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# Dharma - When Dharma comes in: - If you follow the Dharma - Move up the social ladder in your (next) life - Rules and obligations of the Caste that one is born into - If you follow Dharma/Karma -> maybe next life -> born again as Brahmin - Each Caste has Dharma - Karma...

# Dharma - When Dharma comes in: - If you follow the Dharma - Move up the social ladder in your (next) life - Rules and obligations of the Caste that one is born into - If you follow Dharma/Karma -> maybe next life -> born again as Brahmin - Each Caste has Dharma - Karma is doing something good, and it comes back to you - How can you use this? - Justify Caste system - Hinduism justifies the Caste system - Dharma and Karma - If you follow Dharma really well -> next life, born as a Brahmin - Hinduism is specialized in India more -> Caste system didn't exist in other countries - Mostly stayed in India # Confucianism - Founded by Confucius in China - Was an educator and political adviser - Between the Qin and Han dynasties - Practiced mostly in China, influenced Korea, Japan, and other Asian countries. - Confucianism isn't necessarily a religion - More of a moral, ethical code - Understand context -> Confucianism developed during the late Qin and early Han dynasty