Dharma
Dharma stands for law, obligation and duty. To follow one's dharma's means to perform ones duties and so to live as one should. In the Vedas each social class or Varna, had its own duties. These duties usually involved a certain type of work such as serving as a warrior or herding animals. Hindus called their system of social classes Varna dharma. This means 'the way of one's kind." Hindus believed that when everyone followed the dharma of their Varna, society would be in harmony.
To be in harmony you would have to climb the caste system to Brahmin which is priest and religious scalars. You would start at the untouchables which is below Shudra. If your did your duties as a untouchable you would move up on the caste system. If you did not do your duties you would move down or become an animals. On the Caste System (which is to your right) has: *Brahmin (priests & royal scholars) *Kshatriya ( rulers & warriors) *Vaishya (herders & merchants) *Shudra (servants) *Untouchables(ways of life includes activities that the Hinis consider "lowerly or dirty" |
This is the caste system.The top is the best and the smallest.The bottom is the biggest and the worst. The top is the best because you are closest to Brahman.
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