Fw: A true Brahmin

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Namastey.

 

I am a small man before you all learned.

What dharma says is " Based on the Desha, kala, sthiti the action by any

individual is to be taken and that action which doesn't do a harm to any one and

is correct dharma " ...something like this.

 

As per my knowledge ..What vedas say is " janmanaa shudro jayatey.. karmaneyva

brahmanaha bhavati' By birth we are all shudras... we take birth in a given

surroundings based on our past karma...

 

Please do not think that you are not qualified as brahmana....If we are doing

the right dharma and doing the swadhyaya...(i.e following basic actions..sandhya

vandanam..deyvataa archanaa... these need not be truly always in ritual

forms...even maukhika is accepted.) teaching/guiding the children and people

towards the barhma jnana....doing our duties well (We can get the correct answer

for this point from mahabharata in the story of dharmavyadha) then we are

brahmins... we need not be doing puja in temple/home etc.. also...

manuscript is to be take in right gist and we should never forget the definition

of dharma...

 

You qualify as brahmin based on the purity in your thoughts and the selfless

actions and duties that you perform.

 

My few small thoughts..

 

I am sorry if I have hurt anyone's feelings.. This is my first posting...

 

Sarvam devimayam jagat...

 

 

 

--- On Mon, 6/22/09, R.S.MANI <r_s_mani wrote:

 

 

R.S.MANI <r_s_mani

Re: Re: A true Brahmin

advaitin

Monday, June 22, 2009, 12:06 PM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NAMASTE, SRI SASTRIJI,

YES, I TOO, DO NOT QUALIFY.

AT THE SAME TIME, I DO VALUE MY BIRTH IN A BRAHMIN FAMILY, AS IT HAS DEFINITELY

HELPED ME TO DEVELOP " GIGNASA " .

WITH KIND REGARDS,

 

R. S. Mani

 

--- On Mon, 22/6/09, snsastri <sn.sastri (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:

 

snsastri <sn.sastri (AT) gmail (DOT) com>

Re: A true Brahmin

advaitin@ s.com

Monday, 22 June, 2009, 11:49 AM

 

advaitin@ s.com, Shyam <shyam_md@.. .> wrote:

>

> For the Tamil speaking members in thie forum, there is a wonderful Tamil

serial - Enge Brahmanan? - that talks about the true spiritual heritage, and

its lack thereof today. Nice discussions on the Bhagawad Gita and other

spiritual topics is interwoven into the storyline in a very interesting manner -

a treat to watch.

> Hari Om

> Shri Gurubhyoh namah

> Shyam

 

Namaste.

In the past also there have been very learned Brahmins who held liberal views.

One outstanding example is Kavyakantha Ganapati Muni about whom his

great-grandson Sriram-ji had written in this List.

 

Manu Smriti II.168 says-- " The Brahmana who without having studied the Veda in

the proper way, labours after other things, falls, even in his present life, to

the condition of a Sudra, together with his descendants " .

I wonder how many of us qualify as Brahmins by this test. I certainly do not.

 

Best wishes,

S.N.sastri

 

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