X-Ftn-To: H Bkta 

hbkta@aol.com (H Bkta) wrote:
>and I guess that is the point.
>Caste system is not flexible.
>Born of shudra parents, you are consigned to live and work your life as a
>shudra.
>Born a of brahmin parents, one is considered a bramin, fit for life as priest
>and spiritual teacher simply by dint of one's birth into a brahmin family. and
>without the thread one is not cosidered bramin.

AFAIK, this issue was theoretically solved by Yudisthira in his short
conversation with Nahusa the Serpent. :) I felt no need to repeat
that, since I thought it to be common knowledge and common sense. 

>>So, what I want to say
>>is that it's OK to classify someone as a warrior as long as it is by
>>_his_ choice, and not by force, or inherited.
>>
>
>might have been a good idea to define "cast system" prior to this interchange.

So it seems; I used the "reformed" definition, where membership of a
caste is a matter of personal qualifications, not something you can be
born into.

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