The Most Intelligent Woman 7

prthivite dche yata nagardadi grama
sarvatra pracara haibe mora nama

‘In every town, city, and village of the world, the Krsna consciousness
movement will be preached.’ How is it, then, that Europeans and
Americans will not become brdhmanas? In fact, one who comes to
Krsna consciousness has already surpassed brahmanism. As stated in
Bhagavaa-gita (14.26):

mam ca yo ’vyabhicarena
bhakti-yogena sevate

Sa gunan samatityaitan
brahma-bhiyaya kalpate

‘One who takes to bhakti-yoga surpasses the modes of material nature and
comes immediately to the transcendental platform [brahma-bhita].’’ Not
to speak of becoming a brahmana, the person who fully engages in bhakti-
yoga attains the highest transcendental platform.

The stereotyped, crippled idea that only a person born in a brahmana
family can become a brahmana has killed Vedic civilization, but now we
are reviving the correct understanding that the attainment of perfection
is meant for everyone. In Bhagavad-gita (9.32) Lord Krsna says:

mam hi partha vyapasritya
ye ‘pi syuh papa-yonayah

striyo vaisyas tatha suidras
te ‘pi yanti param gatim

‘**O son of Prtha, those who take shelter in Me—though they be lowborn,
women, vaisyas, or sudras—can approach the supreme destination.””
Thus although women, Sidras, and vaisyas are ordinarily considered to
belong to a lower class, when one becomes a devotee he or she goes
beyond such designations. Women, Ssiédras, and vaisyas are ordinarily
regarded as less intelligent, but if one takes to Krsna consciousness one is
the most intelligent, as stated in the Caitanya-caritamrta (krsna yei bhaje
sei bada catura). And Caitanya Mahaprabhu says:

ei ripe brahmanda bhramite kona bhagyavan jiva
guru-krsna-prasdade paya bhakti-lata-bija
