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Prabhupāda: [japa] Nama.

Viṣṇujana: Nama.

Prabhupāda: Oṁ.

Viṣṇujana: Oṁ.

Prabhupāda: ...viṣṇu [Viṣṇujana repeats each word] pādāya kṛṣṇa preṣṭhāya bhū-tale śrīmate bhaktivedānta svāmin iti nāmine.

You chant beginning from here, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare/ Hare Rāma, Hare Rāma, Rāma Rāma, Hare …

[break] [japa] [break] You have not brought? All right. All right. You come. [indistinct] [break]

The brahminical qualifications is described in the Bhagavad-gītā: satyam śauca śama dama titikṣa ārjavam, jñānaṁ vijñānam āstikyaṁ brahma-karma svabhāva-jam [Bg. …

[Peacefulness, self-control, austerity, purity, tolerance, honesty, wisdom, knowledge, and religiousness—these are the qualities by which the brāhmaṇas work.]

Those who are actually brāhmaṇas, they must be truthful, always clean, inside and outside. Truthful, clean, and controlling the senses, …

And in the Bhagavad-gītā you will find in another place, cātur-varṇyaṁ mayā sṛṣṭaṁ guṇa-karma-vibhāgaśaḥ [Bg. 4.13].

[According to the three modes of material nature and the work ascribed to them, the four divisions of human society …

"These four classes of classification of the society, it is made by Me." That means this classification of society in …

It is a false proposition that a brāhmaṇa's son becomes brāhmaṇa. No, not necessarily. If he properly becomes initiated under …

Brāhmaṇas means those who are interested in spiritual life, they are called brāhmaṇas, intelligent class. They are called intelligent class, …

So these initiation formalities are there. You are instructed, you are guided, but you have to act. Unless you act, …

[According to the three modes of material nature and the work ascribed to them, the four divisions of human society …

You have to stick to the brahminical qualities, and at the same time work. Brahma-karma. Brahman is the Supreme Personality …

Because as soon as you take up spiritual life, the whole class conducted by māyā, they will be against you. …

And simple, simplicity. Ārjavam, titikṣa ārjavam, and jñāna, and you must be fully equipped with knowledge. The Bhagavad-gītā is there, …