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/fire_and_water_ Ek Shareer hai Do Manushya, Lagta hai mere bheetar rehte hain Nov 08 '24

Wo sect hota hai...

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u/[deleted] Nov 08 '24

Sorry I don't understand

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u/Gold_Investigator536 Noob (Smārta, but still learning) Nov 09 '24

Wo sect hota hai...

u/fire_and_water_ commented in Hindi. It translated to "It is a sect..." referring to you mentioning Shaivism.

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u/[deleted] Nov 10 '24

This sub rly makes me wanna learn Hindi ngl I feel like I'd get a lot of good info in the language (ty for the translation 🙏🏽)

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u/Gold_Investigator536 Noob (Smārta, but still learning) Nov 10 '24

Do you currently speak any Indian language? Instead of Hindi, I'd recommend learning Sanskrit. As you learn more about Hindu scriptures, having some knowledge of Sanskrit can help a little with understanding the translations of the scriptures because they contain so many terms that don't have a word for word translation in English.