Bhagavad Gita As It Is - Chapter 18, vers 41:
Brāhmaṇas, kṣatriyas, vaiśyas and śūdras are distinguished by their qualities of work, O chastiser of the enemy, in accordance with the modes of nature.

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Bhagavad Gita As It Is - Chapter 18, vers 42:

Peacefulness, self-control, austerity, purity, tolerance, honesty, wisdom, knowledge, and religiousness-these are the qualities by which the brāhmaṇas work.

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The goal of the human form of life, is to get out of the cycle of birth and death by transcending the 3 modes of material nature. When you are conditioned by these 3 modes (this happens when you do not want to be a devotee of Lord Krishna anymore), according to quality, you can perform work in this material universe:

Bhagavad Gita As It Is - Chapter 4, vers 13:

According to the three modes of material nature and the work ascribed to them, the four divisions of human society were created by Me. And, although I am the creator of this system, you should know that I am yet the non-doer, being unchangeable.

Purport:
The Lord is the creator of everything. Everything is born of Him, everything is sustained by Him, and everything, after annihilation, rests in Him. He is therefore the creator of the four divisions of the social order, beginning with the intelligent class of men, technically called brāhmaṇas due to their being situated in the mode of goodness. Next is the administrative class, technically called the kṣatriyas due to their being situated in the mode of passion. The mercantile men, called the vaiśyas, are situated in the mixed modes of passion and ignorance, and the śūdras, or laborer class, are situated in the ignorant mode of material nature. In spite of His creating the four divisions of human society, Lord Kṛṣṇa does not belong to any of these divisions, because He is not one of the conditioned souls, a section of whom form human society. Human society is similar to any other animal society, but to elevate men from the animal status, the abovementioned divisions are created by the Lord for the systematic development of Kṛṣṇa consciousness. The tendency of a particular man toward work is determined by the modes of material nature which he has acquired. Such symptoms of life, according to different modes of material nature, are described in the Eighteenth Chapter of this book. A person in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, however, is above even the brāhmaṇas, because a brāhmaṇa by quality is supposed to know about Brahman, the Supreme Absolute Truth. Most of them approach the impersonal Brahman manifestation of Lord Kṛṣṇa, but only a man who transcends the limited knowledge of a brāhmaṇa and reaches the knowledge of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, becomes a person in Kṛṣṇa consciousness—or, in other words, a Vaiṣṇava. Kṛṣṇa consciousness includes knowledge of all different plenary expansions of Kṛṣṇa, namely Rāma, Nṛsiṁha, Varāha, etc. However, as Kṛṣṇa is transcendental to this system of the four divisions of human society, a person in Kṛṣṇa consciousness is also transcendental to all divisions of human society, whether we consider the divisions of community, nation or species.

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Every living entity, not just humans!, is under the grip of the 3 modes! This also includes the great demi-gods worshiped by the so-called "peace-loving" hindus:

Bhagavad Gita As It Is - Chapter 18, vers 40:

There is no being existing, either here or among the demigods in the higher planetary systems, which is freed from the three modes of material nature.

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So to summarize:

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-We need to develop Godly qualities;

-This means, to develop brahminical qualifications;

-This means, to acquire brahminical qualities!

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Herafter, develop the 26 qualities of a Devotee of the Lord (Vaisnava), see the next link.

This includes, COW PROTECTION!!

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Srila Prabhupada used to be a follower of Mahatma Gandhi. Let's see what Mahatma Gandhi has to say about Cow Protecion and being a Hindu!

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Srila Prabhupada's comments about Cow Protection. Cow Protection actually means an activity which defines a humanbeing. If a so-called human, does not protect Cows, then he/she cannot be called a human! But a meat eating demon whose future will be in the animal kingdom. You have seen discovery channel right? Have you seen the lives of animals? It is all about eating, sleeping, mating and defending. This is not what the goal of the human life form is meant for!