A Comprehensive Collection - Swami Vivekananda

THE REFORM OF CASTE. 551does not,meddle with the other s affairs, even the severaldivfcions of one caste do not meddle with the otherdivisions and* those great epoch-makers, joarkaracharyaand others, vere the great caste-makers. I cannot tellyou all tne wonflferful things they manufactured, and someof you may be angry with me. But in my travels andjxprience& I have been tracing them out, and mostwonderful results I have arrived at. They would sometimes get whole hordes of Beluchees and make themKshatrias in one minute, whole hordes of fishermen andmake them Brahmins, in one minute. They were allRishis and sages and we have to bow down to their memory.Well, be you all Rishis and sages. That is the secret. Moreo5* less we shall all be Rishis. What is meant by aRishi, the pure one ? Be pure first, and you wil^ havethe power. Simply saying"I am a Rishi" will not do, butwhen you are a Rishi, you will find they will obey yousomehow or other. Something mysterious comes out fromyou which makes them follow you, makes them hear you,makes them unconsciously, even against their .will, carry outyour plans. That is the Rishihood. Now,these are notdetails of course. Details hav"e to be worked out throughgenerations. But this is just an idea in order to show youthat these quarrels should not be. I am extremelysorry that in modern times there is so much fightbetween the castes. This must go. It is useless on bothsides, on the side of the higher caste, especially the Brahmins, because the day for these and exclusiveprivilegesclaims is gone. The duty of eve?jy aristocracy is to dig itsown grave, and the sooner it dots the better. The more itdelays, the more it will fester emd die a worse death. Itis the duty of the Brahmin, therefore,salvation of the rest of mankind in India.to work for the*If he does tha