Sanatana Dharma - Aka Hinduism (2nd Bin)

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Gangajal guroo,

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I think this is anecdotal data. Not sure how much can be read into it. Let me try again.

(1) everybody should do what they do to the best of their ability.
(2) a person should do what is best suited to his gunas.
(3) profession of programming involves sattvic gunas - just as an example.
(4) brahmanas (just as an example) have sattvic gunas
(5) and hence brahmanas are best suited for programming (eg again).

I think what the whole social arrangement depends on #1, that is that in order for Dharma to prevail or for social progress etc, everybody must do what he does to the best of his abilities. And to maximise this ability 3 (2-4) interrelated things have been posited by various people.

Now my query was mainly directed at point #3. How is one to recognise the gunas required in a given profession ? Your answer was more towards #4.