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Elevation to Krṣṇa Consciousness
also. At the present moment there is a great necessity for  brāhmaṇas , because almost everyone is a  śūdra , for almost everyone is wholly engaged in maintaining the body, eating, sleeping, mating and defending—all symptoms of animals and  śūdras .
Society cannot be peaceful unless there are four divisions of human beings functioning in harmony with one another. These four divisions are comprised of  brāhmaṇas ,  kṣatriyas ,  vaiśyas  and  śūdras . These are discussed by Krṣṇa in  Bhagavad-gītā  in this way:
cātur-varṇyam mayā sṛṣṭam guṇa-karma-vibhāgaśaḥ tasya kartāram api mām viddhy akartāram avyayam
“According to the three modes of material nature and the work ascribed to them, the four divisions of human society were created by Me. And, although I am the creator of this system, you should know that I am yet the non-doer, being unchangeable.” (Bg. 4.13)
These four divisions of men in human society are natural, not artificial, because in the material world everything is operating under the influence of the three modes of material nature—goodness, passion and ignorance. As long as we are in the material world, it is not possible to classify everyone in the same category because each and every person is working under the influence of the modes of material nature. However, when we transcend the material plane, there is oneness. At that time, all the divisions fall apart. The question is therefore how to transcend