Harsh-ji -
This matter has to be investigated from three dimensions.
1. Shruti 2. Smriti and then 3. The Community Ground Reality.
Shruti being a First Principles, there are less chances of lineage-by-birth being explicitly referred. Not to the best of my knowledge.
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This matter has to be investigated from three dimensions.
1. Shruti 2. Smriti and then 3. The Community Ground Reality.
Shruti being a First Principles, there are less chances of lineage-by-birth being explicitly referred. Not to the best of my knowledge.
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https://twitter.com/harshmadhusudan/status/1494393282452807681
However, that is less of a Problem. Smritis are fundamentally expositions of Purushartha for all communities through Karma and Achara based on Vedic Principles. There we have ground realities are deal with, structures, organisations, aspects, views, features are designed.
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By birth Varna-Jati-Kula seems to be the most efficient organization for us to realise the Vedic world view of Srishti-Sthiti-Laya and be in line with Rta. Purushartha, the equality proposition of Bharateeya Parampara, is easily designed for a Kula-Jati, through various Karma.
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Like in the past, we may have discussed, Varna may be more of a ‘View’, ‘Aspect’, ‘Feature’ and less of a structural or organisational reality. Yet, by birth it is most easily acquired. As an aside, I have explained this in my paper.
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indica.today/research/varna…
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indica.today/research/varna…
Also true that in the last 150 years two things have happened.
1. This perspective of life partially collapsed leading to a lot of problematic realities. Our ancestors knew how to avoid/overcome some problems created by birth-based- inheritance. We have a problem after 19C.
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1. This perspective of life partially collapsed leading to a lot of problematic realities. Our ancestors knew how to avoid/overcome some problems created by birth-based- inheritance. We have a problem after 19C.
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2. Also True - Industrial Revolution has taken the Profession out of the Community/Grihasthashrama.
Hence, we need an updated world view that helps us realign our Purushartha striving Karma across Individuality, Family, Community, Professional Institution & Public Life.
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Hence, we need an updated world view that helps us realign our Purushartha striving Karma across Individuality, Family, Community, Professional Institution & Public Life.
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More importantly, it is also true that all Hindu communities have not been identified with the same Varna throughout. Some communities have even stayed outside of being identified with any Varna - they have remained within The Hindu fold of Bharateeya Parampara.
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Not just that. Inter Kati-Varna marriages have been there since time immemorial and our various textual sources give enough instances of that too. Manu Smriti itself talks about communities as a consequence of Varna Sankara.
Yet, two things have remained intact throughout.
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Yet, two things have remained intact throughout.
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A. The Unit of Movement has always been a Kula-Jati. KJs/Families have gradually changed their identity. Very less of a movement for the individual by self.
B. The perspective of Purushartha striving Karma is easily applied to the context of a Community.
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B. The perspective of Purushartha striving Karma is easily applied to the context of a Community.
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Its also true that Kula-Jati-Varna are instruments of striving for Purushartha through Karma and align yourselves with Sthiti and Rta. Hence, KJV are secondary realities and not primary, in the strictest sense of Principles.
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However, Our Families, our Extended Families, our interactions with various people shape us as an Ecosystem - which all of us know - & this is a combination of what we are as an individual and what we have inherited through our ancestors in the form of Family Ecosystem.
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We know how to design the Purushartha Karma/Experiences for the above reality.
If we want a completely Avarna situation or a self-chosen Varna situation, then we will have to do the following.
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If we want a completely Avarna situation or a self-chosen Varna situation, then we will have to do the following.
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1. Draw the Universe with a perspective of Srishti-Sthiti-Laya
2. Define the Trajectory of the Individual within that in alignment with Sthiti & Rta.
3. Then define the Kula-Jati-Varna in alignment.
4. Then define the Purushartha striving Karma in alignment with Dharma.
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2. Define the Trajectory of the Individual within that in alignment with Sthiti & Rta.
3. Then define the Kula-Jati-Varna in alignment.
4. Then define the Purushartha striving Karma in alignment with Dharma.
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Now, this is a gigantic task as you can see. With due respects to Shri. Savarkar, who I admire significantly, with whom there are many things that I agree with, he has not ventured into crafting this world as that will remain the domain of a Sage.
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I fundamentally believe that we need a Purushartha perspective that recognises the Modern reality of the Individual operating in multiple worlds of Family, Community, Professional Institutions & Public Spaces. I also believe that there has to be a H World outside of the Jati.
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But we lack enough clarity to shape these things yet. Although great Freedom Fighters of Bharatavarsha, like Veer Savarkar, have argued correctly for the need of that new world, I dont think we have even taken a step towards being able to do that because ...
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the Purushartha striving Karma design is easy for a static Community of Individuals and very very difficult, if not impossible, where the Individual is choosing, apart from the complexity of inheritance realities.
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