reponse 8: but who is a braahman and who is a shudra

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I like Shri Venkat Hari's response to Pandeji's question regarding Brahmans

and shudras, and I want to add something.

One who realized Brahman is a braahmana but 99.99% of people misunderstand

that if one is born in a braahman family, you are a braahman. According to

Manu Smriti, ALL are born as shudras (janmane jaayate shudrah), and

according to their gunas and actions one becomes a braahman, kshatriya,

vaisya or sudra.

Gita says the same thing - 'chatur varnyam mayaa srushtam guna karma

vibhaagashah' i.e.the fourfold order was created by me according to the

divisions of gunas and actions.

The following is an excerpt from the book " Maharshi Mahesh Yogi on the

Bhagavad Gita, a new traslation and commentary, chapters 1-6. "

The three gunas may combine with each other in six possible ways :

1. sattva dominates, rajas is secondary

2. " " tamas "

3.rajas " sattva "

4. " " tamas "

5.tamas " sattva "

6. " " rajas "

 

combinations 2 and 5 are not possible bec of the contrast in the nature of

sattva and tamas ( 2. when sattva dominates, which is light, there cannot be

tamas - darkness; 5. when tamas dominates, there is no sattva). Thus the

three gunas have only 4 possible combinations.....

(1,3,4,6.)

 

Because you all are gynanis , you can figure out who is who.

It is one's gunas, actions and consciousness that determines what you are.

 

Hema Reddy