Guest guest Posted October 11, 2002 Report Share Posted October 11, 2002 >> > > A few relevant (hopefully) words based on Krishna's teachings in Bhagavad-gita. > > The varna is not determined by birth (janma), but qualities (guna) and > activities (karma). [bg. 4.13] > > One in any of the four varnas can attain perfection by worshiping the > Supreme Lord [bg. 9.32-33, 18.45-46]. > > Best wishes, > Chris Beetle > Very good, right on the target, and useful quotations. Nothing but bhakti - and, surely, the Holy Giitaa *marks* its beginning - has definitively clarify, I think, that, on the religious and salvifical perspective, the innermost qualities of a person, and his consequent activities, can cancel the supposed privileges determined by birth. Suum quisque faber. Professor Beetle, whom I thank very much, has perfectly interpreted the meaning of my sentence(a bit provoking): >paramaarthikasatya *means* varnas, that is - from >the Vedas up to nowadays - the difference between different levels of >knowledge (and possibilities of knowledge) of Truth, and of Salvation All the best, Daniela ****************************************************************** Ph.D. Dr. Daniela Rossella Department Assistant - University of Perugia (Italy) home address: piazza Buzzati, 5 43100 PARMA (Italy) tel. & fax +39.0521.773854 cell. +39.338 3198904 ghezziem http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/data/indiv/area/idsas/ROSSELLA,Daniela.htm ****************************************************************** Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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