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Tony_Balony
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 Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2007 8:31 pm Post subject: The caste system in India... |
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| I really don't know about this. Enlighten me so I'll be a better, less ignorant person. |
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safeblad
Joined: 17 Jul 2006
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| Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2007 10:24 pm Post subject: |
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| you are too old to lose your ignorance |
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Tony_Balony
Joined: 12 Apr 2007
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| Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2007 1:33 am Post subject: |
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| safeblad wrote: |
| you are too old to lose your ignorance |
No I'm not. Sounds like ageism. |
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VanIslander
Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!
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| Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2007 2:32 am Post subject: |
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| it's much like the class system in England |
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Tony_Balony
Joined: 12 Apr 2007
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| Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2007 2:52 am Post subject: |
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| VanIslander wrote: |
| it's much like the class system in England |
Thank you. I looked up "Caste System" in Wikipedia. I learned that people called "Brahmins" are at the top of the pyramid. I suppose those people would equate to Imams, BBC news staff, university professors and Marxists. Correct? |
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VanIslander
Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!
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| Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2007 2:54 am Post subject: |
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| Tony_Balony wrote: |
| ... the top of the pyramid. I suppose those people would equate to Imams, BBC news staff, university professors and Marxists. Correct? |
only from the perspective of an ultra-right wing "Fox-News-is-News" wingnut |
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Rteacher
Joined: 23 May 2005
Location: Western MA, USA
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| Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2007 7:54 pm Post subject: |
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OK - my field of expertise (next to pro wrestling and "Woodstock nation"...)
The caste system was/is basically a corruption of the (divinely inspired?) "varna-ashrama" system that divided society into four spiritual divisions and four social orders.
Uh-oh, I've gotta go to a class. This link gives a lot of info:http://hinduism.iskcon.com/lifestyle/901.htm |
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