Morning Walk

Varnashrama College Curriculum – Brahmin Kshatriya Vaisya Sudra Must Be Trained Practically in a Self-Sufficient Society

📅 March 14, 1974 📍 Vrindavan ⏱ 50 min
Varṇāśrama college reforms fallen civilization by training each person in their natural vocation within a spiritually regulated, self-sufficient society.
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Morning Walk "Varṇāśrama College" — March 14, 1974, Vṛndāvana 740314MW-VRNDAVAN [49:52 Minutes] Walk_740314MW-VRNDAVAN Prabhupāda: ...technological college. Similarly, this is another college, varṇāśrama college.

Prabhupāda: Eh? Yes. Anyone. Just like engineering college is open for anyone.

He must be ready to take up the training. Similarly, this varṇāśrama college, he must be ready, the student must be ready to take up the training. Hṛdayānanda: Would it be for a particular age group?

Prabhupāda: Eh? Hṛdayānanda: For a particular age group?

Prabhupāda: Yes, any education, from childhood. Yes. Education means from childhood. [aside:] Hare Kṛṣṇa.

Kaumāra ācaret prājño dharmān bhāgavatān iha [SB 7.6.1]. The... How... We are getting so many sannyāsīs, they should teach.

Teaching should be done by the sannyāsīs. Just like in missionary school, the Fathers teaches. Hṛdayānanda: How would it be different than gurukula?

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