Harsh is, of course, totally wrong about what is Sanatana Dharma and what it is not. He is falling for a logical fallacy that if your enemy has a certain view about you, that must be blindly rejected. However, his concern about the reductionism of Dharma to caste is valid though…
@infinitchy
Ashish, if and when you ever publish the book, please consider replacing “caste” with “jāti”. The word “caste” is very loaded and has too much unnecessary baggage that goes beyond India.
@vakibs
I think the concern is a bit overstated. Caste may have a lot of baggage, but so does religion, nation, gender, tradition and everything else that carries a definite meaning. I want anything I write to help the reader in sensemaking, baggage be damned.
@infinitchy
Arguing with using the word "caste" like starting the voyage in a leaky boat.
Good luck.
I would reject this 19th century Euro-Christian Eugenics and Phrenology project, altogether.
@infinitchy
I don't know what effect Caterpillars have on a biosphere. But I agree with the following statement:
<<The root of the error is perhaps an unconscious presupposition that modern progress and enlightenment ideologies are beyond reproach.>>
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@RituRathaur
Unfortunate... There is a religion created total instability in world and noone dared call for its eradication.. Here there is peaceful one out of which all others came, who only responds back when hurt and from Obama to local mamas all giving gyan on this dharma.
@moberation
Everyone got busy with their own compulsions. Bandwidth was always an issue. Let's see if the circumstances ever allow for the book to happen.
@infinitchy
You are saying without understanding current social structure we can’t judge the varna system in the past , but army police are analogous to Kshatriya , Vedic Scholars ,scientists , R&D are Brahmins , Business men Vaishyas and rest Sudra , what else to understand ?
@infinitchy
Gone through your little write up, you seem to be confused. Sanaatan Dharma has nothing to do with cast but deals with knowledge acquired by mankind over thousands of years of it's existence.
@infinitchy
On mark, as usual. Beautifully explained... helps clear many webs in our heads.. grateful for your views and insights. Time for another session with Shri JSD🙏