The Economy of Permanence: A Quest for a Social Order Based on Non-violence (स्थायी अर्थतन्त्र)

Economy of Permanence
ardently regardless of consequences or results, emphasizing the purity of the
mean used, rather than merely the attainment of the end, like Gandhiji, may
be termed a real Brahmin.
Possibly, to meet the conditions then prevailing, the framers of the Varnashram
Dharma made it hereditary, thus rendering it rigid. The exercise of the freewill
of the individual in the choice of a profession or calling was strictly limited and
curbed by the accident of his birth. Hence it is that it has become a total misfit
in the modern world with its fluidity of employment and occupations, mobility
of labour force, rapidity of communications, facilities for acquiring skill and
technique of work and universality of education. Whatever conditions may
exist, the functional grouping will always hold. Every encouragement needs to
be given to those of a lower order who endeavour to rise to a higher stage.
The types we have considered are not always as distinct as would appear from
our treatment of them. Even the self-same individual may, at various times,
function differently according to the nature of the motive that impels him to
act of the moment. The general classification will depend upon the balance of
his actions and the goal of life which determines his philosophy and outlook.
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