2006-10-24 20:14:14 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Caste system or "Varnasharam" is based on "Varna" or colour, which is otherwise called racism. According to the Caste System there are four castes of people who are believed to have born out of the mouth, hands, thigh and feet of the Brahma - 'the creator'. These four categories are assigned certain professions and graded social status. Their interactions are controlled by rules and regulations, pollution, taboos etc. Accordingly, the fourth caste who are the labouring castes and who number more than 350 million of India's population are like the slaves and then come the 'out castes'- the 'Untouchables'- the unsee- ables, who are treated as worse than slaves and less than animals. It is from these untouchable castes that they have recruited the official figure of 8000 people to remove the "sewage by hand. " The actual figure could be much higher than this.
2006-10-24 21:19:50 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
This is the Indian caste system, or the varanashram. The main reason for it being a shameful chapter in our history is that has been misunderstood, and also corrupted for centuries.It is important to rid this thorn of ignorance on our path to self-respect and cultural pride
The first law of the caste system that has been ignored for millenia is that a person's caste is not determined by his birth but his deeds, his karma. Being born in a Brahman family doesn't make you a Brahman. This point has been repeatedly illustrated in our scriptures. Karna was raised in a shudra family of charioters but he was a kshatriya by nature. He therefore chose intentionally the kshatriya dharma, or law, and prove his merit against those who were raised kshatriyas. Even Lord Krsna spent his life first as a vaishya before becoming a kshatriya. This proves that according to the true caste system, people were not restricted to their castes merely based on their birth but had the right to choose their own paths. Chandragupta was even born in a shudra family but became India's greatest emperor.
2006-10-25 06:02:51 · answer #2 · answered by Mantra 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
sorry I know nothing about hinduism but you keep asking the same questions is there no one can help you where you live ???
2006-10-25 03:17:44 · answer #3 · answered by Sam's 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Hinduism is everywhere
2006-10-25 03:15:46 · answer #4 · answered by Mohomad Hafeez 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The last ashramam
2006-10-25 08:14:37 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋