Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Caste system

2006-03-21 Thread Vaj
On Mar 21, 2006, at 3:50 AM, sparaig wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The caste system is always promoted and lauded by the members of the upper two castes, and never by the lower ones. That should tell you something about its real

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Caste system

2006-03-21 Thread Vaj
On Mar 21, 2006, at 2:53 AM, Irmeli Mattsson wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If you want to have your mind blown in regards to why democracy is an aberration and how the caste system reflects the real natural condition of society, you should

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Caste system

2006-03-21 Thread Vaj
On Mar 21, 2006, at 4:14 AM, TurquoiseB wrote: My point is that justifications of the Indian caste system tend to come from members of the two castes who are deemed fit to rule. So *of course* they're in favor of preserving a system that keeps them and their kids in power. It's a status quo

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Caste system

2006-03-21 Thread Vaj
On Mar 21, 2006, at 8:03 AM, TurquoiseB wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mar 21, 2006, at 4:14 AM, TurquoiseB wrote: My point is that justifications of the Indian caste system tend to come from members of the two castes who are deemed fit

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Caste system

2006-03-21 Thread Rick Archer
on 3/21/06 1:10 AM, Irmeli Mattsson at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Regarding caste, Maharishi said at Amherst in 1971 that he opposed interracial marriage because the best qualities of both races are lost in the

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Caste system

2006-03-21 Thread Vaj
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

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Caste system

2006-03-21 Thread Peter
--- peterklutz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Another way to put this is to say that the outcome of mixing two (or more) races is based on the lowest common denomimator found with each race. And what knowledge background is this opinion based on? Do you know anything about genetics? Genetics

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Caste system

2006-03-21 Thread Vaj
On Mar 21, 2006, at 8:56 AM, sparaig wrote: Which is MMY's stated reason for pricing TMout of the range of normal people: appeal to the elite who need to grow spiritually *at least* as much as the poor. That's also why many devout Hindus consider him a seller of the Vedas whose eventual

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Caste system

2006-03-20 Thread Rick Archer
Regarding caste, Maharishi said at Amherst in 1971 that he opposed interracial marriage because the best qualities of both races are lost in the offspring. Also, he is alleged to have opposed the geographic intermingling of races, when it was brought to his attention that this was sometimes a

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Caste system

2006-03-20 Thread Vaj
On Mar 20, 2006, at 12:26 PM, Rick Archer wrote: Regarding caste, Maharishi said at Amherst in 1971 that he opposed interracial marriage because the best qualities of both races are lost in the offspring. Also, he is alleged to have opposed the geographic intermingling of races, when it

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Caste system

2006-03-18 Thread Rick Archer
on 3/18/06 10:15 AM, Irmeli Mattsson at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: MMY has been successful in surrounding himself with yes-men. That success has however created a situation were he can get no critical assessment and he is totally free to publicly humiliate himself, when he clearly is getting