RE:RE:Persecution
by Dheeraj Akula on Mar 13, 2008 05:07 PM
"Buddhism and Jainism were alternatives to brahmanism (read hinduism)."
This is your ignorance.
The problem with you (and others like you) is you are anti-Brahmin. That is the reason for your biased thinking.
In one of the mesages here, you also wrote about "Brahmins' supremacy over the masses".
Brahmins never had any supremacy over the masses.
According to the varna system, Brahmins lived a life dedicated to spiritual pursuits and service of God. They were not allowed to amass any wealth. They are supposed to live like beggars with limited means.
Throughout the history, most of the Brahmins (there will always be exceptions) lived a frugal life. Even when kings donated land and money to them, either they gave it away in charity to other caste or donated that to temples, so that it will be sueful to the entire community.
Brahmins may have been arrogant due to their knowledge, but they were never "powerful". They were the least powerless among the varnas.
You know very little about Brahmins, for that matter, about the four varnas. But you keep commenting on that.
