13 December 2014 - QA 7

Gurudev, does our progress in life depend on our karma or on the caste and the family in which we are born, such as, Brahmana, Kshatriya, Vaishya or Shudra?
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: Your progress in life depends on your karma.
See, these divisions in society can be found everywhere in the world. In every place in the world, you will find a class of intellectuals (referring to the Brahmanas), the Chambers of Commerce (referring to the Vaishyas or the merchant and trading class), the military personnel (referring to the Kshatriyas or the warrior class) and then you will also have the politicians. You also have the labor unions spread across the world everywhere (referring to the Shudras or the labor class).