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Re: Castes???
Tim Renner <Tim.Renner@darmstadt.netsurf.de> writes:
>Is it true that poor persons are always a member of the
>Harijans caste?
Actually, i am poor but do not belong to harijan's caste. Also,
what is poor ? Reminds me of a story,
When i visited the shankara of kanchi math, there was a rich person
who came and placed a brick before him and said 'Please bless this
brick, i intend to build houses for the poor.' Immediately, the
shankara asked 'Who is poor ?'. The way he asked was laden with inner
meaning. It is a pity that poverty is associated only with material
comfort, and not with spiritual poverty, so commonly found everywhere.
Giri
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