I came very late to this thread, but I wanted to weigh in anyway. The reason to ignore caste, in my opinion, is because it is perpetuating an oppressive tradition. You can practice your religion any way you want to, and call it a family tradition, while still ignoring caste. Until I was ten, my parents refused to tell me what our caste was. When I was ten, they finally explained it. We don’t really have one because: My dad’s mother is a brahmin, who married a sudra; my mother’s family are technically sudras but belong to a hindu reformist tradition that rejects caste. So whether it’s a result of technically being casteless, being from a family that somewhat rejected caste, or because I was entirely innocent of my caste until later in life, I don’t think it influences my beliefs in any way. Any religious traditions I think of as family traditions, not caste traditions. When people ask me my caste, I usually say I don’t have one. I don’t know the caste of most of my cousins’ spouses, or most of my Indian friends in India.

How do you know?

of course.. that is often my response as well .

Actually I’m a linga-pujari, not a yoni freak.

Don’t take things so seriously, lest the ego be easily offended and mukti remain a far distant dream, dear.

That statement reflects more on your mentality than his. Since when is diving pervy?