Jati and Varna ...

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Dear Prabhuji,

 

Hare Krishna.

 

The article link u had sent presents at best a

sociological explanation for caste being external to

Hinduism with a few deliberately selective pieces of

evidence, while omitting many others not in favour of

such a stance. It is clear that the writer has used

the article to present his personal slant on the

issue. concepts that r shastric must be first

understood on the basis of shastra and then applied on

society. sadly, many view religion or spirituality in

an anthropomorphic sense, trying to present scriptural

statements merely as legitimising or rationalising

tools for exploitative elements in society. while such

attempts cannot be denied, there is no logical manner

to prove the issue in many cases because the motive of

exploitation if not clearly visible in document can

only be inferred based on one's own reading of the

subject matter. Scripture should be maturedly applied

on society. It is not that immature and retaliatory

views of social justice be couched in scripture or

applied to its understanding. This is how a

spiritualist should view issues.

 

I suggest that we read the acharyas' works in this

regard.

There is too much junk material going on on the issue

of jati and varna ranging from the strongly

body-oriented caste brahmanas to the fire-spitting and

disgusted but equally body-oriented 'lower' sections

of society, all of whom miss the essential

non-exploitative God-given scriptural basis of

Varnashrama dharma.

 

 

ys

jai simman

jakarta