119:01, 7 January 2024 diff hist +24,266 This (divisions as brahmanas, ksatriyas, vaisyas and sudras) is not an artificial imposition due to birth or social status but is according to guna, or the mode of nature under which one is operating No edit summary current
19:0119:01, 7 January 2024 diff hist +5,140 The specific function of a human being in society, irrespective of his social status, is to practice control of the mind and senses by observing the regulative principles enjoined in the Vedic sastras No edit summary current
19:0019:00, 7 January 2024 diff hist −13 The persons who follow these four orders of social status and four orders of spiritual advancement, they are called varnasrama. So Hindu religion is a miscalculation. Really, they are called varnasrama-dharma. That is the Vedic term No edit summary current
18:5918:59, 7 January 2024 diff hist +18,197 In the varnasrama institution the sannyasi, or the person in the renounced order of life, is considered to be the head or the spiritual master of all the social statuses and orders. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
18:5818:58, 7 January 2024 diff hist +5,029 In the varnasrama-dharma, the sudra is the fourth division in the social status. Paricaryatmakam karma sudrasyapi svabhava-jam (BG 18.44). Sudras are meant to engage in the service of the three higher classes - brahmanas, ksatriyas and vaisyas No edit summary current
18:5818:58, 7 January 2024 diff hist −13 In the present social status, we find that we are existing in these four divisions (brahmanas, ksatriyas, vaisyas, sudras), but there is no cooperation. Everyone is dissatisfied No edit summary current
18:4618:46, 7 January 2024 diff hist +4,903 In daiva-varnasrama there cannot be acknowledgement of social status according to birthright because in Bhagavad-gita it is said that the determining considerations are guna and karma, one's qualities and work No edit summary current
18:4618:46, 7 January 2024 diff hist +9,691 If one understands the truth of KC and seriously desires to attain transcendental knowledge for the perfection of life, he can accept a spiritual master from any social status, provided the spiritual master is fully conversant with the science of Krsna No edit summary current
18:3918:39, 7 January 2024 diff hist +9,830 Five thousand years ago, when the social status of human society was in perfect Vedic order, the yoga process mentioned herein was a common affair for everyone No edit summary current
18:3818:38, 7 January 2024 diff hist −13 By sannyasa, the renounced order of life, we refer to one who has come to this platform (serving the reality instead of the illusion). Sannyasa is a question of realization, not social status No edit summary current
18:3818:38, 7 January 2024 diff hist +3,474 Any man from any social status becomes a well-known man in human society within a very short time if he is simply glorified truly or falsely in the daily newspapers No edit summary current

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