That's such a load of tripe bro. Casteism may be a form of hierarchical social organization, but it has its justification and its tenets in Hindu scripture and with Hindu gods and godesses. And Literate Hindus are some of the biggest practitioners of the caste system.
Buddhism is probably the most passive religion in the world.
I'd say, inherently, Hinduism is a non-violent, even if discriminatory, religion. But as with all things, men will find justification where they want them.
You see that, with the RSS, the IRA and the LRA, the al Qaeda etc. There is no end to the possibility of justifying violence if you want it. And you can find those justifications in the most picayune and innocuous things.
Besides, I will stress that no sect of Christianity forbars another sect from entering its place of worship. They're all trying to capture other sects, along with Hindus and Muslims. They do, however, not permit other sects from certain rights and rituals: like Eucharistic communion for those non-Catholic or the
Beth Gazo for non-Syriac Christians. So, in that sense, it is discriminatory.
In the end, the best religion is probably one of rationalism tempered by humanity, and consideration for all mankind. You can be culturally Hindu, and practice all of the rituals and rites in a spirit of fellowship and communion with your family, as long as you don't allow it to overtake your mind. As long as Christians don't think that the earth is flat, and Hindus don't think that another is inferior simply because he came from the mouth of God himself, and Muslims don't confuse scriptural truth with scientific truth. As long as we can agree that in our political and social lives, a spirit of rational and secular law must exist, then private religion, whatever its origin, is tolerable and even beneficial.
What politicians have done, through vote capturing is blur the boundaries where they should exist, through rhetoric; the people, for lack of leaders other than the local clergy, lapping it up and eventually becoming scions and proponents of the same adulterated ways-of-life. What materialism has done, is bring back a proportion of science and rationalism into thought. What unequal materialism has done is raise suspicions among communities of other communities which religious rhetoric is used to justify.
You, all, have to understand one thing. The minorities of India are simply too big. They cannot be sidelined, or done away with, or ignored. This may not be an explicit suggestion, but it is implicit in any thing comparing religions. It's like doing away with or sidelining the state of U.P with 200 mln people. The
only way is to secularize and mainstreamize then, despite the opposition despite the odds, until an inter-generational consensus is reached that a national, secular, rational ethos comes first. That is the point at which this will stop, the point at which parents will no longer tell their children that this community is weak, or useless, or dirty or money-grubbing or promiscuous, slanderous and vaudevillian.
Stop dwelling in the past, live in the present. And for the future.
Caste and religion are the two different things, caste rather belongs to and originated from customs, professions and traditions. Literate Hindus do not consider these things, recent trend of intercaste marriages and Laws are ceasing these differences, you can't call an ST/SC person by his caste, as you will be prosecuted for this under ST/SC Act. Section 153A of Indian Penal Code is worth a read here.
I think as the Hindus are in majority in India,and thus all the Substantial Laws enacted in India directly reflect the concepts and principles of Hinduism. But the procedural Laws have been adopted and derived basically from British Laws.
I am a Hindu and i don't judge a person on his caste. creed or religion but i am scared of extremism of some religions who kill peoples in the name of their religion.
Jainism is off course one of the most peaceful religions but i have seen some of my Jain friends denying principles of Hinduism and taking them as false.I don't know how peaceful Buddhism is. To me Hinduism appears to be most peaceful religion of the world.