# VARNASRAMA ## The Importance of Varnasrama ![[letters/1952/520120_nehru]] —Nehru, 20 January, 1952 --- ![[letters/1968/680817_hayagriva|“My idea of developing New Vrindavan is to create an atmosphere of spiritual life where people in bona fide order of social division,]] —Hayagriva, 17 August, 1968 --- ![[letters/1968/681017_rayarama]] —Rayarama, 17 October, 1968 --- ![[letters/1969/690922_sridama|Perhaps Krsna wishes you to remain brahmacari.]] —Sridama, 22 September, 1969 --- ![[letters/1970/700116_janardana]] —Janardana, 16 January, 1970 --- ![[letters/1972/720503__rupanuga_|We need a class of men purely brahmanas. The whole world is full of sudras. The Krsna consciousness movement is meant for re-establishing the system of four varnas and asramas, then there will be progress of civilization. We have got such a nice p...]] —*Rupanuga*, 3 May, 1972 --- ![[letters/1974/740311_tarun_kanti_babu]] —Tarun Kanti Babu, 11 March, 1974 --- ![[letters/1974/740401_syamasundara]] —Syamasundara, 1 April, 1974 --- ![[letters/1974/740407_rupanuga|everyone has some engagement according to his personal propensity, his quality and work, and thus everyone can go back to Godhead while performing their work.”]] —Rupanuga, 7 April, 1974 --- ![[letters/1974/740428_rupanuga_maharaja]] —Rupanuga Maharaja, 28 April, 1974 --- ![[letters/1974/740429_amarendra|Preach on the basis of the division of the society into four orders, as without this the society is useless and people cannot be happy or even have the necessities of life.]] —Amarendra, 29 April, 1974 --- ![[letters/1974/740527_trai|You must be very careful before you award the brahminical thread by recommending a man to me. Now that we are dividing our society into the four orders as much as possible, it is not that every man has to be made a brahmana after a year.]] —Trai dasa, 27 May, 1974 --- ![[letters/1975/750104_madhukara]] —Madhukara, 4 January, 1975 --- ![[letters/1975/750202_tusta_krsna_swami|Krsna is giving you facility there to develop a very nice varnasrama society in New Zealand.]] —Tusta Kṛṣṇa Swami, 2 February, 1975 --- ![[letters/1976/760109_tusta_krsna|“In our Vedic universities we will not encourage anyone to be merely a book worm. There must be life—rising early in the morning, attending mangala-arati, taking prasadam, etc. The man who studying there will be brahmana, the farmer will be vaisya...]] —Tusta Kṛṣṇa Maharaja, 9 January, 1976 --- ## Kṛṣṇa Consciousness Is Above ![[letters/1970/700414_tamala_krsna|“Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu did not give much importance to the Vedic system of varnasrama which is very important for mundane people because Krsna consciousness is above everything.]] —Tamala, 14 April, 1970 --- ![[letters/1972/720105_niranjana|they are Vaisnavas which means they are transcendental to any material position, and brahmana is a material order of life, part of the varnasrama system]] —Niranjana, 5 January, 1972 --- ![[letters/1974/740427_goal_krsna|“There is no question of a devotee becoming a sudra if he does certain work. No, a devotee is never a sudra. He is transcendental.]] —Goal Kṛṣṇa, 27 April, 1974 --- ![[letters/1974/741019_hansadutta|Always remember that varnasrama life is a good program for material life, and it helps one in spiritual life; but spiritual life is not dependent upon it.]] —Hamsaduta, 19 October, 1974 --- ![[letters/1975/750119_radhavallabha|If one is capable, then he should preach. On the whole, our society should be divided into four divisions, but such divisions are not material. Just like Krsna belonged to the vaisya community, but He is worshipped by the brahmanas.]] —*Mahamsa Swami*, 19 January, 1975 --- ## Varnasrama College ![[letters/1974/740509_jayapataka_bhavananda|“The success of Bhavananda Maharaja’s English lessons of the Varnasrama College has given me great pleasure and I am sure many devotees will come from this program. It is a first-class idea.”]] —Jayapataka and Bhavananda, 9 May, 1974 --- ![[letters/1974/741112_tripurari|“I have also received the enclosed clipping from Ottawa and the information about the property. This property must be considered by the GBC. If it can be properly utilized, it is nice, for varnasrama college and dairy farm.]] —*Jagadisa dasa*, 12 November, 1974 --- ## Brahmanas ![[letters/1968/680531_gargamuni|“Next time when I come back to San Francisco, some of the boys who have regularly chanted sixteen rounds, at least for one year shall be initiated for the second time, and offered sacred thread to recognize them as complete brahmanas”]] —Gargamuni, 31 May, 1968 --- ![[letters/1970/701114_acyutananda_maharaja]] —Acyutananda Maharaja, 14 November, 1970 --- ![[letters/1971/710525_sudama]] —*Sudama*, 25 May, 1971 --- ![[letters/1971/710708_laksmi_narayana]] —Laksmi Narayana, 8 July, 1971 --- ![[letters/1971/710805_sri_govinda|“So far brahminical rules for cleanliness, those I have already described in the letter mentioned by you. Brahminical means cleanliness. We are trying to create brahminical society. So all the devotees under your care in Cleveland should be traine...]] —Sri Govinda dasa, 5 August, 1971 --- ![[letters/1972/720105_niranjana|“In our Krsna consciousness Society we are training our students up to the standard of brahminical culture.]] —Niranjana, 5 January, 1972 --- ![[letters/1972/720503_rupanuga|We need a class of men purely brahmanas. The whole world is full of sudras. The Krsna consciousness movement is meant for re-establishing the system of four varnas and asramas, then there will be progress of civilization. We have got such a nice p...]] —Rupanuga, 3 May, 1972 --- ![[letters/1972/720617_balavanta|“I am very glad to hear that you are keeping active in the political arena, and if we are able to establish Krsna conscious leader throughout the country in important posts, we will be able to save]] —Balavanta, 17 June, 1972 --- ![[letters/1972/720722_jagadisa|“Yes, that is the right idea, to strengthen whatever devotees we have got in spiritual life, fix them beyond any doubts. Then our potency will increase and we may recruit dozens of new devotees easily. Main thing is to make sure everyone is chanti...]] —Jagadisa, 22 July, 1972 --- ![[letters/1972/721225_sri_govinda|“So far this making false story for collecting money or selling book, of course we may do anything for Krsna, but that is supposed to be reserved for very advanced experts in Krsna consciousness,-]] —Sri Govinda, 25 December, 1972 --- ![[letters/1973/730102_hansadutta|So we are preaching on the behalf of Lord Krsna, that is our occupational duty, we haven’t got to search any further some new challenge or change our engagement.]] —Hamsaduta, 2 January, 1973 --- ![[letters/1973/730521_niranjana|I approached many respectable gentlemen and requested that, ’My dear sir, you have got four children, out of them can you spare one only under my guidance, because I want to make a brahminical society all over the world?’]] —Niranjana, 21 May, 1973 --- ![[letters/1973/730807_bhutatma|We want to create some men who give guidance to the human society, because at the present moment the society is without any intelligent head, namely brahmanas,]] —Bhutatma, 7 August, 1973 --- ![[letters/1974/740123_sahadeva|I think sometimes in the past devotees have been recommended chiefly because some more helpers were required maintaining the Deity work.]] —Sahadeva, 23 January, 1974 --- ![[letters/1974/740311_tarun_kanti_ghosh_babu|The brahmana class should be highly cultured in spiritual understanding; by their Vedic knowledge they will be able to educate the ksatriyas and the vaisya in the value of life.]] —Tarun Kanti Baba, 11 March, 1974 --- ![[letters/1974/740321_bahudaka|Please impress on him that this second initiation is not awarded cheaply or automatically and that he must be very strict in following the regulative principles of bhakti-yoga.]] —Bahudaka, 21 March, 1974 --- ![[letters/1974/740428_balavanta|The actual social structure should be that, the first intelligent class, the brahmanas, should be for studying and educating people for God consciousness.]] —Balavanta, 28 April, 1974 --- ![[letters/1974/740428_rupanuga_maharaja|So far we are concerned we shall keep ourselves in ideal brahminical position and if we need be, if no ksatriya or vaisya is here, we can take up their work as emergency.]] —Rupanuga Maharaja, 28 April, 1974 --- ![[letters/1974/740428_rupanuga_maharaja|Every day I am getting request for second initiation, but I do not know. The responsibility goes to the presidents who pick them. Unless they are thoroughly convinced, second initiation should not be given.]] —Rupanuga Maharaja, 28 April, 1974 --- ![[letters/1974/740423_niranjana|So far we are concerned we are trying to train first-class men. How much great responsibility we have to follow regulative principles, chant the beads, live with personal character, etc.]] —Rupanuga Maharaja, 23 April, 1974 --- ![[letters/1974/740401_syamasundara|There must be a very intelligent class to guide the whole population with brahminical qualities.]] —Syamasundara, 1 April, 1974 --- ![[letters/1974/740527_nityananda|be very cautious about giving me recommendation for second initiation.]] —Nityananda, 27 May, 1974 --- ![[letters/1974/740527_trai|You must be very careful before you award the brahminical thread by recommending a man to me. Now that we are dividing our society into the four orders as much as possible, it is not that every man has to be made a brahmana after a year.]] —Trai dasa, 27 May, 1974 --- ![[letters/1974/740526_sudama_maharaja|Now that we are more and more trying to implement the varnasrama divisions of society, we should not think that everyone has to be a brahmana.]] —Sudama Maharaja, 26 May, 1974 --- ![[letters/1974/740610_amarendra|Our actual business is to become brahminical.]] —Amarendra, 10 June, 1974 --- ![[letters/1974/740618_jayatirtha|I am especially concerned that the second initiation not be taken cheaply and devotees who do not even rise early be recommended for brahmana.]] —Jayatirtha, 18 June, 1974 --- ![[letters/1974/740808_dayananda|“Regarding the second initiation, I am especially concerned that the second initiation not be taken cheaply. Brahmanas are expected to rise early in the morning and follow strictly all the devotional practices.”]] —Dayananda dasa, 8 August, 1974 --- ![[letters/1974/741121_tamala_krsna_goswami|So training the brahmanas should be so nice that people will be forced to accept them as brahmanas by guna—quality, and karma—action.”]] —Tamala Kṛṣṇa Goswami, 21 November, 1974 --- ![[letters/1974/741208_radhaballabha|That is the brahminical qualification, truthfulness, and cleanliness, satyam and saucam. These are first qualifications.]] —Radhaballabha dasa, 8 December, 1974 --- ![[letters/1975/750531_prabhakar]] —*Prabhakar*, 31 May, 1975 --- ![[letters/1975/750726_dinanatha_n._mishra._mishra._mishra|brahmana is supposed to accept the four asramas, namely brahmachari, grhastha, vanaprastha, and sannyasa. Others do not accept sannyasa, but a person who is a brahmana must accept sannyasa at the end of his life.]] —Dinanatha, 26 July, 1975 --- ![[letters/1975/750926_kurusrestha|“There is no need of accumulating wealth more. You can get wealth more, and also spend wealth more. This is brahmanism. Get and spend, but not to spoil and squander. This example should be shown to others. That the city was paying you means that t...]] —Kurusrestha dasa, 26 September, 1975 --- ![[letters/1975/751207_sivarama_dasa|“Brahmincal life means to be very, very clean, inside and out. Inside by chanting and hearing, and outside by bathing three times daily, if not possible, at least two time, but never less than once.]] —Sivarama dasa, 7 December, 1975 --- ![[letters/1979/791207_madhudvisa_maharaja|Instruct the newly initiated brahmanas about cleanliness, taking bath three times daily, taking bath each time after passing stool. Cleanliness within and without, that is very important for brahminical life.]] —Madhudvisa Maharaja, 7 December, 1979 --- ![[letters/1975/751219_bhagavan|Brahmana initiation means to be very clean, inside and outside. Inside by chanting the glories of the Lord, and outside by bathing regularly, washing hands and mouth after eating.]] —Bhagavan dasa, 19 December, 1975 --- ![[letters/1976/760109_tusta_krsna|“In our Vedic universities we will not encourage anyone to be merely a book worm. There must be life—rising early in the morning, attending mangala-arati, taking prasadam, etc. The man who is studying will be brahmana, the farmer will be vaisya. I...]] —Tusta Kṛṣṇa Maharaja, 9 January, 1976 --- ![[letters/1976/760228_aksayananda_swami|The mercantile community is advised to follow the brahmanas. So you are bona fide brahmanas. And if the vaisyas follow your instruction, they will be happy and pious.”]] —Aksayananda Swami, 28 February, 1976 --- ![[letters/1976/760820_ajita_dasa|The brahmanas must become learned in the sastras and very clean internally and externally by regularly bathing with water and the holy name. A brahmana must be fixed up in understanding of Brahmana. One should not take it cheaply.]] —Ajita dasa, 20 August, 1976 --- ![[letters/1976/760911_sukadeva_dasa|The brahmana must be cleaned inside and out by bathing with water and mantra. They must become fixed up in the sastra so that they may overcome the bondage of maya with the sword of knowledge.”]] —Sukadeva dasa, 11 September, 1976 --- ![[letters/1977/770428_kuladri_dasa|Now teach them to be good brahmanas by keeping clean internally by always chanting Hare Krsna and externally by always bathing.”]] —Kuladri dasa, 28 April, 1977 --- ## Ksatriyas ![[letters/1969/690612_bibhavati|Mr. Lennon wants to stop war, but war is the creation of different politicians. So unless on the summit of administration there are actually Krsna conscious men we cannot stop war.]] —Bibhavati, 12 June, 1969 --- ![[letters/1969/690909_brahmananda|Our point should be that we shall take all necessary steps for self-protection, depending for the result on Krsna. We should not idly sit down simply depending on Krsna.]] —* Brahmananda, 9 September, 1969 --- ![[letters/1973/730614_kirtanananda__maharaja|“The Deities may be immediately repaired and worshipped. Now we must take precaution as you have suggested. You may get some guns and some of the boys may be trained as ksatriyas.]] —Kīrtanānanda* Maharaja, 14 14, 1973 --- ![[letters/1974/740401_syamasundara|Such noble king is not an autocrat but guided by brahmanas how to rule and see everyone employed in their respective duties as brahmana, ksatriya, vaisya, and sudra and no one unemployed.]] —Syamasundara, 1 April, 1974 --- ![[letters/1974/740428_balavanta|the land given to the people for cultivation, not for ownership, and a tax was collected that was 25% of the person’s income.]] —Balavanta, 28 April, 1974 --- ![[letters/1974/740401_syamasundara|There must be a class of people to give protection to the people at the time of danger and ordinarily to maintain peace and order, the ksatriyas.]] —Syamasundara, 1 April, 1974 --- ## Vaisyas ![[letters/1974/740526_sudama_maharaja|so those who work the farm do not necessarily have to be a brahmana if they are not inclined to the brahminical standards. In this way, be careful about awarding the second initiation.”]] —Sudama Maharaja, 26 May, 1974 --- ![[letters/1974/740401_syamasundara|There must be a section to produce food and grains sumptuously for feeding both animals and human without discrimination. Especially cows must be protected by this class.]] —Syamasundara, 1 April, 1974 --- ![[letters/1974/740428_balavanta|The third class vaisyas are for producing. So after the first, second, and third class, the remaining should help the upper three classes, then everyone will be employed.”]] —Balavanta, 28 April, 1974 --- ![[letters/1976/760109_tusta_krsna_maharaja|The man who is studying will be brahmana, the farmer will be vaisya. This way there will be divisions, but they are all one in service to Krsna.”]] —Tusta Kṛṣṇa Maharaja, 9 January, 1976 --- ![[letters/1976/760711_krsna_dasa_mahesvari|if the vaisyas give us free advice for cow protection and then they themselves are more interested in opening factories, then how can cow protection be properly done?]] —Kṛṣṇa dasa Mahesvari, 11 July, 1976 --- ## Sudras ![[letters/1973/730521_niranjana]] —Niranjana, 21 May, 1973 --- ![[letters/1974/740428_balavanta|So after the first, second, and third class, the remaining should help the upper three classes, then everyone will be employed.”]] —Balavanta, 28 April, 1974 --- ![[letters/1974/740427_gopala_krsna|“There is no question of a devotee becoming a sudra if he does certain work. No, a devotee is never a sudra. He is transcendental.]] —Gopala Kṛṣṇa, 27 April, 1974 --- ![[letters/1974/740401_symasundara|The meat eater class may not be encouraged but it they are stubbornly attached they can eat hogs and dogs or goats and lambs under certain conditions only, but not by maintaining slaughterhouses.]] —Symasundara, 1 April, 1974 --- --- **[← Back to Śikṣāmṛta](wiki/compile/siksamrita)**