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Human Civilization
Out of the 8,400,000 different species of living beings, there are
400,000 human species. Out of these there are numerous lower
forms of human life that are mostly uncivilized. The civilized
human beings are those who have regulative principles of social,
political and religious life. Those who are socially and politically
developed but who have no religious principles must be considered
narädhamas. Nor is religion without God religion, because the
purpose of following religious principles is to know the Supreme
Truth and man’s relation with Him. - BG 7:15, purport -
Humanity may be divided into two sections, namely, the regu-
lated and the non-regulated. Those who are engaged simply in
bestial sense gratifications without knowledge of their next life or
spiritual salvation belong to the non-regulated section. And those
who follow the principles of prescribed duties in the scriptures are
classified amongst the regulated section. - BG 6:40, purport -
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