Guest guest Posted September 25, 2008 Report Share Posted September 25, 2008 http://tinyurl.com/3fjnhs I need help i suck at history and i dont have a book? 1. What is the caste system? What determines someone's place in the caste system? 2. Why were the untouchables' lives so harsh? 3. Explain how a female was treated as an inferior in Indian society. 4. What is the Vedas? Why is it important? 5. How is reincarnation important to Hindus? 6. How is dharma different from Karma? 7. Why was Guatama shocked to see old, sick and dying people? 8. Why is Guatama called "the enlightened one"? 9. Why is Buddhism considered my many to be a philosophy rather than a religion? 10. (This is not in the reading so you need to think about this) Over time, most people in India remained with the Hindu faith and Buddhism gained most of its followers in other parts of Asia. Why do you think most Indians chose the Hindu faith over Buddhism? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 25, 2008 Report Share Posted September 25, 2008 1. Basically what decides one's place, whether it is in caste or society in general, depends on how civilized the society is. There was a time when dharma was held superior to jnana and that in turn over anga/artha bala. Now the order is reversed. And one's "place" would depend on how much of anga/artha bala one has. Rather than theorizing, this is the practical aspect and THE fact that determines. Also, it will depend on what that community in general holds as superior. And notions evolve based on which community has strength. So again it comes to that. As society becomes more civilized, the importance of anga/artha bala will be kept in a decent check, though it is not possible to totally de-prioritize it. It can be kept in as much harmless proportion as possible. And as it gets less civilized, the importance of it will be too much. Hence the weak suffer. Since bulk of society is average and not strong, a less civilized society is like a jungle. The weak will have to suffer. As it gets more civilized, importance will be attached more with knowledge, and dharma. And weak do not appear that weak because one with anga/artha bala will not take undue advantage of it. This is the fundamental principle that reflects in caste or rather yuga dharma (they are not separable) - the focus shifted from dharma to jnana, then to anga/artha bala. This will answer most of our questions. Caste is one of the features (it is not an arrangement or organization because no one did it - it evolved) that addresses this to a good extent. By diversifying it avoids concentration of any kind of power in one unit. That is a primitive function. The higher function is that through diversity it encourages specialization and thus sophistication. That was how Bharatiya civilization evolved as a center of knowledge as well as riches. 2. They were not as harsh as they got in medieval times. Read "Growth of Scheduled Castes and Tribes in India". 3. Woman, will be treated well in a society that gives less importance to anga/artha bala. And will be treated as a commodity in a society that does not put anything above anga/artha bala. If we go back in history, woman enjoyed freedom when society enjoyed freedom, peace and civility. As they became difficult things, woman too suffered. 4. Veda is knowledge - it will be important as long as man gives importance to knowledge. 5. From the concept of reincarnation comes sense of permanence - the whole concept of Hinduism is about infinity, permanence as opposed to limited and temporal. Reincarnation and karma form one of the strong bases for dharma, which is the synonym of Hinduism. 6. They are inseparable. The effect of karma follows dharma. 7. He understood how pain is inseparable from life. He also understood the origin of pain and how to transcend it. 8. Because he understood the above. 9. Buddhism is a religion. It is not a system of life the way Hinduism is - you call it a system of life if it encompasses every aspect of life and society - spirituality, pursuit of knowledge, technology, social organization, polity, economy, religion everything. Buddhism is not all that. 10. Because Hinduism is not only a comprehensive system of life, but even as a philosophy it is vast. It covers the boundaries of human thought. There is nothing that you don't find in it. ----- Original Message ----kishore patnaik <kishorepatnaik09hinducivilization ; ; indiaarchaeology <IndiaArchaeology >Thursday, September 25, 2008 9:16:14 PM This is what they are teaching http://tinyurl. com/3fjnhs I need help i suck at history and i dont have a book? 1. What is the caste system? What determines someone's place in the caste system? 2. Why were the untouchables' lives so harsh? 3. Explain how a female was treated as an inferior in Indian society. 4. What is the Vedas? Why is it important? 5. How is reincarnation important to Hindus? 6. How is dharma different from Karma? 7. Why was Guatama shocked to see old, sick and dying people? 8. Why is Guatama called "the enlightened one"? 9. Why is Buddhism considered my many to be a philosophy rather than a religion? 10. (This is not in the reading so you need to think about this) Over time, most people in India remained with the Hindu faith and Buddhism gained most of its followers in other parts of Asia. Why do you think most Indians chose the Hindu faith over Buddhism? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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