Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 7.11.17
Manvantara· The Manus and right dutyRestore Spiritual Culture in an Emergency
“Except in a time of emergency, lower persons should not accept the occupational duties of those who are higher. When there is such an emergency, of course, everyone but the kṣatriya may accept the means of livelihood of others.”
What the purport teaches
- Ordinarily, the professional duties of brāhmaṇas, such as teaching Vedic knowledge, should not be accepted by those in other social orders.
- The purport describes the worldwide neglect of spiritual cultivation as an emergency. Human society’s spiritual progress has been stopped.
- This emergency supports training people considered lower or condemned to become brāhmaṇas. The Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement undertakes this work for spiritual progress.
Try this today
Set aside five minutes today to study spiritual knowledge from the supplied text.
Ask yourself
Am I giving spiritual cultivation a regular place in my life?
Carry the question through the day, then answer it in your own words before sleep.
The study points, practice and question are short summaries drawn from Śrīla Prabhupāda's translation and purport. Read the full purport to go deeper.