Sow.Sri.Happy Hindu asked -
Sow.Happy Hindu, Greetings. I do not have to imagine. I know. I know it many times over. First, he directed his anger at himself, for having born as a Harijan. Then he took a stick and beat about most of the plants nearby until he bacame tired. Then he cried on my shoulders; cried for a long time; தேம்பி தேம்பி அழுதான். I was 8 years old; he was about 17 years old.
What gurus and priests? Last month I was in my village, saw discrimination taking place. (My brother forced me away from there). Caste based discrimination is settled like tar in our society, in our minds. I wish to bring India untouched to your memory, please.
1) What guru, what priest encouraged the discrimination in that tea shop? or forcing them to take of their foot wear and get down from their bicycles? What if they go in a car? would they have to get off the car and push the car until they pass the high caste area? Are these people follow a guru or priest to make those discriminations?
2) Gurus and priests should go to all these places and advice them not to follow discriminations; should visit again and again.
All of us could have done a bit more for our society. Atleast we should do a bit more in the future. It is going to take a very long time before our society come out of caste based atrocities and discriminations. But it is very slowly happening.
Cheers!
Dear Shri Raghy,
I wholeheartedly agree with you on both points 1 and 2.
The varna system has so far benefitted 3 classes: brahmins, kshatriyas, vaishyas.
The brahmins provide the intellectual justification and spiritual discrimination.
The kshatriyas enforces the discrimination using fear -- and by doing so he takes a share of the spiritual "respect pie".
The vaishyas finance temples -- and by doing so, he gets to add his voice about who can be allowed / disallowed into temples -- this way he gets his share of the "respect cake".
All these 3 classes should take equal blame / responsibility to uplift the downtrodden.
And you have perfectly said that gurus and priests should visit places and ask people not to follow discrimination. To being with, no one can be denied entry into temples based on his birth.