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विजय दशमी का सही नाम “अशोक विजयदशमी” है
सम्राट अशोक के कलिंग युद्ध में विजयी होने के दसवें दिन मनाये जाने के कारण इसे अशोक विजयदशमी कहते हैं। इसी दिन सम्राट अशोक ने बौद्ध धम्म की दीक्षा ली थी।विजय दशमी बौद्धों का पवित्र त्यौहार है। ऐतिहा…
Buddhism in Modern India – Great Conversion Movement Started By Babasaheb Ambedkar
Buddhism in Modern India is growing. The growth of interest in Buddhism is due to Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar. If it had not been for his Great Conversion movement, Buddhism would have been a ceremonial…
Disappearance of Buddhism from India – An Untold Story
The complete disappearance of the religion of the Buddha from the land of its birth is one of the greatest puzzles of history. Once holding sway throughout the length and breadth of the subcontinen…
Mindful Politics – Buddhism and Politics
Buddhism is not a religion and in the Buddhist countries the Buddhism is sometimes called “Buddha Sasana”, or simply “dhamma”. The word “Dhamma” is one of the most important terms in the Buddhist c…
तथाकथित सवर्ण बुद्धिजीवियों खासकर वामपंथियों के द्वारा “बुद्ध” पर आक्षेप लगाऐ जाते हैं
तथाकथित सवर्ण बुद्धिजीवियों खासकर वामपंथियों के द्वारा “बुद्ध” पर आक्षेप लगाऐ जाते हैं कि –
1- बुद्ध अपनी बीबी को बिना बताऐ चुपचाप राजमहल से निकल जाते हैं
2- बुद्ध हिन्दुओं की भांति पुनर्जन्म प…
बुद्ध ने घर क्यों छोड़ा? ब्राह्मणवादीओ का झूठा प्रचार
सवर्ण स्त्रियों में आजकल एक नया फ़ैशन है बुद्ध को गरिया कर स्त्री विरोधी बताने का, कि वो पत्नी को धोके से छोड़ गए थे। जबकि सच्चाई यह है कि उन्होंने एक भयंकर युद्ध के ख़िलाफ़ अपने ही मंत्रिमंडल से बग़ावत…
How Mr Vivekananda Censored Gautama Buddha
Although, Mr Vivekananda did not dare much to condemn Buddha but here are some of his extremely offensive and illogical remarks on Gautama Buddha and his philosophies:
1) Buddha is said to have …
Bhavana – Path Towards New Individuals and New Society
The traditional Pali word for meditation is “Bhavana”, which means to make something grow. It has the connotations of cultivation. The Buddha apparently picked up this word by observing the process…
Democracy and Buddhism – Babasaheb Ambedkar on the Buddha and John Dewey
Babasaheb Ambedkar is believed to have said in 1952 that I owe my whole intellectual life to Prof. John Dewey. In Annihilation of Caste, he wrote, “Prof. John Dewey who was my teacher and to whom I…
Relevance of the Ashadhi (Guru) Purnima (Full Moon Day) for the Buddhists
After the Buddha penetrated the nature of reality fully (attained to Bodhi), he surveyed the world and realised that two of his former teachers were already dead who could have perhaps understood t…
Babasaheb and Buddhism
Babasaheb Ambedkar was not just a critical thinker, but also a man of action. He thought through what is happening around him and intervened with all the energy and resources he had. His mind was n…
Reflections on Dukkha and Taking Refuge in the Buddha, Dhamma, and Sangha
Dukkha is an amazing word in Pali used by the Buddha to describe human experience of distraught, frustration, and state of perplexity, and sense of being inadequacy. Simply translated Dukkha is any…
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Omniscient [Poem]
I have lived without the Vedas
And their knowledge
For centuries.
I can live without the Vedas
And their knowledge
For centuries.
You poured molten lead
Into my ears to prevent me
From l…
Reflection on the Buddha
We often see the Buddha sitting cross-legged and in deep absorption with a loving smile as if he has gone beyond the normal experiences of life. What is it to be the Buddha is difficult to know ful…
For a Girl How Ambedkarite Houses are Different from Brahminical Houses
All homes are different to some extent but there is a general trend that can be seen in the homes of different communities in India. Ambedkarites’ homes are different than of so-called Brahmins’ ho…