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Buddhism and Communism – Babasaheb’s Comparative Analysis
Babasaheb Ambedkar was the student of Tripitaka and he read so much on Communism. That was the time when the communism was in ascent all over the world and the Buddhist East was coming into its gri…
The Theft of History – Distorting Buddhist History in India
History is the record of the past, and as George Orwell said, it remains in the forms of the material records and memory and both records and memories can be changed. All over the places, the domin…
Reclaiming Buddhism and Buddhist Heritage – Whose Responsibility?
When we think of the revolution and counterrevolution in India, it happened on many levels. There have been attempts in the past which ran up to the modern times to co-opt the Buddha and Buddhism i…
Dalits Who Convert to Buddhism are Far Ahead of Hindu Dalits
Dr. B. R. Ambedkar, on 31st May, 1936, in his address to a public meeting at Dadar (Bombay) on the subject of “why go for conversion?” said, “I should like to impress this thing on your minds very …
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…
The Modern Buddhism and Its Followers in Orissa
Nagendranath Vasu authored book ‘The Modern Buddhism and Its Followers in Orissa‘ and it was published in the year 1911. Its preface is written by Haraprasad Shastri who extensively on Buddhism in …
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…
Punjabi Ambedkarite’s Experience of Caste and Love in Sikkim
Randomly so many thoughts and incidents come to mind but from where to start and what to start and how to start. Our society gives so much to think about, so much to rejoice about to everyone but s…
Why I Like Buddhism – Dr. Ambedkar’s Talk to BBC London
In the short time allotted to me, I am asked to answer two questions. First is ‘why I like Buddhism ’ and the second is ‘How useful it is to the world in its present circumstances.’
I prefer Bud…
Why Go For Conversion? – Speech by Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
In 1935 at Nasik district, Maharashtra, Dr.Babasaheb Ambedkar had declared his firm resolve to change his religion. He had declared that he was born as a Hindu but will not die as Hindu. About a ye…
Civil Rights Movements, Democracy, and Buddhism
The Scheduled Caste constitutes 20 percent of India’s population according to NSSO. It translates into 240 million people. This is a big number, judged on the basis of the population of other count…
Aligarh – 2000 Dalits to Convert to Islam after Thakurs’ Atrocities in Saharanpur
I was born a Hindu but will not die one. – Dr Ambedkar, Yeola Conference, 1935
Dr. Ambedkar had said convert to – Islam, Christianity, Buddhism or any other religion that gives you equality. For…
Buddha’s Views on Violence
Many a time, people, especially from India, ask Buddhist, oh why you are angry or why Dalits are on roads protesting against the atrocities on the Dalits (Buddhists), Buddha was not in favour of pr…
Bhim Sena and Embracing Buddhism
The violence perpetrated by the so-called Thakurs on the followers of Babasaheb Ambedkar in Saharanpur is not the first of its kind. It is happening all the time and all over India. But the violenc…