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Re: REQUEST : Can some one identify the characters in the story?
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To: soc-religion-hindu@uunet.uu.net
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Subject: Re: REQUEST : Can some one identify the characters in the story?
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From: saibaba@ccs.neu.edu (durgaprasad ayyalasomayajula)
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Date: 7 Nov 1996 14:43:15 GMT
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Newsgroups: soc.religion.hindu
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Organization: College of Computer Science, Northeastern University.
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Jaldhar H. Vyas (jaldhar@braincells.com) wrote:
: durgaprasad ayyalasomayajula <saibaba@ccs.neu.edu> wrote in article
: <ghenE0D0vy.FIy@netcom.com>...
: > So a brahmin is one who speaks truth and spends with a
: > Prostitute(I am wrongly
: > using this word for mother Jabala to make my point clear
: > and I beg apologies)
: >
: Possibly. Brahmanhood is purely a matter of birth not morality. A Brahman
: becomes a dvija and entitled to practice Dharma through the ritual of the
: Yagnopavit Sanskara.
How Come the Title Brahmarshi given to VISHWAMITRA.
Brahmarshi is supposed to be given to only Brahmins.
Vishwamitra wants himself to be called Brahmarshi by Sage Vashita.
(even though the world already called him by that time, Vishwamitra wanted
himself to be addressed so by the Vashista. Vashista addresses him so only
after he behaves like a Brahmin (Satvika qualiltites of controlling anger
etc.,))
But Vishwamitra is a king by birth.
Also there are many incidents where great saints proclaimed themselves as
brahmins (after ataining brahma Gyjana) though they are not brahmins by birth.
Why all this , which religion does Naranyana belong , and to which caste does
lord Siva belong.
And what is all this Brahminhood?
and for that matter what is Brahmin?
(I am not confused between who is brahmin and what is brahmin)
Namste .
-- Prasad
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: > AdiShankara is supposedly a realised person and there was
: > an incident in his life which is given below that he is a
: > realised person, so he may not have said that.
: >
: > : Lord Shiva himself came to him in form of a Chandal, to
: > : inculate in his-self that goodness and shivtava can be found
: > : in every human being. So, reliance on Bramha-Sutra, (in the context
: > : of the fact that we do not have a direct quote, but rather a mere
: > : allusion) is not wise.
: >
: This is a story, nothing more or less. And we do have direct quotes.
: There are specific statements in Shankaracharyas writings where he makes
: clear that he is for Varnashrama Dharma. For instance a little while back
: in this group a poster posted an excerpt from the Brahma Sutra Bhashya
: where Shankaracharya makes it quite clear Shudras are not entitled to
: practice the Vedic sacrifices. However much some may wish it,
: Shankaracharya is not some 19th century progressive. He is an acharya in
: the Vedic tradition and has the same outlook as all the other acharyas in
: that tradition past, and present.
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