I'm glad Santo brought this up: the Four Varnas are a better analogy for understanding Malkioni society than looking to medieval Europe. The biggest difference is the that Kshatriyas combine war and rule, and the Talors and Horals divide them.
> By necessity, ruling over lands, worrying about the material world,
> alliances, armies and war, distract one from becoming pure and spiritually
> educated. There are some cases were kshatriyas have rebelled against this,
> and wanted both spiritual ascendancy *and* material power, but it usually
> ends badly.. or you end up like the great sage Vishwamitra, who was born in
> one caste (warrior) and became acknowledged as a brahmin through epic
> penance.
Or Hrestol....
Jeff
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