Brahmin

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.

Brahmin and Vipra

According to Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar "Brahman" and "Vipra" are not synonymous. The word "Vipra" means "intellectuals", and "Brahman" mainly means "one who knows about Brahman.