"what is bad about the varna system" is not the same question as "what is varna" varna is Hindu religious-social group known as a "caste"
Buddhism rejects the caste system and teaches that all individuals are equal and deserve respect regardless of their social status. The teachings of Buddhism emphasize the importance of compassion, kindness, and equality among all beings.
The purpose of the varna system was to separate the thousands of jati in Indian society that were grouped together into four classes.
Buddhism does not believe in any difference between race, gender, age or caste. Therefore it did not and does not, support the caste system at all.
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The Varna system is a traditional social classification in Hindu society dividing people into four main categories based on occupation, while the caste system is a complex social hierarchy where individuals are born into a specific hereditary social group that determines their status and occupation. The Varna system is a theoretical model, while the caste system is a rigid and discriminatory social structure that has evolved from it.
The Varna System
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Varnas are lifestyles to be selected depending on living conditions.There are four Varnas1. Brahmana Varna - for ideal living conditions2. Kshatriya Varna - for normal living conditions3. Vaishya Varna - for tolerable living conditions4. Shudra Varna - for chaotic living conditions.1. We if select our Varna on the above basis, even if our living conditions change from ideal to chaos, there would be minimal changes in the feelings induced in us.2. Higher the Varna lower would be the freedom. Thus, lower the Varna faster would be the progress. Brahmanas, with absolutely no freedom, would have very little chance to progress. Thus, sooner or later, the Varna system would make all the Hindus equal.All religions suppose that all of its followers are equal.Hinduism is the one and only religion that makes all its followers actually equal, thanks to the Varna system that enables people in the lower strata progress faster.The rampant discrimination in Hinduism is due to the fact that most Hindus don't understand the merits of the Varna system and try to stay away from it.
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Temple colors come from rigid concepts of color that are familiar in fashion to Aristotlean logic on color. Hybrid forms of color worship are from Taoism, Confucian and Buddhist understandings of color, but the concept of color worship is a caste identifier that was borrowed from Hinduism. The Hindus have a Varna Asrama system - Varna - color (similar to varnish or stain) and Asrama - school. What type or school you graduate from is your caste, whatever school you didn't attend would put you outside of that Varna Asrama system. Buddhists were more open to outcastes joining there Asrama and they called it a Sangha or family. This family consisted of two types, the Varna of red/pink/orange/brown/gold/ clothed - monks, the Varna of white clothed - lay people. In Mahayana Buddhism it can be argued that monks wear grey, but what I have stated predates the spread of Buddhism to the three schools of Vajrayana, Mahayana and Himayana. Red and white colors represent the Buddhas' Sangha.