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EP 4: Occidental and Oriental Ideas

Pathways with Joseph Campbell

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The Importance of Traditionalism in the Indian Religion

The fourth caste is cut away by a very great gap, the Shudra. This word is taken from a Sanskrit root that is said to mean to suffer. During one lifetime, one's caste does not change. One remains on that level. The power that comes through the religious right is like Adam power. It is something not to be leaked out to those who are not of the holy society.

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