Friday, June 05, 2009

Caste system in Advaita

Conversation between Sri Adi Shankara and Chandala from the movie 'Adi Sankaracharya':

Sankara: Go away! Go away!

Chandala: Tell me, who is to go away--the body or the soul? If it is the body, then everybody has the same body made of the same impure corporeal matter. Hence, everybody's body is that of a chandala. If it is the Atma, then it is just an immovable and inert substance, present in every person, but does nothing. So tell me, who is to go away?

This is the Vaidhika dharma.

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