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Guru means as king is the representative for giving protection to the people, similarly, a guru or brahmin is also meant for giving protection to the people from spiritual side

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"Guru means as king is the representative for giving protection to the people, similarly, a guru or brāhmin is also meant for giving protection to the people from spiritual side"

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Bhagavad-gita As It Is Lectures

Guru, that I have explained—never we should consider guru as ordinary human being. Guru means as king is the representative for giving protection to the people, similarly, a guru or brāhmin is also meant for giving protection to the people from spiritual side. The king, kṣatriya, is meant for giving protection to the people from material side. The vaiśya is to produce from the material side. Everything is systematically arranged.

Advanced with knowledge means one should understand that, "I am eternal servant of Kṛṣṇa, or God." That is advancement of knowledge. Ahaṁ brahmāsmi: "I am not this body; I am spirit soul. And Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme Soul. I am part and parcel of Kṛṣṇa." Brahmā-bhūtaḥ prasannātmā na śocati na kāṅkṣati (BG 18.54). Simply by understanding that, "I am spirit soul, I am Brahman," will not help us. You must act like Brahman. Then it will be . . . janma . . . guṇa-karma-vibhāgaśaḥ (BG 4.13). There must be realization; that is guṇa. At the same time, there must be practical work.

That is Vedic civilization. You should not claim falsely. If you are actually brāhmin, you must act as a brāhmin. If you are a kṣatriya, you must act as a kṣatriya. Guṇa-karma-vibhāgaśaḥ. Not that "I am a brāhmin; now I have become something else." Just like in Calcutta we have seen there are small slaughterhouses, and they have posted one deity, Goddess Kālī, and have got sacred thread, and the signboard is: "This meat is sacri . . . slaughtered by a brāhmin; therefore it is pure." "Therefore it is pure." And that is going on. Oh, the meat-eaters, they take all this meat, and they think, "It is the prasāda of Goddess Kālī, and it is slaughtered by a brāhmin. There is no sin; it is all right." This is going on.

No. brāhmin is not meant for becoming a slaughterer, a killer. No. brāhmin should be truthful. brāhmin should be cleansed, no sinful life. brāhmin should be controlling the senses, controlling the mind. brāhmin must be well-educated, jñāna, and he must apply the knowledge in practical life and believe in the Vedic injunctions. These are the qualifications of brāhmin. Similarly, there are qualification of kṣatriyas, vaiśyas. We should follow that.

And it is the duty of the government to see that, "This man is claiming as a brāhmin, whether he is actually executing the duties of brāhmin?" That is government's duty. Not that they should simply fight that "I am brāhmin," "I am kṣatriya," "I am Hindu," "I am Muslim." No. The government's duty is to see that actually whether he is as he claims to be.

So Arjuna says that, "I do not like to kill my grandfather or my guru." Not only ordinary guru . . . Guru is never ordinary. Guru, that I have explained—never we should consider guru as ordinary human being. Guru means as king is the representative for giving protection to the people, similarly, a guru or brāhmin is also meant for giving protection to the people from spiritual side. The king, kṣatriya, is meant for giving protection to the people from material side. The vaiśya is to produce from the material side. Everything is systematically arranged.

So brāhmin means the intelligent class of men, kṣatriya means the administrative class of men, and vaiśya means the productive class of men, and the śūdra means ordinary worker. These divisions are everywhere. You cannot say that only the brāhmins and kṣatriyas and vaiśyas are in India. No. When it is a creation of Kṛṣṇa, or God, it must be everywhere—in every planet, in every country, every city.

Because anywhere you go, either in Europe or America, you will find some classes of men very intelligent class. They are interested in philosophy, science. Similarly, there is a class of men who are interested in politics. They are kṣatriyas, you can say. Similarly, there are persons who are interested in making money, vaiśyas. And there are ordinary class of men, they neither brāhmin nor kṣatriya nor . . . they cannot live independently.

Page Title:Guru means as king is the representative for giving protection to the people, similarly, a guru or brahmin is also meant for giving protection to the people from spiritual side
Compiler:SharmisthaK
Created:2022-09-16, 12:49:18
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