--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Mar 21, 2006, at 8:09 AM, Vaj wrote: > > > As I suggested before, I'd highly recommend people read Danielou's > > work on the subject, not only to have your mind blown, but also as a > > kind of back door view into the real mind of Swami Brahmananda > > Saraswati before he embraced a position espousing smarta Brahmanism. > > Incidentally, _India: A Civilization of Differences : The Ancient > Tradition of Universal Tolerance_ is as good or better than the title > I previously mentioned and pretty much exclusively deals with the > caste system. Both will be shockers for western eyes and ears. >
An old GF of mine was getting her PhD in comparative religions, specifically specializing in INdia. According to her, the Indian caste system underwent a HUGE change under the british, who rigorously enforced what was actually a loose set of social conventions for who could marry who under what circumstances. Marrying above one's caste was perfectly allowable under the old system inthe right circumstances, but not under the British, and that had a lot to do with how rigid and inflexable Hindu culture has become in the past few centuries. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> 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/ <*> 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/
