question archive Document 1 - Hinduism Untouchables are outcasts—people considered too impure, too polluted, to rank as worthy beings
Document 1 - Hinduism Untouchables are outcasts—people considered too impure, too polluted, to rank as worthy beings
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Document 1 - Hinduism Untouchables are outcasts—people considered
too impure, too polluted, to rank as worthy beings. Prejudice defines their lives, particularly in the rural areas, where nearly three-quarters of India's people live. Untouchables are shunned, insulted, banned from temples and higher caste homes, made to eat and drink from separate utensils in public places, and, in extreme but not uncommon cases, are raped, burned, lynched, and gunned down. The ancient belief system that created the Untouchables overpowers modern law. While India's constitution forbids caste discrimination and specifically abolishes Untouchability, Hinduism, the religion of 80 percent of India's population, governs daily life with its hierarchies and rigid social codes. Under its strictures, an Untouchable parent gives birth to an Untouchable child, condemned as unclean from the first breath.
Document 2 - Buddhism Buddhism started in a region of the world where Hinduism dominated, but Buddha rejected a major part of Hindu society: the caste system. Buddha taught that anyone, regardless of their place in society, could achieve enlightenment if they realized the Four Noble Truths and followed the Eightfold Path. Buddhism's Fourth Noble Truth states, "To end suffering, follow the Eightfold Path." The ?Eightfold Path? describes how one should act to eliminate desire and thus suffering. The Eightfold Path is the moral code of conduct for Buddhists, similar to the Ten Commandments in Judaism and Christianity.
Using evidence from? both? documents 1 and 2 and your knowledge of social studies: a) Identify a similarity ?or? a difference. b) Explain the similarity ?or? difference you identified using evidence from both documents.
