I am not very much a believer in a religion by name of Hinduism, but I am like in concurrence with almost all of the things related to life and death mentioned in Hinduism. In my opinion, Hinduism word was never devised by our founding forefathers. From Sindhu (The Indus River) , Hindustan came and from Hindustan, Hindu came. Labelling a religion made it specific to certain group of people who agreed to most of the things preached by the religion, and if some thing mentioned in the religion did not appear agreeable to the mind, they would abide by the thing mentioned in the labelled religion.
I believe everything is as it is. Nothing (thought or action etc) is right or wrong, but everything has its outcome. Outcome would be pleasant or unpleasant.
I have a firm belief in Varna system mentioned in mythology texts. But I do not believe that the varna system is having any rigidity in terms of birth. Varna should be by action, as it was made on the basis of actions only. So by this thought, you can say that a so called brahmin family can have a Shudra as well, or a Sudra family may have a Brahmin in it as well. But how the lives of the family members turn out later will determine their Varna. Brahmin was defined in textures as someone who has great knowledge about the universe and has or aspires to have true knowledge of anything that happens in the world. I can not imagine that I am surrounded by such great minds in this era. Most of the people I live around with either focus on their jobs or about family. The standards set in mind by the definition of Brahmin are so high that I do not see many people fit. May be this is also true because of a limited circle of my own life. It only surrounds family and job, and all matters associated with these two. Four varnas, I believe, are made in hierarchy. Lowermost is the one which depends on other three. The one above the lowermost is the one which sustains the life of the other three. The one above this one is the one which protects the other three and the top most one is the one which guides the other three.
True, I do aspire to have a life of knowledge, but it is to me a puzzle that I do not know how to solve. Also I am not having time to solve either. Like a soldier, have promises to keep, and some distance, if not miles, before I sleep.
Wish things would change some day! :)
I believe everything is as it is. Nothing (thought or action etc) is right or wrong, but everything has its outcome. Outcome would be pleasant or unpleasant.
I have a firm belief in Varna system mentioned in mythology texts. But I do not believe that the varna system is having any rigidity in terms of birth. Varna should be by action, as it was made on the basis of actions only. So by this thought, you can say that a so called brahmin family can have a Shudra as well, or a Sudra family may have a Brahmin in it as well. But how the lives of the family members turn out later will determine their Varna. Brahmin was defined in textures as someone who has great knowledge about the universe and has or aspires to have true knowledge of anything that happens in the world. I can not imagine that I am surrounded by such great minds in this era. Most of the people I live around with either focus on their jobs or about family. The standards set in mind by the definition of Brahmin are so high that I do not see many people fit. May be this is also true because of a limited circle of my own life. It only surrounds family and job, and all matters associated with these two. Four varnas, I believe, are made in hierarchy. Lowermost is the one which depends on other three. The one above the lowermost is the one which sustains the life of the other three. The one above this one is the one which protects the other three and the top most one is the one which guides the other three.
True, I do aspire to have a life of knowledge, but it is to me a puzzle that I do not know how to solve. Also I am not having time to solve either. Like a soldier, have promises to keep, and some distance, if not miles, before I sleep.
Wish things would change some day! :)
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