Scientific Hinduism - Book 2 - Brahminical (caste) Hinduism: institutionalised oppression

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Scientific Hinduism, Book 2, examines Brahminical (caste) Hinduism as a system that produces institutionalised oppression. It links caste discrimination against Dalits to patterns seen in other forms of discrimination, highlighting stigma, segregation, restricted access to education and advancement, and under-representation across government, business, and organised labor. The text also critiques the philosophical and ethical foundations that deny equal status, liberty, and self-respect, and describes domination mechanisms including victim-blaming, pollution beliefs, economic discrimination, mistreatment, untouchability, and violence.

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We, the self-respecting humans, are born free

Equal status in Charvaka Hinduism

Equal status in Islam and Christianity

Alleged equal consciousness in Vedanta

Say no to caste

Caste is immoral from first principles

Violation of basic ethical principles

Denial of equal status

Denial of equal liberty

Different justice for different castes

What’s wrong with eugenics, scientific racism, Hindutva and Hindu caste system?

Hypothesis: India’s caste system contributed a CRITICAL justification for global racism

Not just destruction of liberty but oppression and VIOLENCE

Control over key life events

Careful ‘domestication’ (victim-consent) of the oppressed

Obnoxious suggestion that others ‘pollute’ us

Possible link of ‘pollution’ with beef eating

Blaming victims for their plight

Economic discrimination

Mistreatment and humiliation of lower castes/ outcastes

Untouchability, and violence against the outcastes

सत्यमेव जयते Scientific Hinduism Book 2 Brahminical (caste) Hinduism: a system of institutionalised oppression Sanjeev Sabhlok Draft 19 August 2013 The effects of caste discrimination on India’s almost 200 million Dalits are strikingly similar to that of race discrimination: social stigmatization, physical segregation, lack of access to education and social advancement, under-representation at all levels in government, business and the organized labor market. [ HYPERLINK "http://southasia.stanford.edu/events/caste_and_race_different_sources_similar_outcomes" Source] In Hinduism, ‘the type of birth you take in this world, and the conditions of your existence here are all determined by what you did in your earlier existences. You may even be born as an animal, says the Upanishad, if the karma is very bad’ (Vivekananda) * * * I once met a Mahar, who, fearing that I was going near him and that my purity might then be defiled in case I touched him, and that he might incur the sin of defiling my purity, cried out at once and made his caste known to me. I got into conversation with him. I found that Mahar, though illiterate, could repeat many verses of Tukaram, Namdeo and Chokhamela. He appeared to be well acquainted with the theories of Karma and Bhakti, and of transmigration of soul. He believed that though he was a Mahar in that birth, by some misdoings in his past life, he was going to become a Brahmana in the next birth, as he felt the desire for learning Sanskrit, and reading Gita and Puranas. He conceived that these desires were clear indications of the better birth which he was going to get in his next life. I do not know how far such sentiments exist in other members of the tribe. Bid it is not improbable that very many of the low castes believe, or are made to believe, that they justly suffer in this condition as a retribution for the sins which they did in the past life. [THE HISTORY OF CASTE IN INDIA by SHRIDHAR V. KETKAR (1909)] Contents TOC \o "1-4" \h \z \u HYPERLINK \l "_Toc365498709" 1. We, the self-respecting humans, are born free. PAGEREF _Toc365498709 \h 1 HYPERLINK \l "_Toc365498710" 1.1 Equal status in Charvaka Hinduism PAGEREF _Toc365498710 \h 2 HYPERLINK \l "_Toc365498711" 1.2 Equal status in Islam and Christianity PAGEREF _Toc365498711 \h 2 HYPERLINK \l "_Toc365498712" 1.3 Alleged equal consciousness in Vedanta PAGEREF _Toc365498712 \h 3 HYPERLINK \l "_Toc365498713" 1.3.1.1 Shankara learnt Advaita from a “low caste” Chandala, but he never really got the point, did he? PAGEREF _Toc365498713 \h 3 HYPERLINK \l "_Toc365498714" 1.4 Say no to caste PAGEREF _Toc365498714 \h 4 HYPERLINK \l "_Toc365498715" 2. Caste is immoral from first principles PAGEREF _Toc365498715 \h 5 HYPERLINK \l "_Toc365498716" 2.1 Violation of basic ethical principles PAGEREF _Toc365498716 \h 5 HYPERLINK \l "_Toc365498717" 2.1.1 Denial of equal status PAGEREF _Toc365498717 \h 5 HYPERLINK \l "_Toc365498718" 2.1.1.1 Lower castes called foul names PAGEREF _Toc365498718 \h 5 HYPERLINK \l "_Toc365498719" 2.1.1.2 Sudras treated like children PAGEREF _Toc365498719 \h 5 HYPERLINK \l "_Toc365498720" 2.1.2 Denial of equal liberty PAGEREF _Toc365498720 \h 5 HYPERLINK \l "_Toc365498721" 2.1.2.1 Subtle model of race domination, not race extermination PAGEREF _Toc365498721 \h 6 HYPERLINK \l "_Toc365498722" 2.1.3 Destruction of self-respect PAGEREF _Toc365498722 \h 6 HYPERLINK \l "_Toc365498723" 2.1.4 Different justice for different castes PAGEREF _Toc365498723 \h 6 HYPERLINK \l "_Toc365498724" 2.2 What’s wrong with eugenics, scientific racism, Hindutva and Hindu caste system? PAGEREF _Toc365498724 \h 7 HYPERLINK \l "_Toc365498725" 2.2.1 A worldview that groups disparate people together on GENETIC (birth based) criteria is collectivist: PAGEREF _Toc365498725 \h 7 HYPERLINK \l "_Toc365498726" 2.2.2 These worldvi

FAQs

How does caste discrimination affect Dalits according to the book?

It describes widespread social stigmatization and physical segregation, along with limited access to education and advancement. It also notes under-representation in government, business, and the organised labor market.

What ethical argument does the text use to claim caste is immoral?

The book argues caste violates basic ethical principles by denying equal status and equal liberty, undermining self-respect and distributing different justice to different castes.

Which mechanisms of oppression are discussed beyond loss of liberty?

It highlights control over key life events, ‘domestication’ of the oppressed through victim-consent, pollution beliefs, victim-blaming, economic discrimination, mistreatment and humiliation, untouchability, and violence against outcastes.

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