Lecture on Bhagavad-Gita, Chapter 4, Verses 13

Lecture given by Dulal Chandra dasa on June 16th, 2011 in Winston Salem, NC on the Bhagavad-gita As It Is.

Everyone has a specific nature according to the influence of the modes of material nature. The varnashrama system is instituted in civilized human society to engage everyone according to their natural inclinations, providing for both their material necessities and their spiritual upliftment.

The spiritual master also provides directions under the regulation of vaidhi bhakti for the gradual purification of the spiritual aspirant. Such regulated spiritual life is maintained even by the realized transcendentalist, who are above such regulation, as an example for humanity at large.