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43 It is only by undivided devo onal service that one can understand Krish- na. The Lord guarantees the neophyte that the consistent effort to en- down again to materialis c life, will result in his transcending the influ- ence of the modes of nature and thus come to the transcendental level of Brahman. (Bg 14.26) Krishna also guarantees that there is never any loss or diminu on on the path of Bhak . Whatever service one renders in this life will remain as a posi ve bene
who unfailing gain to

those with material floundering in the cycle of repeated birth and death. quickly choosing

to
or service can regularly
penances, self.” (SB 10.9.21) His in insurmountable neophyte by

and gage the The scru ny

pro- priestly The Var- three with

Arabians the behavior. Daiva the to associated

The and human original work

Indian. class, all the “According the

word organizes follows says: and

22 of the Indus River, which is now in Pakistan. In Sanskrit the Indus River was named Sindhu, which was misspelled by the Europeans as Indus, the nounced the word Sindhu as Hindu. Hindu is not a Sanskrit word and it The culture of the Indians is based on the Vedas. They have organized their society on the basis of four social orders (varnas – laborer class, warrior/poli cal class), and four spiritual orders (ashramas - celibate students, married couples, married coup

came that Movement (varnas).

misspelling is not men oned in the original Vedas. class, knowledge designa ons nature

this of Consciousness material

from farmer/business advancement social of

and Krishna es. the modes