Brahminism

Brahminism represents the organized existence and philosophy of the traditional superior priest caste. It initiated and gave shape to caste ideology, consolidating it into the social structure. It stands on the foundations of social inequality and spiritual hierarchy. It is likely that color prejudice and racial hatred supplied the initial impulse to the development of social exclusiveness in the Indian society. However, contributions made by social, economic, geographic, occupational and other factors helped to stratify it.

Brahminism is totally built upon the limited need to materially organize society for achieving a severely limited mundane objective of a microscopic minority. It exploits the dimensions covered by religion and effortlessly obliges the people to love the chains of their object and many faceted (political, social, spiritual) slavery. The elaborate apparatus setup to make the scheme operational is amazing in terms of resilience, depth and scope. The concept of Hindu Dharma was very closely interwoven and remains synonymous with the social order of Brahminism (varna ashrama dharma). It derived its authority from interpretation of the Vedas, other orthodox scriptures, and imposition of rites, rituals, and object worship. Preservation of the social order is the only thing which is of greatest importance to it. Swami Dharma Theertha states:

"It may be defined as a system of socio-religious domination and exploitation of the Hindus based on caste, priestcraft, and false philosophy, - caste representing the scheme of domination, priestcraft the means of exploitation, and false philosophy a justification of both. Started by Brahmin priests and developed by them through many centuries of varying fortunes and compromises with numerous ramifications, it has under foreign rule become the general culture of the Hindus and is, at the present day, almost identical with organized Hinduism."

It's survival is based upon the majority of the people to accept a monolithic structure composed of a few basic postulates: the authority of the Vedas; the caste division of society under Brahminic domination; its adjunct theory of karma and of incarnation including image worship. But how does the vast majority of masses accept tenets of such faith, especially during the rule of other political authorities?

This ideology ultimately functions upon the pivot of manipulation of political power and the ultimate sanction of the coercive power of the state. Masses are obliged to accept Brahminical dictates not due to the moral superiority of the preservers of that order, but instead, due to the coercive power of the State subservient to Brahamanical order and existing to promote the cultural concepts of that order by the military might of the State.

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