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	'''Brahmin''' (Devanagari: ब्राह्मण, Bengali: ব্রাহ্মণ) is a traditional Hindu society. In the [[Law of Social Cycle]], [[Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar]] described four main socio-psychological types, whereby human psychological and physical endowment and social motivations are expressed: the Brahmin, Kshatriya, Vaishya and Shudra.		'''Brahmin''' (Devanagari: ब्राह्मण, Bengali: ব্রাহ্মণ) is a traditional Hindu society.

	Sarkar contradicted traditional Hindu social practice and told that no one can be a Brahmin by birth. By birth everyone is a Shudra. After being initiated by a [[Acarya\|religious teacher]], his lifestyle changes and starts to see this world in a new way. This initiation is considered as his second birth.<ref name=VV-2-115>{{cite book\|title=Varna Vicitra (part 2)\|publisher=Ananda Marga Publications\|page=115\|author=Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar\|language=Bengali}}</ref>		Sarkar contradicted traditional Hindu social practice and told that no one can be a Brahmin by birth. By birth everyone is a Shudra. After being initiated by a [[Acarya\|religious teacher]], his lifestyle changes and starts to see this world in a new way. This initiation is considered as his second birth.<ref name=VV-2-115>{{cite book\|title=Varna Vicitra (part 2)\|publisher=Ananda Marga Publications\|page=115\|author=Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar\|language=Bengali}}</ref>