The Law Of Manu: The Caste System

The Law of Manu was written in the first or second century BCE and stands as the cornerstone text of the religion Hinduism. Menu is supposedly a mythical god who wanted to protect his people by revealing a social structure (Sattler). This structure is known as the Caste System. The Caste System was to help organize the different aspects of a society. The Law of Menu portrayed the framework for each class of people that resembled a hierarchical pyramid. Essentially, according to Menu there are four classes of society which are also known as castes. These castes can be broken into four types people the Brahmins, Kshatriya, Vaisya and Sudra. Above this law guided Hindus to achieve good Carma by bestowing the framework for each of the four castes. First,

In fact, these Brahmins could be called the lords of all the castes (Sattler). In addition, they had the authority over all the people in a Hinduism society because it was believed that brahmins had poses a powerful spiritual force of Brahman. Brahman is the soul within everything. To make note, Brahman is a philosophical idea of Hinduism that expresses everything has a brahman. In the Western World, people would call brahman souls. Next, The Law of Manu teaches that a Brahmin would be required to live out six duties. The first two duties are to teach and study the scriptures of Hinduism. Even though Brahmins have the power of a king they are mainly known as priests. In these two responsibilities, Brahmins must compatibly understand The Laws of Manu and be able teach it with