Even then, the system is opt-out. Anyone can become a renunciate who are beyond caste.
Can you give me a source for this? I’ve never heard of anyone renouncing their caste, and I have heard about many instances of lower-caste people lying about their caste, and I can’t reconcile the two.
Every sanyasi is beyond caste. You can ask them, it’s an oral tradition more than a written tradition. People lie that they are lower caste too for affirmative action.
Can you give me a source for this? I’ve never heard of anyone renouncing their caste, and I have heard about many instances of lower-caste people lying about their caste, and I can’t reconcile the two.
Beyond caste might be misleading. You can always become casteless, but that is worse than being the lowest caste.
Oh, OK. I suspected that’s what Clarity meant. It’s a bit misleading to call that “opting out”.
Every sanyasi is beyond caste. You can ask them, it’s an oral tradition more than a written tradition. People lie that they are lower caste too for affirmative action.