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Little known sect in india called the aghor. what sets them apart from mainstream hindus, they reject the concept of the cast system, the idea that there are things you can do or touch or eat that would lower your karma and put you in a lower sort of cast. and so they do various things to prove it. there are guys like this guy on the beach who tries to prove it by essentially defiling himself. that includes eating the flesh of corporationses. and then there are those that take care of untouchable children. in you get a sense of what faith is all about, the way it's expressed in the world. that...

>> patients were kind of untouchables, they were a condemned lot. people thought it was incurable and they would ultimately die. by treating those patients and giving them the same respect that they are human beings, they say that leprosy is not untouchable, by touching a leprosy patient, can't contamina contaminate. he gave consent and started treating. >> it's not just the fear of infection, but the fear of pollution as well. they were seen as unclean, impure. but, of course, the foundation of aghor philosophy is no such thing as unclean or unclear. >> aghor system, there's nothing called un...