I don't know your intentions, but, i can certainly understand what you mean by saying that Brahmins are striving for materislism...you mean to say that they look for dakshinas in temples...i bet you are tamilian, following these stupid dravidian philosophies. I'm a normal human being, not yogi, who has left everything materialistic...i need money to run my family...i pay for watching cinemas, i pay for eating in a hotel...therefore, i will pay fo r a priest, who is praying on all our behalf...he is not running any charity...Can you read the in between lines... Even, i have friends, who in the back speak about the Brahmin priest taking money...but, i haven't found a single doing charity work...not even to their downtrodden community people...But, they are good at blame game By the way, do you know how much a Christian missionary-father gets for preaching and converting...you should tell me, because, the christ bandhavas are more in your state.