BUDDHISM AND SOCIAL CLASSES
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Social classes are groups in society obtained by dividing social members into hierarchical stratification through various criteria. Members in the same class scarcely have different status but they are in lower or higher ranks than other classes through the stratification of economic, authority, prestige, occupation and education that is also called social caste or feudal systems. People in the same social classes normally have similar behavior. Social classes could be divided in various perspectives. For example, in India, social classes in the caste system are divided according to the religious principles; In England, social classes are divided by heredity; and in Thailand, social classes are divided through wealth or authority etc.
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