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RE: Lineage and Caste in Early Buddhism

in #mindfulness7 years ago (edited)

During Buddha's time over 2500 years ago their was a caste system and no one could move out of that system...the cultural caste system was caste in cement...Buddha removed the material caste, anyone could attain enlightenment...this article was about the spirital clan/family one joins once one enters the stream, to go against the worldly ways to find freedom.