[Advaita-l] Brahmarishi

[Sanjay Srivastava]

On 6/23/05, Jaldhar H. Vyas <jaldhar at braincells.com> wrote:

> Also though some may wish otherwise, that caste is based on birth is also
> obvious to anyone who has spent more than 5 minutes in India.  

"Caste is based on birth" does not necessarily imply that "caste was
based on birth".  Though latter may indeed be true, yet it does not
follow from the former.