new.morning wrote: > --- In [email protected], "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. Brahmin = (Brahmin*)westerner; ;-)
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