janmana jayate sudrah
samskarat dwij uchchte
veda pathnat bhavet viprah
brahma janati iti brahmanah
“By birth one is a sudra (lowest caste), by the purificatory process one becomes a dvija (higher path), by study of the Vedas one becomes a vipra, and one who knows Brahman is a brahmana.”
-sastras
Vedas - http://howknowledge.blogspot.com/
Brahman - http://foundationinformation.blogspot.com/
“By birth one is a sudra (lowest caste), by the purificatory process one becomes a dvija (higher path), by study of the Vedas one becomes a vipra, and one who knows Brahman is a brahmana.”
-sastras
Vedas - http://howknowledge.blogspot.com/
Brahman - http://foundationinformation.blogspot.com/
