Why are Hindus so ignorant about the Caste system? Why cant they clear the misconceptions and dispel the myths?
The Caste System: Clearing up the Misconceptions
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The first verse that is so commonly misused is Bhagavad-Gita 1:41 which says: “By the prevalence of impiety, O Krishna, the women of the family become corrupt; and women being corrupted, O descendent of the Vrishni-clan, then arises ‘intermingling of castes.’”
This verse is not a racist statement calling for segregation as has been interpreted by many an India-baiter. Indian culture has always valued the integrity of the family as an institution in life. The verse states that when the true moral integrity of families is destroyed, the morality in the whole society will go down and there will be an ad-mixture of castes. Caste here is not in the perverted term that is misused by India’s politicians and “caste-activists.” Noted Hindu Teacher, Swami Chinmayananda said, “what we witness around us, in the name of caste, is the ugly decadence into which the Hindu way-of-living has fallen.” ...
An attempt to clear a much maligned practice in Hindu socities whether it really has any religious basis or not. However I fail to see any real substance in the explanations given in this article.
Just commenting on the first verse quoted in this article, there is no explanation of which intermingling of castes is being referred to for the unmoralistic women to whom are referred in the verse. Which caste would they belong to. The verse is incomplete with respect to the explanation being given for it.
To keep the debate academic and of some real value w.r.t to the Hindu scriptures I am willing to ignore the reality of the Hindu society because even in muslim socities a lot is done which cannot be justified through our scriptures.
The verse quoted does not talk about the division of work in the ancient hindu society as being the meanning of belonging to a caste. The explanation given is quite absurd for the verse quoted. I would like to more meat on the discussion and some parity between the explanations and verses quoted for them.