| Awaken Bharata |
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| Books By David Frawley |
| ANTI - BRAHMANISM, THE NEW COMMUNALISM OF MODERN INDIA | |
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| Anti-Brahmin
Attitudes From the West
Anti-Brahmin attitudes among Hindus reflect those from Western sources. The Western mind appears to be against Brahminism for two main reasons. The first is its dislike of priests, owing to the harsh rule of priests in medieval Europe with their crusades and inquisitions. Western anti-priestly sentiments have been transferred against the Brahmins of India. However, Brahmins are not priests in the Catholic sense. Hindus have no one church, no Vatican or pope, and no eternal heaven or hell. Brahmins administer various sacraments like those for birth, the growth of children, marriage and death. But they do not give confession. They cannot intercede with God. They cannot save anybody. They cannot absolve our sins. Unlike mullahs they cannot issue fatwas. The Brahmins of India have never had the power of the churches in the West or that of the mullahs of Islam. They have not created inquisitions, holy wars, missionary activities, or aided in the conquest and colonization of other countries. They have never had a centralized authority but have existed only in various local groups, sometimes with little more than family affiliations. |
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