Ambedkar and the Hindu Culture
von Edmund Weber
The Indian Neo Buddhism has aroused a movement since the 50s, which propagates Buddhism as the top form of the Indo-genous dharma. – The vast majority of that new religious movement belongs to the Dalits [1], people whose endogamous communities have been excluded from the varna system [2a] since centuries. The varna system is the traditional hierarchic structure of the relationships of those Indian communities who mutually acknowledge themselves as constituent members of their society. These varna jatis established a