Veda Vyasa who wrote Mahabharat was born of fisherwoman and Valmiki was a chandala.
We even have instance of god chastising casteism. God Shiva appeared in the form of Chandala before Adhi Shankaracharya and told that "God is everywhere in the world".
All the hindu leaders like Adhi Shankaracharya, Vivekananda, Annamacharya, Sree Narayana guru, Aurobindo have worked to get rid of casteism in Hinduism. But who cares about hindu leaders. Caste system will always be associated with hinduism as it helps christian missionaries.
RE:Casteism
by Anup Saxena on Sep 16, 2007 08:27 PM Permalink
Caste system is indeed bad. No question about it. But why is it associated only with Hindusim. Which religion is not following it. Every religion has sects/sub-sects which fight with each other and don't inter-mix, intermarry. Shias/sunnis, catholic/protestants...very long list
RE:Casteism
by Siddard on Sep 17, 2007 07:46 AM Permalink
The diference is that in all other religions, Divisons dont have the approval of their God. But in Hinduism, Brahmins have approved it by signing for God.
