Why? Because as many of us have stated, the caste system doesn’t let people, especially in the low categories or classes, improve and better their lives. As it explains in our book, karma and reincarnation were believed to be very influential when it came to deciding if a person’s life was going to improve or not. It was believed that every action and every thought had its consequences and therefore would determine the state you were in at the time. So, death and “good karma” or good actions were the only hope to improve a person’s life. I can only imagine how hard the lives of people categorized in the Shudras were, and to think they couldn’t do much about it makes it
Why? Because as many of us have stated, the caste system doesn’t let people, especially in the low categories or classes, improve and better their lives. As it explains in our book, karma and reincarnation were believed to be very influential when it came to deciding if a person’s life was going to improve or not. It was believed that every action and every thought had its consequences and therefore would determine the state you were in at the time. So, death and “good karma” or good actions were the only hope to improve a person’s life. I can only imagine how hard the lives of people categorized in the Shudras were, and to think they couldn’t do much about it makes it