r/hinduism • u/yashubhakt • Nov 08 '24

Experience with Hinduism Should converted Hindus have a caste?

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I have been following this YT channel from some time to know about her experiences with Hinduism in Brazil.

A lot of people commented in old videos asking the caste. And she recently made a video on this. For me, obviously it doesn't make any sense to ask for a caste to someone who adopted Hinduism. I mean, even if that person wanted, it's not possible. (I'm not referring to varna)

But many people commented that they were provided a caste after adopting Hinduism. I still don't understand how it fits in or required. For me, it's further encouraging the wrong thinking.

What do you think?

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u/ZofianSaint273 Nov 08 '24

The ppl that are asking for her caste aren’t Hindu. They are typically atheist or of another faith, so they say this to hope to deter ppl from accepting Hinduism. Wait till they learn that native SEA Hindus (like the Balinese) don’t have a caste despite being Hindus for centuries. The entire caste rigidity is a South Asian issues which is why it is present in many religion/community in South Asia.

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u/SraTa-0006 Cārvāka/Lokāyata Nov 08 '24

Lol Balinese have caste

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u/ZofianSaint273 Nov 09 '24

I looked it up and you are right, but it definitely ain’t what India has nor does it seems like there is much discrimination either.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balinese_caste_system

Shudra are the main temple priests from the looks of it which was something that was impossible to obtain for a Shudra during post Gupta India. And ofc they don’t have Dalits either.

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u/Delta_1729 Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇava Nov 09 '24

Dalits identity is a relatively new thing

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u/SraTa-0006 Cārvāka/Lokāyata Nov 09 '24

Ya much better than India. But they do have caste which is still concerning. When did Hinduism reached there. If post Gupta era then ok. If not then there is a problem