Hinduism

If Hinduism does not have a uniting belief system that may be compared directly to a belief system in Christianity, Judaism, or Islam it nevertheless does contain a body of thought that is meant to govern and order life experience. Indeed, it has been noted that "political history of the Indian nationalist movement has . . . always been associated with religion" and that country's "corporate existence" (Lannoy, 1974, p. 245).

Further, there is a scriptural basis for Hindu thought. That begins with the traditional Vedic or Hindu scripture texts, which posit four varnas, or stations of life, which in turn correspond to the demographic structure of traditional Hindu society. Beginning at the top of society, there are the Brahmins, comprising priests and scholars; Kshatrias, who are characterized

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