[Advaita-l] Caste system

[Lakshman Velayutham]

Thank you Bhaskarji,  Vineetji,  Sadaji,  Krishnamoorthyji,  Subbuji and
Sunilji for your valuable inputs.

Regards

Lakshman Velayutham

On Nov 26, 2016 3:22 AM, "Sunil Bhattacharjya via Advaita-l" <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> Dear friends,
>
> Whoever has read the Uttarakhanda of the Ramayana  (Ramayana Vedasamam)
> knows that in the Tretayuga the people felt very strongly the need for
> allocation of right job to people with the right aptitude and ability. That
> is how the Varna pratha came into being. I read it years ago and never felt
> the need of revising that. That is what has also been ratified by Lord
> Krishna in the Bhagavad Gita. This is the essence of the Varna pratha for
> all time. Any other treatment on the Varna pratha is simply the matter of
> details.
>
> Regards,
> Sunil KB
>
>
> --------------------------------------------
> On Fri, 11/25/16, Dinesh Patel MD via Advaita-l <advaita-l at lists.advaita-
> vedanta.org> wrote:
>
>  Subject: Re: [Advaita-l] Caste system
>  To: "V Subrahmanian" <v.subrahmanian at gmail.com>
>  Cc: "A discussion group for Advaita Vedanta" <advaita-l at lists.advaita-
> vedanta.org>
>  Date: Friday, November 25, 2016, 9:31 AM
>
>  Thanks
>  D
>
>  Sent from my
>  iPhone
>
>  > On Nov 25, 2016, at
>  10:59 PM, V Subrahmanian <v.subrahmanian at gmail.com>
>  wrote:
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  >> On Fri, Nov 25,
>  2016 at 5:06 PM, Dinesh Patel MD via Advaita-l <advaita-l at lists.advaita-
> vedanta.org>
>  wrote:
>  >> Shri
>  >> > R. Krishnamoorthy
>  >> >
>  >>
>  Thanks
>  >> Can you tell me the web
>  adress
>  >> How can get English
>  edition
>  >
>  >
>  Prof.V.Krishnamurti (Prof.VK) has translated almost the
>  whole of Deivathin Kural to English and has uploaded it on
>  his website. You can check through google search.
>  >
>  >
>  > vs
>  >> Best
>  >> Dinesh
>  >>
>  >> Sent from my iPhone
>  >>
>  >> > On Nov
>  25, 2016, at 4:46 PM, R Krishnamoorthy <srirudra at gmail.com>
>  wrote:
>  >> >
>  >> > Dear
>  >>
>  > I will recommend that you read the book Deivathin Kural
>  by Paramacharyal of Sri Kanchi. You can access to the Web
>  site also. But it is in Tamil. May be English version
>  available. There in the discourses He stoutly defends the
>  caste system of our Sanathana Dharma.
>  >> > One has to understand it fully.
>  The problem with our people is we tend to go by English
>  people who have interpreted to serve their purposes of
>  dividing the Hindu people creating an impression that one
>  caste is superior to another etc
>  >>
>  > It is all politics.
>  >> > R.
>  Krishnamoorthy
>  >> >
>  >> >> On 25 Nov 2016 02:28,
>  "Dinesh Patel MD via Advaita-l" <advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org>
>  wrote:
>  >> >> My educationists
>  >> >> A few of my American friends
>  are asking about caste system as mentioned in Gita
>  >> >> Why lord Krishna did this or
>  did he at all
>  >> >> Why are they
>  treated as they are
>  >> >> Some
>  western journalist in ny times a few weeks back wrote what
>  looked to be a bias uninformed view point but no one has
>  responded back
>  >> >> Dalits are
>  badly treated by Govt - and society
>  >>
>  >> I am proposing the topic
>  >>
>  >>  Genesis of caste system
>  >>
>  >> in India -- a Sanatan Dharma civilization
>  >> >>  Why
>  >> >> Pros and cons
>  >> >> Compare such caste systems if
>  any in other religions
>  >> >> May
>  be I am side tracking
>  >> >> If
>  so disregard
>  >> >> IAM of course
>  enjoying the information
>  >> >>
>  Dinesh
>  >> >>
>  >> >> Sent from my iPhone
>  >> >>
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