# Speaking About Varṇāśrama-dharma Compiled by Hare Kṛṣṇa dāsī, edited by Sureśvara dāsa (1998). A systematic collection of Śrīla Prabhupāda's spoken instructions on varṇāśrama-dharma, farm community development, and ideal social organization. --- ## [[wiki/compile/varnasrama-dharma/0-front-matter|Front Matter]] Biographical sketch, conventions, varṇāśrama categories, preface, and introduction. --- ## [[wiki/compile/varnasrama-dharma/1-the-importance-of-varnasrama|Part One: The Importance of Varṇāśrama]] Śrīla Prabhupāda explains why varṇāśrama-dharma is essential, the mission to establish varṇāśrama colleges, and instructions from the previous ācāryas. ## [[wiki/compile/varnasrama-dharma/2-principles-of-varnasrama|Part Two: Principles of Varṇāśrama]] Mutual respect between varṇas, different duties for different kinds of people, spiritual communism, training versus birth, brāhmaṇa guidance, and distinguishing varṇāśrama from the caste system. ## [[wiki/compile/varnasrama-dharma/3-self-sufficiency-and-farm-life|Part Three: Self-Sufficiency and Farm Life]] Getting necessities from the land, real versus false wealth, growing one's own food, land ownership, and the value of local production. ## [[wiki/compile/varnasrama-dharma/4-agriculture-and-cow-protection|Part Four: Agriculture and Cow Protection]] Agriculture as the noblest profession, cow care, utilizing bulls, petroleum versus ox power, and the cure for unemployment. ## [[wiki/compile/varnasrama-dharma/5-simple-living-and-economics|Part Five: Simple Living and Economics]] Plain living and high thinking, simple living for good health, localized economics, and the problems of artificial banking systems. ## [[wiki/compile/varnasrama-dharma/6-social-organization|Part Six: Social Organization]] Varṇāśrama to save a troubled world, working as preaching, guru guidance, harnessing natural inclination, and protection of women. ## [[wiki/compile/varnasrama-dharma/7-progress-and-revolution|Part Seven: Progress and Revolution]] Ugra-karma and factories, illusionary progress, Kṛṣṇa consciousness as peaceful revolution, self-sufficiency examples, and machines and unemployment. ## [[wiki/compile/varnasrama-dharma/8-living-as-krsna-lived|Part Eight: Living as Kṛṣṇa Lived]] Evening lecture at Gītā-Nagarī Farm and instructions on moving from cities to villages. ## [[wiki/compile/varnasrama-dharma/9-final-instructions|Part Nine: Final Instructions]] Prabhupāda's final instructions on self-sufficiency, introducing varṇāśrama, and the necessity of varṇāśrama for success. --- *See also: [[wiki/compile/siksamrita|Śikṣāmṛta]] · [[wiki/compile/sri-namamrita|Śrī Nāmāmṛta]] · [[wiki/compile/spiritual-master-disciple|The Spiritual Master and the Disciple]]*