/lit/ - Literature

>>22069447
It's possible, but I think blood caste was older. This why there was a struggle with Buddhism's rise in early India. They issue was mostly about caste politics, since Buddhism would make the priest class non-hereditary. That's why originally there was high tension between the Brahmins and Buddhist monks. That's also why high trade and economics areas like Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Maldives, and Sri Lanka quickly become majority buddhist while other places barely converted. It was politically advantageous for merchants to be buddhists, since the priest Buddhist priest class held less power (being nonhereditary) and demanded less wealth for rituals, unlike the Brahmins. The struggle between Buddhism and Hinduism shows there was caste politics involved.

if theres no self then what reincarnates or enlightened?

if everything is illusory and theres no value judgement then whats the point of distinguishing between nirvana and samsara?

is the final redpill that samsara and nirvana are the same thing?