Guest guest Posted October 27, 1995 Report Share Posted October 27, 1995 I would like to pose a question Varnasrama dharma. In BG 4.3 Krishana says " Chaturvarnyam maya srishtam.." Thus He says that the varna system was created by him bases on guna and karma namely qulities and the occupation (?) The qualities of the various varnas are described in a latter chapter. Krishna also says that it is better to observe one's svadharma even incompetently than trying to be perfect in another's varna dharma. The term svadharma gives seems to me that one's varna is determines by birth. This was the belief I had untill I came across the Guadiya Vaishnavite view that varna is not determined by one's birth and is determined by one's qualities. If indeed varna is not determined by birth what was the system by which varnas were alloted? was it by a Guru who based on his observation of students ? If so what happens to the female members of the society who did not attend gurukula. Could some one in this group throw more light on this subject? K.P.Sridharan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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