There are some people who follow me & take a grievously wro…

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.

That is a grossly simplistic view which simply does not reflect historical realities...
— \u0101\u1e45g\u012brasa\u015bre\u1e63\u1e6dha (@GhorAngirasa) August 27, 2017

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

Treat that righteous man, whoever he may be, affectionately like a kinsman! pic.twitter.com/GB3L4Fvz6Q
— \u0101\u1e45g\u012brasa\u015bre\u1e63\u1e6dha (@GhorAngirasa) July 10, 2017

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.

+were all caturthas/shUdras. The imbecile who told @VarunReddy01 that shUdras have no right to be proud is a fool of the lowest order
— \u0101\u1e45g\u012brasa\u015bre\u1e63\u1e6dha (@GhorAngirasa) July 10, 2017

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:

@threadreaderapp unroll
— \u0101\u1e45g\u012brasa\u015bre\u1e63\u1e6dha (@GhorAngirasa) November 27, 2018

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

The metaphor of the tulasi or vilva can be extended a little further... pic.twitter.com/Gx0wIIDVgv
— \u0101\u1e45g\u012brasa\u015bre\u1e63\u1e6dha (@GhorAngirasa) December 29, 2018

A final submission for tonight: https://t.co/3r0fikWMhW

Humbled by your kind words. Some may dislike but this is my firm belief:

Even as tulasi & vilva should remain in this loka for the sake of viSNu & shiva arcana, so too must the stock of aNGiras, bhRgu, vishvAmitra, vasiSTha, atri, kAshyapa & agastya remain for loka-kSema... https://t.co/vFleoiCEj6
— \u0101\u1e45g\u012brasa\u015bre\u1e63\u1e6dha (@GhorAngirasa) December 28, 2018

A thread on kSatropeta brAhmaNas: https://t.co/1WsZMzWzIB

Scroll up.

Thus was founded the noble maudgalya gotra. That it now produces the nefarious likes of that shehla rashid is a tragic reflection of the profound truth that the depth of a desha's (here, it is kAshmIradesha) degeneration is best realized by the degeneration of its brahma class.
— \u0101\u1e45g\u012brasa\u015bre\u1e63\u1e6dha (@GhorAngirasa) November 11, 2018

A thread on the special & indelible link between hereditary descent from a ऋषि & वैदिक practices. https://t.co/ZB8q2RjSwU

It is explicitly stated here by sAyaNAcArya by choosing a priest who is of a RSi\u2019s descent, the divine connection of the ritual is not broken.
— \u0101\u1e45g\u012brasa\u015bre\u1e63\u1e6dha (@GhorAngirasa) May 5, 2019

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

But conduct entitles one to be honoured regardless of the birth. Thus, the necessity of birth and the possibility of honors regardless of birth are both brought out in rudra's discourse.
— \u0101\u1e45g\u012brasa\u015bre\u1e63\u1e6dha (@GhorAngirasa) December 15, 2020

Lineage as a ritual substance (dravya) to be input into ritual action - The philosophical meaning of heredity in rituals: https://t.co/mCH5xpffrP

It is difficult for many people to think this way because of the human exceptionalism they adhere to: That humans are only subjects. However, in the ritual arena, humans & their lineages too can be ritual objects.
— \u0101\u1e45g\u012brasa\u015bre\u1e63\u1e6dha (@GhorAngirasa) May 25, 2020

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.

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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.