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The section before this was about the history of Yoga, and I feel the author just had a fucking seizure while watching Fox News, before continuing to write the book. agony-consuming

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

interpreting Hinduism as wholly casteist is like interpreting Christianity based off all the preachers who think Black people are going to hell

Lingayatism and arguably Shaivism in general doesn't care about caste, and that's like 100 million+ people. Also they invented the protestant reformation 400 years before Martin Luther existed

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

You are correct that the thousands of beliefs and sects under Hinduism cannot all be tarred in the same brush as casteist but that specific quote is definitely a nod towards casteism and discrimination against disabled people.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

except it's not "thousands of beliefs and sects", it's literally a couple that cover hundreds of millions of people in South India

it's like ignoring Evangelicalism or Catholicism

But North Indian Brahminical Hinduism is a cancer, yes