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'''Brahmin''' (Devanagari: ब्राह्मण, Bengali: ব্রাহ্মণ) is a traditional Hindu society. In the [[Law of Social Cycle]], [[Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar]] described four main socio-psychological types, whereby human psychological and physical endowment and social motivations are expressed: the Brahmin, Kshatriya, Vaishya and Shudra. | '''Brahmin''' (Devanagari: ब्राह्मण, Bengali: ব্রাহ্মণ) is a traditional Hindu society. In the [[Law of Social Cycle]], [[Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar]] described four main socio-psychological types, whereby human psychological and physical endowment and social motivations are expressed: the Brahmin, Kshatriya, Vaishya and Shudra. | ||
Sarkar contradicted traditional Hindu social practice and told that no one can be a Brahmin by birth. By birth everyone is a Shudra. After being initiated by a [[Acarya|religious teacher]], his lifestyle changes and starts to see this world in a new way. This initiation is considered as his second birth. | Sarkar contradicted traditional Hindu social practice and told that no one can be a Brahmin by birth. By birth everyone is a Shudra. After being initiated by a [[Acarya|religious teacher]], his lifestyle changes and starts to see this world in a new way. This initiation is considered as his second birth.<ref name=VV-2-115>{{cite book|title=Varna Vicitra (part 2)|publisher=Ananda Marga Publications|page=115|author=Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar|language=Bengali}}</ref> | ||
== Brahmin and Vipra == | == Brahmin and Vipra == | ||