There are some people who follow me & take a grievously wrong approach towards matters of dharma. This is for them: See below:

If you sincerely want to understand our shAstras conscientiously, this is a dangerous attitude you ought to abandon at the very outset.

You can EITHER:

1. Wallow in self-pity, resentment, victim-hood & political correctness, follow half-baked people who make you feel good & abuse venerable AcAryas as casteists

OR

2. you can actually bother to learn the tradition for what it is.
https://t.co/ewJM1fbWmB
You can scroll up from here and then read down. But for convenience's sake, I will be posting screenshots of the relevant portions of the thread in the next few tweets.
Introduction, some basic terms relating to the topic and historical context:
brAhmaNas, kSatriyas and the vish; relationship between these three groups and the supposed, respective occupations:
Was there occupational monopoly? Flexibility in terms of change of occupation. Did this flexibility mean that there were no longer any hereditary varNa identities for people to subscribe to? Not really.

Link to the thread quoted in the second picture:
https://t.co/vBllfJcvwY
Further instances of flexibility in respect of occupation. But remember that this flexibility doesn't negate or nullify the hereditary components of the identity.

Link for the article referred to in the screenshot below: https://t.co/NR0UyW4oi4
The special role of heredity in the case of brAhmaNas:
Conclusion:

This was a rather disconnected thread with a lot of jumping around between concepts. Will link other threads on this or related topics.
Here is a thread I did previously on shUdra contributions to dharma. It is quoted above already. Linking here again for convenience: https://t.co/iqozcBSj7P

Scroll up and read.
Here is a long & detailed exposition on how the term, "shUdra" evolved to attain a range of meanings & how shAstras responded to the changing connotations of the term.

https://t.co/lcG1BP4czQ - scroll all the way up & read:
Alternatively, https://t.co/fFpsoCPhZe but this cuts off the question that led to the thread.
How can we understand the special relationship between heredity & brAhmaNas? Is there a deeper significance or metaphyiscs behind it? Here is one way of thinking about it:
https://t.co/x9QRxJJdg9
A final submission for tonight: https://t.co/3r0fikWMhW
A thread on kSatropeta brAhmaNas: https://t.co/1WsZMzWzIB

Scroll up.
A thread on the special & indelible link between hereditary descent from a ऋषि & वैदिक practices. https://t.co/ZB8q2RjSwU
A brief translation of Mahādeva’s discourse to Umā on the birth-basis, varṇa progress in subsequent lives & the glory of good conduct in present life that entities one to honours. https://t.co/Obm7pijjaQ
Lineage as a ritual substance (dravya) to be input into ritual action - The philosophical meaning of heredity in rituals: https://t.co/mCH5xpffrP

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தொல்லை இரும்பிறவிச் சூழும் தளை நீக்கி
அல்லல் அறுத்து ஆனந்தம் ஆக்கியதே – எல்லை
மருவா நெறியளிக்கும் வாதவூர் எங்கோன்
திருவாசகம் என்னும் தேன்

பொருள்:
1.எப்போது ஆரம்பித்தது என அறியப்படமுடியாத தொலை காலமாக (தொல்லை)

2. இருந்து வரும் (இரும்)


3.பிறவிப் பயணத்திலே ஆழ்த்துகின்ற (பிறவி சூழும்)

4.அறியாமையாகிய இடரை (தளை)

5.அகற்றி (நீக்கி),

6.அதன் விளைவால் சுகதுக்கமெனும் துயரங்கள் விலக (அல்லல் அறுத்து),

7.முழுநிறைவாய்த் தன்னுளே இறைவனை உணர்த்துவதே (ஆனந்த மாக்கியதே),

8.பிறந்து இறக்கும் காலவெளிகளில் (எல்லை)

9.பிணைக்காமல் (மருவா)

10.காக்கும் மெய்யறிவினைத் தருகின்ற (நெறியளிக்கும்),

11.என் தலைவனான மாணிக்க வாசகரின் (வாதவூரெங்கோன்)

12.திருவாசகம் எனும் தேன் (திருவா சகமென்னுந் தேன்)

முதல்வரி: பிறவி என்பது முன்வினை விதையால் முளைப்பதோர் பெருமரம். அந்த ‘முன்வினை’ எங்கு ஆரம்பித்தது எனச் சொல்ல இயலாது. ஆனால் ‘அறியாமை’ ஒன்றே ஆசைக்கும்,, அச்சத்துக்கும் காரணம் என்பதால், அவையே வினைகளை விளைவிப்பன என்பதால், தொடர்ந்து வரும் பிறவிகளுக்கு, ‘அறியாமையே’ காரணம்

அறியாமைக்கு ஆரம்பம் கிடையாது. நமக்கு ஒரு பொருளைப் பற்றிய அறிவு எப்போதிருந்து இல்லை? அதைச் சொல்ல முடியாது. அதனாலேதான் முதலடியில், ஆரம்பமில்லாத அஞ்ஞானத்தை பிறவிகளுக்குக் காரணமாகச் சொல்லியது. ஆனால் அறியாமை, அறிவின் எழுச்சியால், அப்போதே முடிந்து விடும்.

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They looked low.

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