Of course every human being has all three GUNAS in varying
proportions. The guru will be able rightly to determine a man's
caste or evolutionary status.
"To a certain extent, all races and nations observe in practice, if
not in theory, the features of caste. Where there is great license
or so-called liberty, particularly in intermarriage between extremes
in the natural castes, the race dwindles away and becomes extinct.
The PURANA SAMHITA compares the offspring of such unions to barren
hybrids, like the mule which is incapable of propagation of its own
species. Artificial species are eventually exterminated. History
offers abundant proof of numerous great races which no longer have
any living representatives. The caste system of India is credited
by her most profound thinkers with being the check or preventive
against license which has preserved the purity of the race and
brought it safely through millenniums of vicissitudes, while other
races have vanished in oblivion."
{FN41-10} His full title was Sri Sadasivendra Saraswati Swami. The
illustrious successor in the formal Shankara line, Jagadguru Sri
Shankaracharya of Sringeri Math, wrote an inspiring ODE dedicated
to Sadasiva. EAST-WEST for July, 1942, carried an article on
Sadasiva's life.
CHAPTER: 42
LAST DAYS WITH MY GURU
"Guruji, I am glad to find you alone this morning." I had just
arrived at the Serampore hermitage, carrying a fragrant burden of
fruit and roses.
Pages:
499
500
501
502
503
504
505
506
507
508
509
510
511
512
513
514
515
516
517
518
519
520
521
522
523