Hello everyone,
I accidentally stumbled upon this website and have found it very interesting. Not only does it have scholarly individuals, but is also populated by a good cross section of the demographic that constitutes Tamizh brahmins today.
I kindly request all to please try and look at my queries with an open mind.
Here is the context:
1. I'm not a Brahmanan. Born Tamizh-Indian, brought up in Chennai for 25 years of my life, I'm a hindu who is not a citizen of India anymore. But as they say, you can take an Indian out of India, but not the India out of an Indian. Also, I would consider myself a highly productive and contributing citizen of this world.
2. My wife (from an arranged marriage) is 1/4th a brahmin and her mother is 1/2 a brahmin.
3. I'm very fascinated with Brahmana way and have very little resources to learn about it. Unfortunately or fortunately, my wife doesn't seem to know anything about this way of life.
4. I have a 2 1/2 year old daughter whom I wish to raise as a compassionate, loving, educated and intelligent human being.
5. My views on God do not intermingle with my views on religion or caste. I'm far from being agnostic or atheistic.
What I want are the following:
1. My overarching goal is to raise my daughter in the brahmana way, if I can, so that it will help achieve my goals for bringing her up.
2. I would love to obtain ways and means to implement this from those who know.
3. I'm willing to follow 'Sashtrams' and 'Sampardayams' if it doesn't conflict with my beliefs (which are my own and are open to mending if required).
4. I would certainly love to hear about platonic implications of being an ideal brahman, but would much prefer knowing about how to implement them on a day to day basis.
5. Please recommend any books/extracts/transcripts that I could read to achieve this goal. Kindly note that I'm very time poor and would like the essence presented to me, but am also willing to read through large volumes of text if there are no other ways.
6. I hope this post serves to invigorate others who are searching for this information.
I hope to bring a productive 'non-brahmin' point of view to topics in discussion.
PS: I do understand the meaning of "N
I accidentally stumbled upon this website and have found it very interesting. Not only does it have scholarly individuals, but is also populated by a good cross section of the demographic that constitutes Tamizh brahmins today.
I kindly request all to please try and look at my queries with an open mind.
Here is the context:
1. I'm not a Brahmanan. Born Tamizh-Indian, brought up in Chennai for 25 years of my life, I'm a hindu who is not a citizen of India anymore. But as they say, you can take an Indian out of India, but not the India out of an Indian. Also, I would consider myself a highly productive and contributing citizen of this world.
2. My wife (from an arranged marriage) is 1/4th a brahmin and her mother is 1/2 a brahmin.
3. I'm very fascinated with Brahmana way and have very little resources to learn about it. Unfortunately or fortunately, my wife doesn't seem to know anything about this way of life.
4. I have a 2 1/2 year old daughter whom I wish to raise as a compassionate, loving, educated and intelligent human being.
5. My views on God do not intermingle with my views on religion or caste. I'm far from being agnostic or atheistic.
What I want are the following:
1. My overarching goal is to raise my daughter in the brahmana way, if I can, so that it will help achieve my goals for bringing her up.
2. I would love to obtain ways and means to implement this from those who know.
3. I'm willing to follow 'Sashtrams' and 'Sampardayams' if it doesn't conflict with my beliefs (which are my own and are open to mending if required).
4. I would certainly love to hear about platonic implications of being an ideal brahman, but would much prefer knowing about how to implement them on a day to day basis.
5. Please recommend any books/extracts/transcripts that I could read to achieve this goal. Kindly note that I'm very time poor and would like the essence presented to me, but am also willing to read through large volumes of text if there are no other ways.
6. I hope this post serves to invigorate others who are searching for this information.
I hope to bring a productive 'non-brahmin' point of view to topics in discussion.
PS: I do understand the meaning of "N
ahi nahi rakshati dukrinjn karane"