Dear Bhagavathas, I have followed this discussion and it boggles my mind. It is amazing how we have taken a religion that taught us: vasudhaiva kutumbhakam(world is one family) kushalanna pramaditavyam (should never neglect our welfare) bhUtyaina pramaditavyam (don't neglect material gains) Purusha evedagam sarvam (This universe is part of parabrahman) etc. and narrowed it down to a small corner of the world, which too is ever shrinking. How many Hindus (let alone Brahmanas) are left in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Kashmir, Bangladesh, South east Asia? This needs some serious introspection. Let us get out of our self imposed limitations. The only limitations to blossom our inherent attitudes and aptitiudes are as governed in the Purusha sUktam: saptaasyaasan paridhayaH (7 outer limits: 5 elements + day +night) and trissapta samidha kRetAH (21 inner limits: 5 sense organs, 5 organs of work, 5 vital breaths, 4 feelings of mind, dharmam and adharmam). Look at our Muslim and Christian friends, how they have taken a tribal religion and globalized it; while we are feeling guilty for having found a means of decent livelihood. This is not meant to hurt anyone, but to stop us from feeling guilty and liberate ourselves from a narrow agraharam mentality. K. Sreekrishna Tatachar [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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