--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Mason" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Try the Shastras? > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, t3rinity <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Mason" <premanandpaul@> > > wrote: > > > > > > Guru Dev on Varnas (castes) > > > > > > http://www.paulmason.info/gurudev/upadesh.htm#varnoM > > > > "Wherever happiness is to be, there nobody is brahmana, is not > > kshatriya, is not vaishya, is not shudra. In Paramatma there is no > > difference in anyone, the difference then is in business." > > > > Okay, very nice quotes. In fact it says in quintessence, that the > > important thing is mukti and not varna. But it does not define, who a > > Brahmana is.
Like: The knower of Brahman is Brahman? As I pointed out, Ganapathy Muni and Kapali Shastri think that the Varna system was not hereditary. I pointed out some examples before in the other thread. For example, in the Vedas their were brahmanas etc. But the word used for them was not jati, which is caste in classical Sanskrit. The Veda uses varna, which is the psychological flavour. There is no indication at all in the Vedas, that it was hereditary. My argument was that the scriptures contradict themselves. You said that the guru clarifies. I asked you, were does GD define Brahmana. Now you go back to scripture. You say: Guru Dev just spoke shastra I say: Shastra gives contradictory statements. You say: GD clarifies I ask: were he defines Brahmana You say:Try Shastras 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/
