Hindiusm and Sikhism

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The Hinduism and Sikhism religion have originated from India. Although both Hinduism and Sikhism are two cultures that originated from India, they are two distinct cultures with different beliefs. Once established, the Hinduism religion created a social class, grouping people that practise this religion into four categories (i.e. their caste system). However, the Sikhism religions do not have a caste system in place, which improves social interaction within their communities. Secondly, some beliefs of the Hinduism religion show that women are inferior to men, promoting gender inequality. Meanwhile, the Sikhism culture attempt to promote gender equality and believes that no gender is superior to another. Thus, Sikhism promotes equality and social interaction better than the Hinduism culture.

Firstly, the Hindiusm people have a caste system that has four distinct levels. From highest to lowest in terms of social ranking they are: Brahmins the priests (Brahmins), the ruler and warriors (Kstriyas), the merchants (Vaisyas), and the servants (Sudras). Also, there were the untouchables (Harijans), which are people that were believed to be so impure that they were shunned by the community. By setting a caste system in place, equality and social interaction within the Hinduism religion declined. Low self-esteem results from the classification of people from the lower classes, making lower classes feel inferior and weak. This puts a hidden psychological barrier into place, disrupting social interaction between the four classes in the caste system. As a result, this generally caused people identified as one of the lower classes In the caste to switch into a different religion due to the humility and shame of being identified as a lower class. Opportunities to be taught the Rig Veda were given only to the priests, the warriors, and the merchants . The servants or the untouchables were not given this opportunity causing them to be spiritually deprived...