A. In India, Buddhists accepted the Hindu caste system
B. Gautama, founder of Buddhism, was a coomon fisherman
C. Buddhists taught the virtues of the eightfold path
D. Buddhism remains a dominant religion in present-day India
2007-12-07 02:03:09 · 8 answers · asked by Carrja1990 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
I think this was a question asked in some competitive examination or some such school assignment.
The standard answer says only C is true and all others are wrong. This is because Buddhism taught Ashtanga marg or the eight fold path to Nirvana or liberation.
On the other hand, there was no discriminative caste system worth its salt at the time of Buddha.The syustem was more based on Janapadas and clans- all the people who follow different occupations (and hence, belong to various castes) belong to the same clan and there was no discrimination within the different caste people belonging to the same clan. On the other hand, the clans have had their own heirarchy and a barber or a washer man from a higher community may look down upon the king belonging to a lower community (or clan) It was at the time of Guptas that the Brahmanism took real roots and has given rise to discriminative casteism.
What Buddha has really rejected was rituals and hard practices such as fasting.
He was taught the dogma of Sankhya philosophy which was based on Vedas and Upanishads. He has started his own school of Sankhya which has rejected the hegemony of rituals taught by Vedas. This has become a religion by itself in later times.
Hope this clears,
Kishore patnaik
2007-12-08 01:40:52 · answer #1 · answered by kishore patnaik 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
C. Buddhists taught the virtues of the eightfold path.
Buddha rejected the caste system. Siddartha Gautama was a prince, not a fisherman. Buddhism died out in India around the 10th or 11th Century CE.
2007-12-07 03:46:48 · answer #2 · answered by Sophrosyne 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
C.
A - Buddha rejected the caste system. He accepted men and women from all caste into the Sangha.
B - Gautama was a prince.
D - Hinduism is the dominant religion in India today.
2007-12-08 12:30:18 · answer #3 · answered by Prajna 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
merely c is real. considering the fact that Buddhism arose after 500BCE, it ought to easily have unfold to Persia, which it did to a limited quantity after 1000BCE. there grow to be no historic Buddha earlier then. Jainism and Buddhism coexisted element by making use of element and Buddhism actually carried on in lots of areas of India in areas that come under Nepal, Sikkhim, and cutting-edge Bangladesh (an extremely recent us of a). Buddhism appealed to all training generally inclusive of untouchables. The Muslim conquests helped rigidity Buddhism north, east and south and while many texts and studying grow to be destroyed, it grow to be no longer extirpated by making use of Islam. Buddhism did transplant to many locations.
2016-10-10 11:25:27 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A?
b: no, guatama was a prince
c: i didnt get it, seems like i need to improve my english :P
d: in present day india i believe hinduism is the dominant religion :)
2007-12-07 02:12:34 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
C appears to be the only one on the list that it true.
2007-12-07 02:14:31 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
AC~DC?
2007-12-07 02:05:50 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
c?
2007-12-07 02:12:52 · answer #8 · answered by Krysia K 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋