12-23-2005, 05:55 AM
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Any way if the vast majority of Hindus asks the parliament to pass a law declaring them to be Brahmins then the politicians will be only too happy to oblige.My answer will be that such a new arrangement where all Hindus are Brahmins will become acceptable in a matter of decades.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
You rightly pointed out my stance on the invalidity of a Lok Sabha resolution changing the status of someone to a Brahmin. However, if an Acharya does the same (like Arya Samaj or VHP is doing to bring Hindus back to their ancestral fold) it will be highly acceptable and commendable too. If there is a movement that does Brahmopadesam to the so-called dailts, like Gautama did to Jabala Satyakama. When it comes from an Acharya belonging to a Parampara it is acceptable. When the need or urge to change comes from Within, it is acceptable.
I am reading Vivekananda's criticism, and will be able to put my thoughts sometime later. As I will be leaving for India on Sat'day for a month. I shall resume once I am back.
You rightly pointed out my stance on the invalidity of a Lok Sabha resolution changing the status of someone to a Brahmin. However, if an Acharya does the same (like Arya Samaj or VHP is doing to bring Hindus back to their ancestral fold) it will be highly acceptable and commendable too. If there is a movement that does Brahmopadesam to the so-called dailts, like Gautama did to Jabala Satyakama. When it comes from an Acharya belonging to a Parampara it is acceptable. When the need or urge to change comes from Within, it is acceptable.
I am reading Vivekananda's criticism, and will be able to put my thoughts sometime later. As I will be leaving for India on Sat'day for a month. I shall resume once I am back.