What is The Eternal & Constitutional Function of The Jiva/Soul?

Extracted From Jaiva-dharma, By Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakur

Chapter “Six”

 Eternal Dharma, Race & Caste

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Segment 042:

  1. Question1:Is caste, eternally invariable?  Is it constant, rigid, set, unchanging, inflexible, and consistent?  Are the Vaisnavas and Hindus not become fallen by associating with Christians, Muslims, and Jew? 
  2. Question2: However, does that mean that there is no caste distinction between Vaisnavas, Christians, Muslims, and Jew?  Is there no difference in terms of birth? 
  3. Question: On the other hand, does the difference between Vaisnavas & Hindus or Muslims & Christians & Jews, consist of nothing more than the difference in clothing and other such things? 
  4. Question4: Then how can Muslims/Christians/Jews be Vaisnavas, and how can respectable Vaisnavas associate with them?”
 

Segment 043: “According to this progression, one cannot become a Vaisnava without first completing one’s eligibility for Karma.  Muslims/Christians/Jews are not eligible even to perform the prescribed Karma within the Varna system, because they are outcastes, so how can they become eligible for Bhakti?”

Segment 044: How can the defect of degraded birth be removedCan a defect relating to one’s birth be removed without taking another birth?” 

Segment 045:

  1. Question: “What is the cause of eligibility for Karma, and what is the cause of eligibility for Bhakti
  2. Question: What is meant by ‘nature, birth, and other practical causes’ that make one suitable for a particular type of work; are these sources of eligibility?”
 

Segment 046: What is meant by faith in the Absolute Truth?  What if some people have developed faith in the Scriptures; although their natures are not elevated?  Are such people also eligible for Bhakti?”

Segment 047: ,” What if one does not accept the authority of Srimad-Bhagavatam?” Part 1.”

Segment 048:  “What if one does not accept the authority of Srimad-Bhagavatam?” Part 2.”

Segment 049:  “How does Sraddha (Faith) develop?  Muslims/Jews/Christians, do not perform Sat-Karma, so how can they be eligible for Bhakti?

Segment 050: Please explain clearly what you mean by Bhakta-sanga (association with devotees), and Bhakti-kriya-sanga (contact with acts of devotion).  From what type of Sukrti do these arise?

Segment 051:

  1. Question: Does this mean that Nitya-sukrti comes about by chance?
  2. Question: What is the circumstance by which the Jiva first entered the cycle of Karma?

Segment 052: Chapter 6, Is There no difference between an Aryan and a Yavana?

+Segment 53: What is meant by a Vyavaharika difference between Aryans and Yavanas?

Segment 054: “hen how can there possibly be no cifference between Aryans and Yavanas from the Absolute point of view?

Segment 055: How can Rrice, Bbeans, Fruit, Milk, Nuts, & Vegetables be Spiritual?

Segment 056: What is the proper vehavior between the Yavanas and Vaisnavas?

Segment 057: Can You Eat Food, Drink Water, & other such actitities with a Yavana who Has truly become a Vaisnava?

Segment 058: Then why is it that Yavana Vaisnavas are not permitted to worship & werve the Deities in the Vainava Temples”

Segment 059: Sudras are not eligible to study the Vedas, so can a Sudra study the Vedas when he becomes a Vaisnava?

Segment 060: Then do you people conclude that the Vedas that promote tattva teach only vaisnava-dharma and no other religion?

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