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Gods of the New Age

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The Origins of the Caste System in Hinduism

The goal of reincarnation, what's known as Samsada, is to be born up the caste scale of the caste ladder. So if you're a lower caste person, you need to be reborn into a higher caste and eventually become a Brahmin. And then after that, you are released, which is moksha, you're released from the wheel, the endless wheel of reincarnation. Of course, there's a few shortcuts, like for instance,If you're a widow in ancient India, and you just managed to commit ritual suicide after your husband died, you threw your body on his funeral pyre,. She would get instant release from the wheel of Reincarnation, instant

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