Sarvadaman

"Thou brave one, be bold, take courage, be proud that thou art an Indian, and proudly proclaim, “I am an Indian, every Indian is my brother.” Say, “The ignorant Indian, the poor and destitute Indian, the Brahmin Indian, the Pariah Indian, is my brother.”~ Swami Vivekananda  This article will talk about in details what Swami Vivekananda's views regarding Caste system, Brahminism etc caste related topics.  There is an article by Velivada named "Why I Hate Vivekananda – 16 Castiest Quotes of Vivekananda"..... There they Criticize Swami Vivekanand and argued he was in support of Caste system and he was an admirer of Brahminism, let's see some of its quotes. I do not propose any leveling of castes. Caste is a very good thing. Caste is the plan we want to follow. The plan in India is to make everybody a Brahmin, the Brahmin being the ideal of humanity. Indian caste is better than the caste which prevails in Europe or America. Caste should not go; but should...

Claim 1:- Rebuttal:- I don't know how someone take this man's words seriously.....A simple reading of Bhagvatam can clarify such utter nonsense.  Adi Shankaracharya, while commenting on Bhagavad Gita (4.13 & 18.41) says that Brahmana is a designation given to one in whom there is a predominance of Sattva; Kshatriya is one in whom there is both Sattva and Rajas, but Rajas predominates; in Vaishya, both Rajas and Tamas exist, but Rajas predominates; and Shudra is one in whom both Rajas and Tamas exist, but Tamas predominates. These Gunas are revealed by the natural temperaments and behavior exhibited by the person. Also check the commtary of Gita 4.13 by Viswanath Chakravarti:- conclusion :- It is bogus to claim that if there is three gunas then how come there exists four varnas.... Because each varna is produced by the mixture of three gunas, Brahmin (Sattva+Rajas), Kshatriya(Rajas+Sattva), Vaisyas(Rajas+Tamas), Shudras(Tamas+Rajas) Claim...