Meditation and Enlightenment

Author(s): Chandraprabh
Publisher: Jityasha Foundation

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Thinking of the Supreme-being through disciplining of breath
Man has erected dimensions to maintain the managements of life. Shoodra, Vaishya, Kshatriya, Brahmana-all these are but the ladders made by men. Any person does not become a Brahmana just by taking birth in a Brahmana family, nor one becomes a Shoodra just by taking birth in a Shoodra family. Mankind cannot be divided on the basis of birth. Taking birth in a Shoodra family is not the basis of hatred, and getting born in a Brahmana family does not make one respectable. A man can be a Brahman even on getting born in a Shoodra family and he can be a Shoodra even on being born in a Brahmana family. Therefore, do not try to divide men on the basis of birth.
Brahmanatva
In my opinion, every man is born a Shoodra. has to be attained. Even who has taken birth in a Brahmana family is born as a Shoodra and also he who is born in a Shoodra family is born as a Shoodra. The truth is that a person does not become anything by birth. It is a crime to call him a Brahmana, and a crime also to call him a Shoodra. If I consider any one to be a Brahmana and a Shoodra, all the bases and standards of that consideration is related to life, and not to birth.
There are four bases of our body. The first basis-body, second-mind, third-soul and the fourth basis is the Supreme Soul. The person who lives in the body-sense is a Shoodra. He who lives in the mind-sense is a Vaishya. He who lives in the soul-sense is a Kshatriya and he who lives in the Supreme Soul-sense is a Brahmana.