Theos-Talk Archives (February 2010 Message tt00072)

I will let the readers decide.

On Sat, Feb 6, 2010 at 6:47 AM, preethi muthiah <seeker_preethi@yahoo.com>wrote:

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> And you might also add that more and more Brahmins are taking to
> meat-eating, smoking, drinking of alcohol these days...
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> But the point I am trying to make is not at all that, MKR.
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> The point I am making is why did the President of the Theosophical Society
> make a statement in the Watch Tower that superiorizes Brahmins? Can the
> Theosophical Society afford to become casteist?
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> Fraternally
> Preethi
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> --- On Sat, 6/2/10, MKR <mkr777@gmail.com <mkr777%40gmail.com>> wrote:
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> From: MKR <mkr777@gmail.com <mkr777%40gmail.com>>
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> Subject: Re: Theos-World Brahmin Caste Issue
> To: theos-talk@yahoogroups.com <theos-talk%40yahoogroups.com>
> Date: Saturday, 6 February, 2010, 3:52 PM
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> Let me add, for the benefit of those outside India especially the West.
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> Traditionally Brahmins not only do not eat meat, but do not eat eggs and
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> teetotalers. Also, meat, eggs, and alcohol are not allowed in their homes.
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> I have known Brahmin families who emigrated and settled in the USA who
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> follow this practice even today.
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> MKR
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> On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 12:19 PM, sadhak1008 <whyviswanath@ yahoo.com>
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> > I would like to read exactly what she said before jumping to conclusions
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> > and accusing somebody of castesim. Please post her article if you have
> it.
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> > As far as I know, one of the supposed requirements for the WT to manifest
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> > was that the body must have been free of meat consumption for many lives.
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> > This need not mean a particular caste alone is qualified but in the
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> > of the last century the odds were that a Brahmin body was more likely to
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> > satisfy the requirement. To say K was chosen because of his birth (and no
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> > other criterion) is wrong but we need to know what the president actually
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> > said.
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> > Viswanath
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> > --- In theos-talk@yahoogro ups.com <theos-talk% 40yahoogroups. com>,
> preethi
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> > muthiah <seeker_preethi@ ...> wrote:
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> > > MKR and all,
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> > > To bring you back to the point being mentioned by myself below:
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> > > The President of the Theosophical Society in an article called The
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> > Watch-Tower published in every issue of the Theosophist -- which is the
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> > official organ of the President of the TS -- mentioned that JK was chosen
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> > because of his Brahmin birth to be a World Teacher.
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> > > So what is a casteist person like Mrs Radha Burnier doing as President
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> > an international organization whose First Object is the creation of a
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> > nucleus of the Universal Brotherhood of humanity irrespective of Class,
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> > Caste, Race, Creed etc.? Don't you think it a little strange that even
> today
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> > despite all her untheosophical activities she is given the power and
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> > authority she has and holds?
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> > > Fraternally
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> > > Preethi
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