Dear Sriman Amshuman, I am not aware of any such Pancharatra vidhis. However, I beliee that caste is not by birth. please assume "v" is there at appropriate places in thsi mail as there is some key board prob. If a westerner is interested in Sriaishnaism, he can practise it under the guidance of an Acharya. Being a brAhmaNa is not at all a prerequisite for beocming a vaishnaa. there are many precedneces in the history of the sampradAyam. regards ishnu --- In ramanuja@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "amshuman_k" <amshuman_k@xxxx> wrote: > Srimathe Ramanujaya nama: > > Dear Shri bhagavathas, > I had a discussion with a Gaudiya Vaishnav and according to him > there are pancharathra vidhis that enables a shudra to be enabled to > a brahmana. Is this really true? > A corollary of my question is, if some westerner gets interested in > Shri-Vaishnavism and wants to practise our sampradayam, what is our > stance? You have to be "born" as one or is "conversions" acceptable? > Is there a precedence? > > Warm regards, > KK
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