#HinduDialogues

Varna system of Hinduism has been most misinterpreted misused for ulterior motives of liberal thinkers since ages. The job segregation and inherent quality of a person decided his varna. In the process of spiritual evolution birth or caste plays no role. Shankar Bharadwaj Khandavalli discusses narratives from Mahabharat quoting Karna and Eklavya examples with Rahul Dewan.
Sources:
https://skandaveera.wordpress.com/201...

https://swarajyamag.com/analysis/orie...

http://www.hindupedia.com/en/Talk:Karna

About the speaker:
Shankara Bharadwaj Khandavalli ji is a Bangalore based software professional and a prolific writer on Indian knowledge systems, writing under the pen name ‘Skanda Veera’. He is the editor and one of the Directors for Hindupedia and a Member of Samvit Kendra for Integral Research.

Subtopics:
0:00 Introduction
3:15 Nature of Humans
4:00 Dharamshastras - present application
5:10 Hindu society from British/Christian View point
7:05 Vijaynagar model of society- relative proportion
9:20 Institutional view of society
12:10 Varna- a collective of three qualities
13:45 Relationship of Satva, Rajas, Tamas
17:00 Atman - the being travelling the path of evolution
18:20 Spiritual evolution not related with caste or breed.
20:00 Rishis rise over caste- not a mukti marg
22:00 Avdhoot - Mukti marg or born for Lok kalyan
24:50 Evolution liberates - no discrimination at Divine level
28:10 Feudalism and exploitation promote discrimination
32:00 Society British- With English education came impoverishment
37:00 Human evolution v/s Artificial incentive system by state
41:00 Mahabharat's perspective on Varna
46:00 Money and Power - Karna
49:00 Karna's aspirations and upbringing
55:00 Perspective is important
59:00 Dignity of profession- upbringing
1:02:10 Karna's perspective is in terms of status
1:05:00 Eklavya's act- no restrain
1:09:55 Eklavya: breach of privilege- not qualified for higher skill
1:11:00 Society and its guiding principles

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