International Society for Krishna Consciousness (Lectures)

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"iskcon" |"international society for krishna consciousness" |"krsna consciousness society" |"krsna conscious society"

Lectures

Bhagavad-gita As It Is Lectures

actually āryan samāja means Kṛṣṇa conscious society, International Society for Kṛṣṇa... That is Ārya.

Lecture on BG 2.7 -- London, August 7, 1973: So therefore in the human society there must be a system of division. That is called varṇāśrama-dharma. That is Vedic civilization. That is really called Ārya-samāja. Ārya-samāja does not mean to become rascal and fool and deny the existence of God. No. That is Anārya. Just like Kṛṣṇa rebuked Arjuna: anārya-juṣṭa. "You are talking like anārya." One who is not Kṛṣṇa conscious, he's anārya. Anārya. Ārya means who is advancing in Kṛṣṇa consciousness. So really Ārya-samāna means Kṛṣṇa conscious person. Otherwise, bogus, bogus ārya-samāna. Because here from the Bhagavad-gītā says, Kṛṣṇa says Arjuna, rebuking, because he was refusing to fight, because he does not know what is his duty, again Arjuna is admitting here that kārpaṇya-doṣopahata-svabhāvaḥ [Bg. 2.7]. "Yes, I am anārya. I have become anārya. Because I have forgotten my duty." So actually āryan samāja means Kṛṣṇa conscious society, International Society for Kṛṣṇa... That is Ārya. Not bogus. So here, Arjuna is explaining, putting himself: "Yes, kārpaṇya-doṣo. Because I am forgetting my duty, therefore upahata-svabhāvaḥ, I am bewildered in my natural propensities."