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New Buddhists in India
Dear brothers and sisters in the Sangha-
I am indeed pleased to belong to this Sangha. It is because I consider attitude of newness in Buddhism as a key to ever grow. As you all are aware, India is the birthplace of Buddhism. It attained its maturity here and not only this but Buddhism went to different parts of the world from different places in India at different times.
However it is very sad that Buddhism died out, but it did not die entirely but continued its functioning through different traditions that exist in India today. Conze classified three phases of Indian Buddhism in the time slot of 500 years associating each time slot with different attitudes, which we now know as Thervada, Mahayana and Vajrayana. However Buddhism continued in the teachings of various saints in India, but it was defeated by staunch opponents of Buddhism, the Bramhanism. The Bramhanism rooted out Buddhism in India and the Buddhists were humiliated and degraded and forced to become Untouchables.
Now Buddhism is back in India. The person responsible for bringing Buddhism back in India is Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar and His Buddhism is known as "Navayana"- New Buddhism. You also must be familiar with Chinese reformer Buddhist Tai Tsu, who advocated New Buddhism, which is more of a humanistic type than monastic. Going back to Conze's classification, we might understand that Buddhism is now divided into so many schools. What is important for us is to choose the best from all the schools thats useful to modern world.
We have a book written by Dr. B.R. Ambedkar on the Buddha and His Dhamma. He was the most educated Indian of all the times. He wrote constitution of India and dedicated his life in the Bodhisattva spirit for the upliftment of many million Indians. You might be familiar with Gandhi, who is generally credited to have fought for freedom of "land" mass and who was a leader of a political party that was against Untouchables in India who constitute one sixth of Indian population. Gandhi was the greatest supporter of the Varna system and he opposed development of people who were deprived from many centuries. Dr. Ambedkar fought all his life to liberate human beings.
There is so much to be shared with our other Buddhists in all over the world. You can however get some info on this person on: www.ambedkar.org and for His Buddhist movement, you can visit : www.jambudvipa.org
With metta,
Mangesh
I am indeed pleased to belong to this Sangha. It is because I consider attitude of newness in Buddhism as a key to ever grow. As you all are aware, India is the birthplace of Buddhism. It attained its maturity here and not only this but Buddhism went to different parts of the world from different places in India at different times.
However it is very sad that Buddhism died out, but it did not die entirely but continued its functioning through different traditions that exist in India today. Conze classified three phases of Indian Buddhism in the time slot of 500 years associating each time slot with different attitudes, which we now know as Thervada, Mahayana and Vajrayana. However Buddhism continued in the teachings of various saints in India, but it was defeated by staunch opponents of Buddhism, the Bramhanism. The Bramhanism rooted out Buddhism in India and the Buddhists were humiliated and degraded and forced to become Untouchables.
Now Buddhism is back in India. The person responsible for bringing Buddhism back in India is Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar and His Buddhism is known as "Navayana"- New Buddhism. You also must be familiar with Chinese reformer Buddhist Tai Tsu, who advocated New Buddhism, which is more of a humanistic type than monastic. Going back to Conze's classification, we might understand that Buddhism is now divided into so many schools. What is important for us is to choose the best from all the schools thats useful to modern world.
We have a book written by Dr. B.R. Ambedkar on the Buddha and His Dhamma. He was the most educated Indian of all the times. He wrote constitution of India and dedicated his life in the Bodhisattva spirit for the upliftment of many million Indians. You might be familiar with Gandhi, who is generally credited to have fought for freedom of "land" mass and who was a leader of a political party that was against Untouchables in India who constitute one sixth of Indian population. Gandhi was the greatest supporter of the Varna system and he opposed development of people who were deprived from many centuries. Dr. Ambedkar fought all his life to liberate human beings.
There is so much to be shared with our other Buddhists in all over the world. You can however get some info on this person on: www.ambedkar.org and for His Buddhist movement, you can visit : www.jambudvipa.org
With metta,
Mangesh
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