Only Conduct is the basis, there is no doubt about it.
- Mahabharata
III.312.106
“O King of Serpents!
He in whom are manifest truthfulness, charity, forbearance, good conduct,
non-injury, austerity and compassion is a Brahmin according to the sacred
tradition.”
-Mahabharata
III.180.20
“O Serpent!
He, in
whom this conduct is manifest is a Brahmin,
he in whom this is absent treat all
such as Sudra.”
-Mahabharata
III.180.27
“The gods consider
him a Brahmin (a knower of Brahman) who has no desires, who undertakes no work,
who does not salute or praise anybody (with a selfish motive), the fruits of
whose deeds have exhausted and who maintains equanimity.”
-Mahabharata,
XII.269.34
“Vyasa, born of
a dancing girl, became a great Rishi;
Hence, it is tapas
that makes one a Brahmin, and not his birth.
Sakti, born of a
Chandala woman, became a great Rishi.
Hence, it is tapas
that makes one a Brahmin, and not his birth.
Parasara, born
of SwapAki, became a great Rishi;
Hence, it is tapas
that makes one a Brahmin, and not his birth.
Vyasa, born of a
fisherwoman, became a great Rishi;
Hence, it is tapas
that makes one a Brahmin, and not his birth.”
Note: Tapas = performance
of austerities, pious deeds, meditation and adherence to truth.
- Srimad Bhagvata Purana
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