Annihilation of Caste: One More Look by Dr. L. Jawahar Nesan Contents 1. Prologue 2. The evolution of the caste system and its current status 3. Annihilation of caste: the old thesis 3. Annihilation of caste: the New theory 4. Who should lead the revolution? 5. Post-revolution integration Prologue I am neither a sociologist nor an anthropologist but a student of the human society and for being that I leave the choice to the readers that they can assign me under any terminological category
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Michael Malloy found three major patterns in his studies of religion. These patterns can be seen in many religions‚ especially Hinduism. The first pattern Malloy describes is the way each religion contacts the sacred. There are two ways that Hindus contact the sacred. One is through the Vedic Hinduism sacrifice‚ and the other appears in Upanishadic Hinduism‚ which is through mystical orientation‚ where a person "seeks union with a reality greater than ones self" (Burke 11). The sacrifice
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practices that seem unusual to other cultures. There is a raised debate in modern day Hinduism over the practice of sati‚ the self-immolation of a widow on her deceased husband’s grave. Many modern Hindu people view that there is no place for such a practice in society today and in the Hindu religion. Others however view that sati should remain in the religion because it has been a sacred historical part of Hinduism. Sati should be continue to be allowed as a strictly religious practice because the
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dictate people. In India‚ people believed in religions such as Hinduism and Buddhism. In China‚ people believed in philosophies like Daoism‚ Confucism‚ and Legalism. Religions like Hinduism and Buddhism are dictates the ways of life in India. The have strict rules of living that must be followed. In Hinduism there is a set of rules people follow called karma‚ dharma‚ and reincarnation. In Document A it states that ‚ “In this kind of Hinduism‚ people believed in reincarnation - that people could reborn
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path that they choose. Hinduism and Buddhism have many of the same elements‚ which both come from similar cultural and religious beliefs. Although they are not exactly the same‚ the end result or goal is: to reach a state of bliss or liberation‚ or the "release from the finitude that restricts us from the limitless being‚ consciousness‚ and bliss our hearts desire." (The World’s 21) This concept of liberation is one of the distinguishing features throughout Buddhism and Hinduism and is exhibited through
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this teacher-scored portion of the Unit Test‚ and submit it to your teacher by the due date for full credit. (25 points) 1. Choose EITHER Judaism OR Hinduism and describe its origin‚ major principles‚ and how it affected existing laws‚ social practices‚ or culture. Also describe whether and how the religion influenced other societies. Answer: Hinduism origin is India‚ 3 major principles would be: All Human Beings Are Divine‚ Unity of Existence through Love‚ & Religious Harmony. Hindu ideas about karma
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Jagannath is a carved and decorated wooden stump with large round eyes and with stumps as hands‚ with the conspicuous absence of any legs. The worship procedures‚ practices‚ sacraments and rituals of Jagannath do not conform with those of classical Hinduism.[2] The principal image of the deity is at the temple city of Puri in the Indian state of Orissa. It is made of wood‚ which is an exception to common Hindu iconographic deities of metal or stone.[3] The origin and evolution of Jagannath worship‚
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the West has had on the cultural and artistic legacy that continues today with Indian and Pakistani artists. I will start with the colonial period under the British Raj and the major cultural changes it caused through the example of the forming of ‘Hinduism’. I will then discuss the modernist period and move on to India’s current situation‚ discussing the status of being a contemporary artist of South Asian origins. In 1850 the British Raj was established in India and their goal was to form India
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In Western eyes‚ it may appear to be a place or feeling; in a Hindu’s eyes‚ nirvana is a state of being one strives to achieve – the final karma. In Hinduism‚ the concepts of caste‚ reincarnation‚ and karma all play a role in achieving “Nirvana” – the liberation from the cycle of death and rebirth and becoming united with Brahman (Orońska‚ 2009). The belief that all human beings go through continuous
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obligation are far more important than personal desires. To what extent does this quotation reflect Gandhi’s contribution to the development and expression of Hinduism? The idea that social duty and obligation are more important than personal desires is strongly upheld through Gandhi’s contribution to the development and expression of Hinduism. This can be seen through his principle of Satygraha‚ which essentially encourages one to not strive for a single‚ selfish goal but to actively fight injustice
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