In ancient Chinese history, from the pre-Qin period to the Sui and Tang dynasties, India was called "Body Poison"; in the early Tang Dynasty, India was called "Tianzhu". In "Journey to the West", the story of "Tianzhu harvesting the jade rabbit" took place in India.
When you mention India, you may think of beautiful girls in sari, the magnificent Taj Mahal, Bollywood The musical, and the "non-violent and non-cooperative" Mahatma Gandhi.
Taj Mahal
Girls in sari
To understand India's caste system, we must first understand India's state religion, Hinduism. Hinduism originated from Brahmins in ancient India Buddhism and Vedicism, its core teaching is the caste system, advocating that good and evil have cause and effect, and life has reincarnation. More than half of Indians believe in Hinduism. Hinduism is deeply rooted in the hearts of Indians and has had a huge impact on the lives of Indians .
The statue of Shiva in India
caste system
caste system originated from Hinduism, it divides people into four grades, Brahmin, Kshatriya, Vaishya and Sudra. In addition to these four castes, there are many People at the bottom of the caste, known as the "untouchable" class, have the lowest social status and are discriminated against.
In Hinduism, caste is fixed by God, is hereditary and cannot be changed. There is a clear distinction between high and low. The caste system has cut off the advanced road for the lower caste class to get rid of poverty and untouchability, and fate cannot achieve a counterattack. Although the caste system was abolished after India's independence, in today's Indian society, it is still It plays a pivotal role. For example, high castes and low castes cannot intermarry. Even if some Brahmins decline and become impoverished, they still carry the pride of high castes and are reluctant to intermarry with wealthy families of low castes.
Indian law expressly abolishes caste system, but why is it useless?
Hinduism holds that good and evil have cause and effect, and that life is reincarnated. Hindu believers believe that suffering is the debt of the previous life, and everything is fair. Only by practicing asceticism can we get rid of the suffering of reincarnation. The Indian pariah class has been brainwashed for thousands of years by Hindu teachings and systems, and is happy to accept the reality of poverty and suffering as an ascetic practice in pursuit of happiness in the afterlife. This also allowed the unfair caste system to survive without any resistance and miraculously survived for more than 3,000 years.
Although Indian laws expressly abolished the caste system, Hinduism still exists, and more than 80% of Indians believe in Hinduism. Today Hinduism has a billion followers, more than Buddhists. It is completely impossible to fundamentally eliminate the caste system.
The caste system is deeply rooted in the hearts of Indians. It makes it difficult for Indians to realize that many of India's problems exist in India's religious and racial system. In the future, it is difficult to predict the direction of India's national fortunes, but it is worth waiting to see.
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