Wikipedia: Details of VarNas

 

Wikipedia: Details of VarNas

Characteristics of BrAhmana varNa Characteristics of the brahmaNa varNas are described below. Many of these items have been described above. These are subsets of the qualities described above. This means that in certain segments of the society, some of the values are emphasized more than others. In the BrahmaNa varNa, these qualities are emphasized.

● shama

● dama

● Shaucham

● kShantiH: tolerance of ups and downs in life.

● arjavaM

● jnanaM

● daya

● achyutatmatvam: Seeing God in all beings and in all actions.

● satyam

Many of these qualities have been explained above. These qualities should be in all human beings. People who have these qualities in abundance are called brahmaNAs.

We can see that no where it is said that these qualities come by birth. It is always refers to the innate characteristics of a person.