Who is a Brahmin is very clearly stated in the Gita by the paramacharya: Self-control, tranquility, uprightness, patience, purity, humility, learning, austerity, wisdom, and faith (Chapter 18, Verse 42). This has no race, religion or space limitation. Wherever, whenever, whoever has the above qualities or have greater tendency towards those qualities is a Brahmin. This is the basic/primary truth as revealed in the Gita. Taken this way, a person can be a brahmin as long as he or she has inclinations as stated above-without even having heard of Vedas, Upansihads or Gita. After all Veda means knowledge. It is like being godly without knowing god. This is the interpretation I am most comfortable with and makes sense to me. Looks like we are caught up in a contextual definition which is simply out of context. Koti Sreekrishna Tatachar
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