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Varnashrama — The Four Castes of Life #301
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Being the world’s most well-ordered, effective, and long-lived cultural system, the four castes of India saw millennia of perfect order and synthesis. Though more modern times has seen a decline in that ancient order of castes, it nevertheless remains an exemplary model for how to live together as a race and culture in this world. This dharma chart defines the castes, and offers quotes from Sri Krishna on the qualities and duties of all of them.
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Category: Reincarnation, Rebirth & Embodiment
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