Hari Om,
According to the Vedic Philosophy, there are only 4 varnas. These 4 Varnas are basicaly determined by the predominance of the 3 gunas.
Look up at Swami Chidbavananda's commentary on Gita [Ramakrishna Mission]
A person who has predominantly Tamas guna is a Sudra and should be give particular duties in society.
A person who has predominantly Rajas guna is a Vaishya and should be given particular duties in society.
A person who has predominantly Satwa guna is a Kshtriya and should be given particular duties in society.
And a person who has Trancended the three gunas is a Brahmana.
The three Varnas are not rigid and are interchangable. Sage Vishvamitra was born kshtriya, but became a sage. etc
With, Jai Guru Dev,
Jason
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From: "Vaj" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2005 08:52:12 -0400
Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: For the record - messages appear in reverse chronlogical orde
Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2005 08:52:12 -0400
Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: For the record - messages appear in reverse chronlogical orde
If anything epitomizes the Veda since puritanical elements took over, it's the performance of yagyas for money rather than doing things for yourself. Hire someone else to do it for you. Another element that epitomizes Vedic
thinking is adherence to a caste system. One of it's primary elements is adamant disallowing of intermarriage between castes. Exogamy is the chief way that differences, esp. in IQ, change: by intermarriage. So therefore restricting intermarriage, keeps the caste system going and humans locked into certain "slots".
thinking is adherence to a caste system. One of it's primary elements is adamant disallowing of intermarriage between castes. Exogamy is the chief way that differences, esp. in IQ, change: by intermarriage. So therefore restricting intermarriage, keeps the caste system going and humans locked into certain "slots".
It seems to me we're just seeing the same old pattern over again. It's just a further extension of racism. After all 'who you gonna get to do the dirty work, when all the slaves are free'?
Adherence to a Vedic lifestyle assures that there will always be an underclass and a ready number of people we can treat like slaves. American policy is somewhat different but achieves the same thing--we just keep our southern border loose and a steady flow of the new slaves just pours in like magic. It's the new yagya I guess.
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