I am 76 and like to live upto the values and practices of a Brahmin but am far from it.

[P N Narayanan]

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I am 76 and like to live upto the values and practices of a Brahmin but am far from doing so. Perhaps there is no great merit in my opinions. But one thing I have observed in 50 years of living in the North after practically never having left Chennai till I was 25, is that not only Brahminical but Sanatani customes, family values and even food systems, have much more in common all over India than we are habituated to assume

 

[muthusk]

What do you mean by "no great merit in my opinions?"
What are the so-called values you are referring to?
What are the practices that are referring to?
If one ponders how they are connected, it would make life much more clearer.

 

[sravna]

The values of different varnas are how you ideally live given your nature by virtue of your varna. Just as sanatana describes way of life so are these. Being a brahmin is much less about belonging to a rigid caste than living in a harmonious way and being loving and respectful. The values are generic applicable to all humans.