Question

Define caste-hierarchy .how is caste preferred in politics ?

Answer 1

There is a great change in the caste system because of various factors such as,
(i) The efforts of political leaders and social reformers like Jotiba Phule, Gandhiji, B.R. Ambedkar etc.
(ii) Social Economic changes, also brought a change in the caste system.
(iii) The old concept of caste heirarchy is also coming down because of economic development, urbanisation increase in literacy rate, occupational mobility etc.
(iv) The provision of Indian Constitution like, prohibition on caste discrimination, untouchability, also led to a change in caste system.

Answer 2

The verbal component of the Buddha’s teaching is preserved in an ancient Indian vernacular known as Pali, which was the colloquial, street Sanskrit of the era around 600 BCE. Although particular components of the Pali texts can be questionable as to whether they truly represent the teaching of the Buddha, the Pali Canon as a whole presents a unique implosion into the human condition of a coherent, well articulated, original, specific, generally self-consistent realization, which constitutes the Dhamma, or the Teaching of the Buddha. The word Buddhism (or any equivalent) is not found in this exposition. The Buddha explicitly rejected phrasings like “Buddhism” which imply an “ism,” or a philosophical stance or position or viewpoint. The Buddha emphasized that he was not expounding an opinion but a Path, that is, a way of life, based on values and actions that lead to a holistic apperception, an experience, a realization.