I read somewhere that Dalits are considered "untouchables" and they're at the lowest range in the caste system. Why do people persecute them? What about teachings of love and acceptance?
2007-02-10 22:01:28 · 10 answers · asked by sharco 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The caste system was to divide the culture of work. But in deality it divided the people not their work.
Untill there is dignity of all labour the high case people will continue to look down the Dalits.
You are right on target that the message of true love is the answer. But the question when and how many will practice it.
2007-02-11 00:31:31 · answer #1 · answered by Anuj P1952 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi, yes you are correct,Dalits are considered untouchables because they are considered not to have any Varnas`, this means that they were not created with the divine parts of Purusha and are the lowest of the low, Dalits are given the most menial of jobs and never rise above this station in life.
Seems like this is the worst kind of bias,and yet most nations have their own form of this,and discrimination is so much against the love of God.
2007-02-11 06:17:29 · answer #2 · answered by Sentinel 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Chapter XVIII Verses 40-45 of the holy book Bhagwath Geeta shows four categories among Hindus: Brahmin, Kshatriya, Vaishya & Shudra, upon which a Hindu is born by nature. All Human beings (Hindus) are from these 4 varnas. Dalits do not come under any of 4 varnas, hence not treated as humans and treated untouchables since centuries long. Such inhuman act is continuing despite recent stern anti-untouchability Acts. A Hindu is bound by his belief, faith and teachings. There are hundreds of castes in Hinduism, each believing differently. A Hindu cannot change his caste or category and they are unchangeable. Many a times Indian Supreme Court and different High Courts of Indian States had occasion to accept this caste system among Hindus. One cannot change his category or caste. Each category is created for its specific job. His prayer and worship is the job of his caste in which he is born by nature. He & his offspring will have to remain in that category and caste only. All the Indian laws define a Hindu as a person who is not a Jew, Christian, Muslim or Parsi. It is immaterial what he believes or practices. No other requirements are prescribed to be & to remain a Hindu. The Central & State Governments provide certain facilities, reservations in jobs & educational institutions, free constructed houses, house sites, agricultural lands, subsidies / loans etc. to certain Hindu castes and tribes citizens, recognized as Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Backward Castes (SCs, STs & BCs); as long as they remain Hindu; but withdraws all such facilities upon their conversion to Islam / Christianity. Many would have changed their caste to SCs, STs or BCs if it was changeable, to avail the benefits given to those castes, but it is quite unchangeable at any cost, such as one cannot change his birth date/place or mother/father etc. Unaware of the basic and root teachings of Hinduism as are described in Bhagwath Geeta and many authentic Hindu versions, some modern people claim without referring any specific text/book that castes are man made and can be changed/converted. A Hindu will be out of his caste when he embraces a religion (Christianity or Islam) but as long as he is Hindu he will remain in his own caste.
2007-02-12 02:45:29 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No ,i definitely don't !
they r humans!come on !how can anyone treat another fellow being like dirt?it is unimaginable to me.
according to me ,whoever practices this untouchability thing should be sentencet to death.
what do they think ?that god has made some of his creatoins inferior and some superior? can god be so unjust?
it is really non-sense.
i hope this system stops.
2007-02-11 12:29:24 · answer #4 · answered by naaz_blr 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
what's a dalit? sounds like a solar-powered flashlight to me?
2007-02-11 06:07:39 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No.
Without the workers and labourers the society cannot move, just as the body cannot move without the legs.
2007-02-11 06:34:08 · answer #6 · answered by dipin b 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's only an issue for Hindus- I think their prejudices are a disgrace in this day and age.
2007-02-11 06:12:47 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I dnt agree, i thnk its a play card of the dirty indian politicians who try to gain mileage by dividing our society.
2007-02-11 06:23:57 · answer #8 · answered by dak 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I like, love and wish to elevate them from their agonies.
2007-02-11 09:08:11 · answer #9 · answered by Udayambili. 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are they those scary things from Doctor Who that go about saying EXTERMINATE...EXTERMINATE!!! Ooh... I hate them yes!
2007-02-11 06:17:34 · answer #10 · answered by CHEESUS GROYST 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋