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So this is the system of varṇāśrama-dharma. The whole
idea is that everyone should be given the chance of being
liberated in this very life. (Lecture, 29 July 1966)

Still in India, although it is fallen so much, in the interior
village you’ll find the social divisions are maintained and
they live very peacefully. (Lecture, 13 September 1973)

1. The protection of the brāhmaṇas maintains the
institution of varṇa and āśrama, the most scientific culture
for attainment of spiritual life.

2. The protection of cows maintains the most miraculous
form of food, i.e. milk, for maintaining the finer tissues
of the brain for understanding higher aims of life.

3. The protection of women maintains the chastity of
society, by which we can get a good generation for peace,
tranquility, and progress of life.

4. The protection of children gives the human form of life
its best chance to prepare the way of liberty from material
bondage. Such protection of children begins from the
very day of begetting a child by the purificatory process
of garbhādhāna-saṁskāra, the beginning of pure life.

5. The protection of the old men gives them a chance to
prepare themselves for better life after death.

This complete outlook is based on factors leading to
successful humanity, as against the civilization of polished
cats and dogs. (Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.8.5 Purport)