Hinduism Caste System

Hinduism is known to be a universal religion. The primary emphasis relies on the religions brotherhood, viewing the world as one family. The Hindu Caste System is also a clever invention that stemmed from the later Vedic society, justifying only a few law makers while the upper-class castes only found it convenient to retain as well as perpetuate their own social and religious distinctions from the political and economic advantages they had. Within the Hinduism religious beliefs, it is only normal for the Hindu society to refrain from encountering those deemed unclean. They were very selective on who they chose as friends and who they built relationships with. Those who were deemed to be socially deviant, untrustworthy or unreliable couldn’t become a part of their caste system. Therefore, the Hinduism religion was most concerned with maintain the social order of how their caste system.

The Hinduism religious culture wrongfully created certain human stereotypes so that they could justify their social structure while favoring only a few at the expense of many. There are three goals for the Hinduism religion that are based upon: material success, righteous social behavior, and sensual pleasures. All stemming back to the social order in which they have built their caste system. The

The structural system is based upon four main classes: the Brahmana, Kshatriya, Vaishya, and lastly the Shudra. Each representing the social recognition they have within the caste system. Those on the lower levels of social rankings were restricted from climbing higher to the levels on top of the caste system in regard to their social aspiring’s. The beliefs in reincarnation, dharma, and karma of the Hinduism religion also provides the religious justifications pertaining to the existence of such rigid social structures that have been implemented within the caste