Bhakti offered god without priestly mediation to all castes and genders
Evidence
What the Depressed Classes want is a religion that will give them equality of social status … nothing can be more odious and vile than that admitted social evils should be sought to be justified on the ground of religion. The Depressed Classes may not be able to overthrow inequities to which they are subjected. But they have made up their mind not to tolerate a religion that will lend its support to the continuance of these inequities. — Ambedkar, B R, Annihilation of Caste_ The Annotated…, 406 (
#complicates, via linked claim)
Categorization
Category: Causal Relationships
Related
- Ambedkar rejected any religion that legitimizes existing social inequities. (similarity 0.85)
- Ambedkar rejected any religion that sanctioned caste inequities (similarity 0.81)
- Untouchables demanded a religion granting equal status, not reform of Hinduism (similarity 0.80)
- Ambedkar saw religion and caste as inseparable, unlike Gandhi (similarity 0.79)
- Only destroying shastra-based religion can break the caste system. (similarity 0.79)
- Destroying caste requires denying shastra authority outright, as Buddha and Nanak did. (similarity 0.79)
- Caste can only be destroyed by attacking its religious foundations (similarity 0.78)
- Hinduism’s pervasiveness makes renouncing caste seem impracticable to many (similarity 0.78)
Broader Connections
- Ambedkar rejected any religion that sanctioned caste inequities
#complicates(0.60) — Ambedkar, B R, Annihilation of Caste_ The Annotated…, 406