To Become Vaishnava

So – in other words – the rascals, who are not situated in varnasrama, should not do it. They should not represent Lord Caitanya – who was exemplary follower of varnasrama by Himself.
Such shaktas and sahajiyas, such asuras in a dress of devotees should not DO IT. When we do harinam sankirtana, our heart must be changed. And we must situate ourself in varnasrama – for the reasons of spiritual sanity.

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Bhagavad-gītā 4.7

Svanuṣṭhitasya: prescribed duty. Svanuṣṭhitasya dharmasya saṁsiddhiḥ, the perfection. How you are perfected by discharging your occupational duty, how it is tested? That test is svanuṣṭhitasya dharmasya saṁsiddhiḥ. Your occupational duty will be perfect when? Saṁsiddhir hari-toṣaṇam [SB 1.2.13].

Bhagavad-gītā 3.18-30

Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Eighteen: “A self-realized man has no purpose to fulfill in the discharge of his prescribed duties, nor has he any reason not to perform such work. Nor has he any need to depend on any other living being.” Prabhupāda: Hmm. This is very important.

Transcendental Psychiatry

Similarly, to fight is the religious principle of the ksatriyas, and although one has to fight with some friend or relative, one should not deviate from his prescribed duty. One has to follow the prescribed rules and regulations of religious principles in order to rise up to the platform of knowledge

Ability Test
e) There must be some prescribed activity. So everyone has got prescribed activities in whatever position he is, but what is the standard of success, that I have done my duties, prescribed duties properly? What is that standard? The standard is given in the Srimad-Bhagavatam

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 6.1.40

Jun 6, 1976 … Pradyumna = “The Yamadūtas replied = That which is prescribed in the Vedas constitutes dharma, the religious principles, and the opposite of that is irreligion. The Vedas are directly the Supreme Personality of Godhead…

Hear chant and be fearless

Therefore it is said, icchata abhayam. Abhayam means no fear. If anyone wants no more to be fearful, then for him the prescribed duty is here that tasmat, ” Therefore,” bharata, “O descendant of Maharaja Bharata…” Pariksit Maharaja belonged to the dynasty of King Bharata

Bhagavad-gītā 2.40

Sep 13, 1973 … In this way, there are some prescribed duties. But these are all material consideration. People cannot even follow systematically the material system so that you can live peacefully so long you are in this material world. The modern civilization is so condemned. They do not know even how to live peacefully.

From Pretension to Purity

For self-realization one can live a controlled life as prescribed in the sastras and continue carrying out his business without attachment, and that will lead him gradually to the progressive path. Such a sincere person who follows this method is far better situated than the false pretender who adopts show-bottle spiritualism to…

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“Vaiṣṇava is not so easy. The varṇāśrama-dharma should be established to become a Vaiṣṇava. It is not so easy to become Vaiṣṇava.”

Room Conversation Varnasrama System Must Be Introduced — February 14, 1977, Mayapura