Twilight of the Sultanate c18.s1.7

c18.s1.7

Bhakti to all without distinction of caste or creed. Thus, although born and bred in the old conservative Brahman atmosphere, he broke the shackles of orthodoxy and admitted into his new sect of Bhakts all men without distinction. His disciples came from all castes, from both sexes and even from among the Muslims. Thus he gave absolute social equality to all, even the privilege of studying the scriptures. All previous thinkers, more or less, had accepted the institution of Caste. But Rāmānanda had nothing to do with it. Indeed he may be said to have begun what is known as the religious renaissance in Medieval India.