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Brahmanas’ advices always neutralized conflicts and promoted peace in society. They left their ascesis, came to the community in order to take out ordinary people from the influence of passion and ignorance and to validate virtue because brahmanas’ hearts were free from envy. That is why it is very important what powers are used by clairvoyants who rule human lives. This factor governs the destiny of an individual person, a nation and a country in general. Brahmanas were the source of virtue for society. No virtue can be distributed by one who is impure. The “prophesy” of such person is devaluated as it is not supported by his own experience and consequently is not able to assert anyone in virtue. The other important thing was that brahmanas did not strive for power. If society did not need them, they did not interfere in community affairs.

Thus, the Aryan society was headed by brahmanas. They were true religious persons having elevated pious qualities, knowledge and mystique powers. Their duties were to exercise ascesis to keep the purity of the body, mind and consciousness. Possessing elevated mentality, they developed incredible power (it is called the same way, brahma-teja, “brahmana’s power”) which was used only to ensure the connection of society with God. The Aryan culture categorically forbade people with impure consciousness (impure habits) to study the Vedas. Nowadays it is thought that brahmanas did so because of their arrogance. But it was not the case. Study of the Vedic literature by persons with sinful inclinations was forbidden in order not to let them speculate on this knowledge to excuse their sinful inclinations. It is said that people approach the divine knowledge out of the three motives:

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