Religion and the caste system are causes of concern to humanity. The wars and violence and terrorism are going on in the name of God and religion.
Unless and until all the governments of the world give up the manufacturing of weapons of mass destruction and educate people about the falsity of their religion and the idea of a religious God, it is impossible to stop the wars and violence, terrorism going on in the name of God.
Democracy has to be secular. Secular means free from religious interference in administration. Religious laws and religious sentiments were kept away from the democratic setup.
Religion has to be replaced by spirituality. The Advaitic wisdom of Sage Sankara is pure Spirituality.
Advaitic wisdom of Sage Sankara has nothing to do with any religion or caste or sect because it is universal.
Sage Sankara’s Advaitic wisdom will one day replace all the religions of the world because Advaitic wisdom is the knowledge of God in truth.
Sage Sankara’s Advaitic wisdom brings universal brotherhood and unity in diversity.
Until Sage Sankara’s Advaitic wisdom is propagated effectively, many generations will suffer violence, wars, and terrorism, which is going on in the name of religion and God.
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Sage Sankara’s Advaitic wisdom is the power that can lead to universal peace and brotherhood.
It is time for the reform to build a strong society free from dogmas and superstitions. It is high time to realize the truth that their own inherited religion is full of adulteration, and they are simply indulging in worship and activities barred by the Vedas. The Vedas warn not to indulge in non-Vedic activities.
The caste system, which is so integral to Hinduism, was also not practiced in the Vedic era. There is hardly any evidence of a rigid caste system in the Vedas. The Vedas, however, speak of various classes of people, which appear to have been names of professions, and they were not hereditary.
The Lingayat sect is seeking a separate minority religion because they do not belong to Hinduism. Lingayat thinks it was wrong to classify Lingayats as Hindus because their founder rejected the Varnashrama dharma, the Agama Shastras, Vedas, and Upanishads, so they are not a part of the Lingayat sect.
The onus is on Ligayath to prove that all other castes other than Lingayats belong to the Vedic ideology. All the castes founded by the founders of the castes are indulging in worshipping non-Vedic gods and non-Vedic rituals barred by the Vedas.
Since all the castes of India, along with Lingayat, are entitled to get minority status because all the Hindu castes have nothing to do with Vedas and Vedic Religion or Sanatana Dharma and Vedic culture.
It is argued that the purushasukta hymn of the Rig Veda (X.90), which is often referred to as giving a religious sanction to the caste system, was a later interpolation.
Rigveda prohibits: ~ “The very concept of castes by birth, upper/lower castes, superior/inferior castes, outcastes, untouchables, Dalits,
Bhagavata clearly says in 7.11.35 that: ~ “Just because one is born to a Brahmin doesn’t automatically make him a Brahmin. But he has more chances of becoming a Brahmin by acquiring Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana. Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana is the only qualification of a Brahmin to become a Brahmin. If a person born to a non-Brahmin who acquires Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana possesses he/she should be immediately accepted as a Brahmin.”
In the Vedic era, a Brahmin was a person who had acquired Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana Atma Gnana. This was an extremely difficult path of the discipline of body, mind, and intellect, and people, irrespective of their birth or class, who dedicated themselves to such an austere life, were recognized as Brahmins.
A great example of this tradition (that a person becoming a Brahmin, rather than being born as one) is the case of Vishwamitra, a warrior (Kshatriya), who became a Brahmin after attaining Atma Jnana or Self-Knowledge.
A Smritis or code of conduct composed by sage Atri defines Brahminhood very clearly.
"By birth, every man is a Shudra (an ignorant person). Through various types of disciplines (samskaras), he becomes a dwija (twice-born). Through the studies of scriptures, he becomes a vipra (or a scholar). Through the realization of the supreme spirit (Brahmajnana), he becomes a Brahmin.”
The belief that people born in the Brahmin caste automatically become Brahmins is a much later concept in very ancient India. Thus, Brahmin means not a caste but one who has attained Atma Jnana or Brahma Jnana.
By birth, everyone is Shudra. Only with Self-knowledge, or Brahma Gnana or Brahma Gnana, it is possible for every Shudra to become a Brahmin. Those who identify themselves as the Brahmin caste without Brahmajnana are not Brahmins.
Religion and caste, and creed have nothing to do with God. Humanity itself is a religion. Love and peace and equanimity are much necessary to discard the religion and sect that breeds hatred, violence in the name of God and religion.
Santana Dharma deserves to be treated on its own as a distinct religion with its own sacred texts and practices, without interlinking it with Hinduism.
It is for the Prime Minister of India and the Indian Judiciary to recognize that all the castes that come under Hinduism are entitled to get minority status because all the castes of Hinduism indulge in believing, worshipping non-Vedic Gods and non-Vedic rituals, and having their own code of conduct. The Vedas and Sanatana Dharma have nothing to do with the present caste-infected Hinduism.
The word Hindu holds all the castes together. By removing the Hindu tag from castes, all the present minority religions become the majority, and all the Hindus belonging to the castes become a minority. : ~Santthosh Kuaar
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