prasad1
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We all work in different fields. Most of us are not working in the Caste prescribed field.
The Brahmins are the caste from which Hindu priests are drawn, and are responsible for teaching and maintaining sacred knowledge. Most of us are not doing that.
Woman's world was far worse.
In the ancient times according to Manu smriti, Probably the Brahmin women were its worst victims and suffered more compared to women of other castes. As a child she is supposed to remain in the custody and care of her parents. Once married, she becomes a property and responsibility of her husband, who is supposed to take care of her needs and expectations and keep her in his custody. As his wife, she performs four roles: 1. as his servant (dasi) in duty, 2. as his minister (mantri) in decision making, 3. as a mother (mata) to his children and 4. as a lover (rambha) in his bed. And when she becomes old, she lives in the house of her son or sons and has to lead a very solitary and forlorn life.
We have come a long way from that.
We are engineers (A sudra's work), administrator, or a businessman ( a Vaisay's work). Most of the women work outside of the house, again not Brahmin work.
So no work is demeaning. Great souls tell us that work—when performed in the right spirit—is worship. We must redesign the old methods of working and continuously be on the lookout for more effective ways of working. Love your work. "Every job is a self-portrait of the person who did it." Hence autograph your work with excellence.
The Brahmins are the caste from which Hindu priests are drawn, and are responsible for teaching and maintaining sacred knowledge. Most of us are not doing that.
Woman's world was far worse.
In the ancient times according to Manu smriti, Probably the Brahmin women were its worst victims and suffered more compared to women of other castes. As a child she is supposed to remain in the custody and care of her parents. Once married, she becomes a property and responsibility of her husband, who is supposed to take care of her needs and expectations and keep her in his custody. As his wife, she performs four roles: 1. as his servant (dasi) in duty, 2. as his minister (mantri) in decision making, 3. as a mother (mata) to his children and 4. as a lover (rambha) in his bed. And when she becomes old, she lives in the house of her son or sons and has to lead a very solitary and forlorn life.
We have come a long way from that.
We are engineers (A sudra's work), administrator, or a businessman ( a Vaisay's work). Most of the women work outside of the house, again not Brahmin work.
So no work is demeaning. Great souls tell us that work—when performed in the right spirit—is worship. We must redesign the old methods of working and continuously be on the lookout for more effective ways of working. Love your work. "Every job is a self-portrait of the person who did it." Hence autograph your work with excellence.
