What Gita says about caste?
Gita verse-IV/13 which describes the caste system in India. The fourfold caste has been created by Me according to the differentiation of GUNA and KARMA; though I am the author thereof know Me as non-doer and immutable. In the Gita, your thoughts are divided into three categories- sattvic, rajasic and tamasic.
How does lord Krishna justify the caste system?
The lord Krishna wants Arjuna to perform his duties even if doing so is against his will. This describes the absoluteness of the caste system and that caste duties are the highest priority in one’s actions. By creating such strict order, the Bhagavad Gita reinforces the hierarchy structure of the caste system.
What does lord Krishna say about Intercaste marriage?
Give up such petty weakness of heart and arise, O vanquisher of enemies.” “Hence, in Bhagavad Gita, Lord Krishna has clearly supported inter caste marriages.” This practice of caste discrimination is manmade and those who follow it are termed “unmanly” by the Lord in Gita.
What Krishna said about religion?
According to lord Krishna there is only one religion, it has different dimensions. There is only one god, in which ever form you worship, it will reach the source, the lord himself. A true religion does not speak about other religion or it does not criticize others beliefs and customs.
What is the caste of Krishna?
Krishna was now born as a Kshatriya (or warrior caste) of the Yadava clan and his second name, Vasudeva, was explained away as a patronym (the name “Vasudeva” was given to his father).
Is Radha and Krishna the same caste?
They are followers of the Radhaswami sect of Hinduism, who have evolved into a distinct caste. According to their traditions, the community are by origin Ahir of Barsana. Radha was the consort of the god Krishna, and the Radhswami were the devotees of Rasha.
Does Krishna support love marriage?
As according to Lord Krishna: If a man loves a woman and if a woman loves a man, but families are against their love and marriage, then it is called as Dharma if both man and woman run away with each other and spend their lives peacefully somewhere else after getting married.
What does Gita say about Hinduism?
Gita says, The person whose mind is always free from attachment, who has subdued the mind and senses, and who is free from desires, attains the supreme perfection of freedom from Karma through renunciation. Bhagvad Gita is a philosophical treatise of Krishna’s life.