--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Well I can cop to my own waking state ignorance, but I never heard MMY > deny the details or the caste system contained in the Vedic texts in > this way. Sanatana Dharma is in full support for the caste system and > Guru Dev was its champion. So even though your point may be valid in > MMY's system for the 4 main Vedas, the texts that came later make > specific claims about the world. One of those details are the > structure of the caste system which is supported by MMY every time he > talks about it.
What I heard MMY say of caste has, in my words -- not his, a genetic basis -- and a micro-cultural aka family environment basis. If your father is a doctor, and your mother is a doctor (I know several people like that), then the probability is you will have an easier time being a doctor than something else. You have a genetic disposition towards it. And by the time you are 18, you already know huge amount about being a doctor -- just from dinner convos, walks on vacations talking with parents, seeing them with their peers, etc. That view makes sense to me. Not that it should be iron clad. Nor iron chains to keep one "down". And there is honor, fame and wealth in all four "castes". A "sudra" might be a skilled craftsman, or artist or baseball player. And the four main castes are seen in most cultures-- by different names. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
