Re: Who Can Learn the Veda's
Originally Posted by
yajvan
hariḥ oṁ
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And what of wake, dream, sleep and turiya ?
Where then is the guna-s here and the various combination? Is there undo concern when we consider:
- brahmaṇa-s : Sattva as primary and rajas as secondary
- kṣatriya-s : Rajas as primary and sattva as seconday
- vaiśya-s : Rajas as primary and tamas as secondary
- śudra-s : Tamas as primary and rajas as secondary
praṇām
Namaste yajvan ji,
Yes. Possibly our guna make up will colour as to what we understand of the above. Whereas, truly, there is no preferential aspect above, except that "Ignorance", a symptom of Tamasa, is the key enemy of enlightment, as per Hinduism. But we know that all Gunas are enslaving, including sattwa.
Probably, this classification that you have presented, is scriptured in some smriti but I find a small problem here. Originally, as per Purusha Sukta of Veda (the only reference in Veda on the subject), shudra represents the function of the feet of Lord, and by no means can be correlated directly to "Ignorance" that Tamasa represents, or with a lower birth, as ordained by Lord for those who are entrapped in Tamasa.
Also, Vedavyasa says: Shudra saduh.
I hope, I am able to make my point clear. And may be with our prakritic spectacle we see too much, because impelled by our own preference we choose sides, when there is no side, but only Brahman and functions of its powers.
Regards
Om
That which is without letters (parts) is the Fourth, beyond apprehension through ordinary means, the cessation of the phenomenal world, the auspicious and the non-dual. Thus Om is certainly the Self. He who knows thus enters the Self by the Self.
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