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/
Although the concept 'braahmana'is in place, concept 'braahminism' is not at all in place. There is nothing like it. It creates more unclarity than clarity in understanding.
ReplyDeleteHow perverted an observation you have. Try reading the entire chappter. Maybe that will clear it up.
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