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one requires to be educated as to his real identity. If, however, we remain satisfied with our birth by our father and mother, we will remain in our condition as  śūdra . We have to rise to the brahminical platform by following the purificatory processes.
As mentioned before, there are four basic characteristics of an impure life—illicit sex, intoxication, meat-eating and gambling. According to the Vedic principles, sex should not be indulged in outside of marriage. In human society there is therefore a system of marriage which distinguishes us from the cats and dogs. Whether we are Hindu, Moslem, or Christian, we acknowledge the system of marriage. The purpose of this system is to avoid illicit sex. According to the Vedic system, intoxication is also discouraged; nor is meat-eating advocated, for human beings should be nonviolent. We have been given sufficient grains, fruits, milk, and vegetables, and there is no necessity to kill poor animals. Some people argue that if we do not eat meat we will be undernourished, but we can see that the students of this Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement have given up meat and are very healthy, whereas people who are eating meat are still, despite their meat-eating, subject to so many diseases and unhealthy conditions. Gambling is also discouraged because it simply agitates the mind.
This then is the purificatory process by which one can become a  brāhmaṇa . This path is open to everyone. A  brāhmaṇa  is one who is truthful and pure, tolerant and simple, full of knowledge and faith in God. He can control his mind and his senses