Caste System

Subj: Caste System
> 1. My point exactly...we are all running after the golden
> deer. Inspite of making so much noise about Raam Janma
> Bhoomi, Raam Setu, Raam Raajya etc., we are totally ignoring
> to learn one of the most important lessons of
> Ramayan...there is no deer with golden skin...even Raam Ji
> had to go through years of torture & Sita Ji through
> public humiliation as consequence of their desire for the
> golden deer. And, yes, the brahmans, their claims that they
> were created by Brahma from the head of Vishnu, the
> Kshatriyas from the shoulders, the Vaishyas from the abdomen
> & so they are higher in the hierarchy, & the
> Shoodras are lowly because they were created from the feet
> of Vishnu & were created for the sole purpose of serving
> the higher castes, okay, agreed. But then, why are the top 3
> castes in the proverbial "deep shit" of hatred
> from the "Shoodras?" Because they forgot that the
> basic sanitation had been delegated to the shoodras...all
> those tasks that are
>
> absolutely important for the oh so clean existence of the
> upper castes. When you starve the very people who are
> supposed to do your dirty work, they will not be able to
> perform their "duty" & will result in ahe
> mess. Do we neglect our feet & pay more attention to our
> heads? Why did these brilliant upper caste people forget
> that the society is like a body...each part is equally
> important, including those parts that create only
> "shit"?
>
> Sorry, but if you can, please put this in more asthetic
> words.
> Namaste
> Poonam
>
> 2. My Take:
> Quote: My point exactly...we are all running after the
> golden deer. Inspite of making so much noise about Raam
> Janma Bhoomi, Raam Setu, Raam Raajya etc., we are totally
> ignoring to learn one of the most important lessons of
> Ramayan...there is no deer with golden skin...even Raam Ji
> had to go through years of torture & Sita Ji through
> public humiliation as consequence of their desire for the
> golden deer. And, yes, the brahmans, their claims that they
> were created by Brahma from the head of Vishnu, the
> Kshatriyas from the shoulders, the Vaishyas from the abdomen
> & so they are higher in the hierarchy, & the
> Shoodras are lowly because they were created from the feet
> of Vishnu & were created for the sole purpose of serving
> the higher castes, okay, agreed.
>
> COMMENT: Regarding the statement " ...there is no deer
> with golden skin " Golden deer do not exist, but
> there are stories of deer with golden antlers.
>
> Quote: And, yes, the brahmans, their claims that they were
> created by Brahma from the head of Vishnu, the Kshatriyas
> from the shoulders, the Vaishyas from the abdomen & so
> they are higher in the hierarchy, & the Shoodras are
> lowly because they were created from the feet of Vishnu
> & were created for the sole purpose of serving the
> higher castes, okay, agreed.
>
>
> COMMENT: Here you are talking about our Hindu Caste System.
>
> I have taken a stand against the caste system, for at least
> 25 years, because it is a hier-archical system, a
> differential system, a system of superiority &
> inferiority of humans by birth, contradistinct from equality
> before law. I have proposed an Integral system, named
> Integral-Hinduism ( a totally casteless Hinduism ) in its
> place.
>
>
> Critics of caste system often cite Hindu scriptures,
> sanctioning the practice of caste system. They fail to
> realize that Hindu scriptures have two types of messages:
> Timely i.e Time-Dependent, belonging only to the people of
> the period, in which they are produced
>
> AND
> Timeless i.e. Time-Independent, that are restricted to no
> time, they are eternal & applicalble to all ages.
>
> It is self-evident that Caste System is a Timely System,
> and conditions now are totally different from when caste
> system was first devised. Caste system is a social system,
> although it is considered a system of the Hindu religion,
> because Hindus practise it. Social systems ( and their
> components, caste system included ) change & must
> change.
>
>
> Initially caste system was Non-Hereditary, but its practice
> for a long long time, made it rigid & inelastic. At this
> point in time,caste system is Totally-Obsolete.
> Caste system has been changing, is changing, and will
> continue to change. Hinduism is moving toward
> Integral-Hinduism. It will take a few generations to
> eliminate caste system completely.
>
>
> 3. Quote: ...each part is equally important, including
> those parts that create only "shit"?
> Sorry, but if you can, please put this in more asthetic
> words.
>
> COMMENT: SH** is a frequently-used word in the US. Even in
> India, people use this word, not for any scientific reason.
> Indians possibly feel that " Americans have got it
> right. "
>
>
> Surinder Paul Attri