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Why are Hindu texts like Mahabharata so focused on race, lineage and varna?
But when I am reading the abridged version (God knows what will happen if I read the unabridged version), the text is so hyperfocused on one's family and ancestors it feels obsessive.
Perhaps, more ...
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Why are Hindu texts like Mahabharata so focused on race, lineage and varna?
Let us discuss how you should understand the parts that are problematic.
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"But when I am reading the abridged version (God knows what will happen if I read the unabridged version)...
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For those who support guna-based or behavior-based caste theory, how do you determine someone's guna?
The Gunas don't necessarily refer to characteristics, but rather one's internal tendencies. As one's life progresses your Gunas can change Arjuna from a king became a saint after all. The Bhagavad ...
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Which caste is "software developer"?
"Why specific about software developer????" Why not a sportsman??? Why not a soldier??? Why not a doctor????
It is a brain framework that tries to associate caste with literacy. I wish you ...
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Can a person be of more than one caste?
Caste is not equal to VARNA. Hinduism is of highest spirituality Sanaatana Dharmaa.
Sanatana Dharma advocates that person of a VARNA is better / best in his/ her VARNAASHRAMA. It means a person is a ...
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Do people who are born in dwija castes did lots of virtues in their previous lives?
It is absolutely true. Hence this birth utilises the happiness out of early beings and materials of existence.
The twice born tries to enjoy/ appreciate varieties of beings on Earth and is not going ...
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