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India's caste system goes back 2,000 years, genetic study finds

Each religion is unique and beautiful in its own way. The caste system in Hinduism too is beautiful in its own way provided that owing to modern times there is no discrimination against the lower castes. We should all be tolerant towards the other persons religion and thinking.

While I was browsing I found a long list of benefits of the caste system:

Advantage or Merits of Caste System

1. Preservation of Culture:

Caste system helped in preservation of culture and these were passed on from generation to generation.

2. Preservation of Purity:

Caste system, because of its endogenous nature, permitted marriage only within the caste and thus preserved purity of each caste.

3. Division of Labor:

Caste system required each individual to do the work prescribed for his caste, i.e. Brahmins job was to teach, Kshatriyas to fight war, Vaishyas to run trade and Shudras to serve other castes. This division of labor ensured smooth functioning of society.

4. Co-operation within Castes:

Caste system fastened cooperation with each caste. They co-operated with each other to preserve their culture and protect it from degradation by other castes.

5. Absence of Competition:

As social status was hereditary and no amount or personal accomplishments could change it, there was no competition to improve status. People, therefore, utilized their energies for general benefit of society rather than Personal advancement.

6. Panchayat System:

Panchayat system is an outcome of caste system. All disputes within a caste were referred to the caste Panchayat. Panchayats though secular in outlook exist even now in rural India.

7. Increased Professional Proficiency:

Caste system helped in increasing proficiency in each vocation because accumulated experience of and store was handed over by father to son.

8. Healthy Social Life:

Caste system made people disciplined and co-operative. People carried out the duties assigned due to their caste with responsibility. There was social amity between members of same caste.

9. Protected the Society:

Rigidity of our caste system was responsible for protecting our society from cultural invasion by alien societies.

10. Permanency and Continuity:

Each casts had a permanent body of constitutions to guide his social behaviors and action. The customs and beliefs were passed on from generation the generation. Thus caste system had permanency and continuity.

11. Improved Living Standards:

Each caste struggled hard to maintain and improve living standards of its members to retain its superiority over subordinate castes. This resulted in overall progress and prosperity.

12. Social Life Not Dependent on Political Conditions:

Caste system was predominantly influenced by religion. It was totally independent of prevailing political conditions and, therefore provided stability in society.
 
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I didn't say Chinese eyes...I said smaller eyes like the Baltis !

Ahhh foOk it.....I've just put my Profile Picture up...you tell me what the hell am I ?



I'd say I'm Olive ! :unsure:


In your picture you do look like chinese kind of person. And for me pandit/brahmin is a low descent rather than higher as you try to present it. I am kashmiri caste punjabi and I proudly say that I have no relation with pandit/brahmins of kashmir. The vast majority of kashmiri caste people in punjab are not related to any such thing called pandit/brahmin, it is just an internet hoax. Vast majority of kashmiri caste punjabis belong to non-brahmin communities of kashmir valley.
 
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I would rather like it go away. Everything has its time. I can say it might have been good at some point of time in the past. But now its best if it is done away with. Sanatan Dharma is enough. :) But if castes are legally transformed into some professiobally acquired title - I will be cool. Though by that account by brother will be a Brahmin(Student/teacher) while I will be a Shudra(I work in the service industry) :D

I won't mind that though. But caste fixed from birth(though has no sanction in the Vedas) is something I won't support.
Each religion is unique and beautiful in its own way. The caste system in Hinduism too is beautiful in its own way provided that owing to modern times there is no discrimination against the lower castes. We should all be tolerant towards the other persons religion and thinking.

While I was browsing I found a long list of benefits of the caste system:
 
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the hierarchy in the caste system get mentioned in the Purusha Suktam of the Yajur veda, where the brahmin is compared to the mouth, kshatriya to the arms, vaisyas to the stomach and the sudhra the leg, the lowest part which is out of the torso.

Caste system is an evil product of the so called Hindu religion called Sanatana Dharma - Varnasharma dharma = a system based on color not choice.
 
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the hierarchy in the caste system get mentioned in the Purusha Suktam of the Yajur veda, where the brahmin is compared to the mouth, kshatriya to the arms, vaisyas to the stomach and the sudhra the leg, the lowest part which is out of the torso.

Caste system is an evil product of the so called Hindu religion called Sanatana Dharma - Varnasharma dharma = a system based on color not choice.

You are partially right. The definition is a rather simplistic one. Brahmin is the mouth as it represents wisdome and knowledge, Kshatriya is the arm as they fight and protect, Vaisya is the stomach as they provide the food and sudhra is the leg as they support the rest and moves the body (society) forward.

But how is the mouth superior to the leg ?

Reminds me of the joke where the mouth says he is superior as he eats the food and he keeps the body alive, the stomach says he is superior as he is the one who digests the food, the intestine says he is superior as he absorbed the food into the body. The a$$hole just shuts up and refuses to pass out anything and the whole body became sick. Finally everybody decided that the a$$hole is the most superior ..............that is why all bosses are a$$holes. :lol:

Hope you get the moral of the story boss.
 
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Ok so you chose a literal translation. Good, now tell me your address, let me cut your body part down from your torso.
the hierarchy in the caste system get mentioned in the Purusha Suktam of the Yajur veda, where the brahmin is compared to the mouth, kshatriya to the arms, vaisyas to the stomach and the sudhra the leg, the lowest part which is out of the torso.

Caste system is an evil product of the so called Hindu religion called Sanatana Dharma - Varnasharma dharma = a system based on color not choice.
 
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the hierarchy in the caste system get mentioned in the Purusha Suktam of the Yajur veda, where the brahmin is compared to the mouth, kshatriya to the arms, vaisyas to the stomach and the sudhra the leg, the lowest part which is out of the torso.

Caste system is an evil product of the so called Hindu religion called Sanatana Dharma - Varnasharma dharma = a system based on color not choice.

Nothing wrong with that,you need all 4 to survive.

No one thing is less than the other.
 
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But how is the mouth superior to the leg ?

The analogy is simple the sudra is subservient to the 3 upper "superior" caste , if you cant see the discrimination thats your luck ...

Reminds me of the joke where the mouth says he is superior as he eats the food and he keeps the body alive, the stomach says he is superior as he is the one who digests the food, the intestine says he is superior as he absorbed the food into the body. The a$$hole just shuts up and refuses to pass out anything and the whole body became sick. Finally everybody decided that the a$$hole is the most superior ..............that is why all bosses are a$$holes.

Epic failure, according to Hindu caste system the mouth is consider clean and pure as oppose the A$S which is unclean and dirty as such the mouth is superior to the rest of the organs.
 
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"mouth is superior to the rest of the organs" - Really? :laughcry: :laughcry: :hitwall: :cuckoo:

Source: http://www.defence.pk/forums/centra...ars-genetic-study-finds-15.html#ixzz2cQ6XecKl
The analogy is simple the sudra is subservient to the 3 upper "superior" caste , if you cant see the discrimination thats your luck ...



Epic failure, according to Hindu caste system the mouth is consider clean and pure as oppose the A$S which is unclean and dirty as such the mouth is superior to the rest of the organs.
 
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I'm 23 & the picture is from when I was 21 ! :)


Another thing for yourself to correct, no punjabi of kashmiri ancestary presents himself as a "kashmiri" living in punjab, no it is not the case. We are punjabis whose caste happens to be kashmiri, we are punjabis because we speak punjabi, we live punjabi and we die punjabi. That is also what i found from your previous posts when I was not the member, I think your are quite young and also have a rather posh family background so you lack the true mentality of punjabis of kashmiri caste. Do you think nawaz sharif is the leader of punjab without any reason, no it is not the case it is because he is punjabi for all other punjabis. Imran khan will always be a failure in punjab because he does not identify with the soil of punjab and hence punjabis will never ever bring him to power in punjab. I know this reality because I am one of those punjabi joes who know everything about our mentality and culture.
 
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Manlion,you are the one who cant read things properly

Legs are the base on which a society stands,it is the fundamental and weak legs will make the society not move at all and not even stand.

Stomach is not the right thing,it is actually the hips.

Hips here because it is the hips which which give balance to the body and balances the upper and lower part well.

Hands are the Kshatriyas a sthe Man used his hands for every activity and also to protetc himself or get anything from outside.

It is not the mouth but the Head and it is the head because it gives direction to the society.

It is not how you imagine it to be.
 
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The analogy is simple the sudra is subservient to the 3 upper "superior" caste , if you cant see the discrimination thats your luck ...

Sattva guna is superior to the Rajas guna which in turn is superior to the tamas guna.

The lawyer makes more money than the policeman who in turn makes more money than the bum on the street.


Epic , according to Hindu caste system the mouth is consider clean and pure as oppose the A$S which is unclean and dirty as such the mouth is superior to the rest of the organs.

Looks like the story went bouncer :lol: ........ who am i to argue with the boss. lol.
 
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