HISTORY
ANCIENT INDIA
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Question
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Buddhism promised they could change their caste
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Buddhists don’t believe in reincarnation so the caste system doesn’t matter
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Buddhism rejects the caste system
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Buddhism didn’t appeal to people in lower castes
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Detailed explanation-1: -Buddhism appealed to people of lower castes because it emphasized individuals’ path to enlightenment and salvation, which could be attained in this life.
Detailed explanation-2: -Buddhist / Neo-Buddhist Community comes under the category of religious minority. Originally, these peoples belong to Hindu religion having different castes. As par constitution, they come under Scheduled Castes category.
Detailed explanation-3: -Nor did Buddha reject the caste system per se; as an enlightened being, a person of prestige, he called himself a “Brahmin”. Most of his followers were upper caste and all later Buddhist thinkers were Brahmins. The future Buddha, Maitreya, is predicted to be a Brahmin, according to Buddhist tradition.
Detailed explanation-4: -Religious competition The growth of new forms of Hinduism (and to a lesser extent Jainism) was a key element in the decline in Buddhism in India, particularly in terms of diminishing financial support to Buddhist monasteries from laity and royalty.
Detailed explanation-5: -Rejecting the caste system and its evils including rituals based on animal sacrifices, conservation, fasting and pilgrimage, it preached total equality. Promotion of social equality and social justice helped Buddhism to cross the frontiers of Indian sub-continent and became a world religion.