--- In [email protected], bbrigante <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm not so sure it's a caste thing at all. The link below says that > when one becomes a shankaracharya, he removes his sacred thread and > becomes a sanyasi (in Guru Dev's case, he had already become a > sanyasi long before becoming Shankaracharya) and thus does not > belong to any caste or varna, so Maharishi could certainly have > become a sanyasi, if not a swami -- the reason why MMY did not > become a sanyasi is clearly that he was destined to interact with > the world extensively: > > http://www.sulekha.com/news/ThreadComment.aspx?cid=525375 > > The link below supports the idea that sanyasis are casteless, since > they have renounced the illusion that the body is the self, and > therefore when it is discarded, no ritual offerings are made to them: > > "The ritual of Pindadaana is not performed for children and > sanyasis. As far as children are concerned, they do not have the > sense of `I' and `mine' developed in them; and a Sanyasi on the > other hand is supposed to have repudiated the illusion of > considering oneself as the body. Since they have no affinity for > their physical forms, no Pindadaana is necessary for neither of > them. " > > http://www.ashram.org/~rp/rp_issues/rp141_files/main.html > > ********************* > --- In [email protected], Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > This has always been my understanding too. MMY is not > > a Brahmin and therefor can not become a sannyasi and > > wear orange.
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