It was a socio-political statement that rejected Hindu justification for caste ... to this system.” But to D.B. Sagar, a Dalit activist originally from Nepal, Hinduism and Buddhism can coexist ...

Because of this, Ambedkar saw Buddhism as a tool to challenge the caste system and attain social equality, which resonated deeply with the Dalit community. Ambedkar spent considerable time ...

Caste is an ancient system of social hierarchy based on ... Dalits who have converted to Buddhism, Christianity, Islam or Sikhism still report experiencing segregation and exclusion from places ...

It was to overcome the caste system that Ambedkar had decided to adopt Buddhism, after scrutinizing all the prominent religions for over ten years, in 1956. Just two months after his official ...

India’s caste system evolved over centuries into a rigid ... noting that hunger strikes and fasting are an important tradition in Buddhism that help inspire moral clarity.

Many other scholars also observed that Buddhism was “not a reaction to the caste system” and just aimed at the salvation of those who joined its monastic order. The prevalence of the caste ...

This was perhaps one of the reasons that Punjab converted to Buddhism which defied caste system and challenged the cultural and literary hegemony of Brahmanism. But it did not mean that caste ...

Caste is an ancient system of social hierarchy based on one ... Dalits who have converted to Buddhism, Christianity, Islam or Sikhism still report experiencing segregation and exclusion from ...