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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. | 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. | ||
== References == | == References == | ||
Revision as of 21:41, 9 September 2014
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 religious teacher, his lifestyle changes and starts to see this world in a new way. This initiation is considered as his second birth.