क्या बौद्धों को दीपदान दिवस मनाना चाहिए?
भारत के बौद्धों में हर वर्ष दीवाली अर्थात दीपावली को लेकर बड़ा ही संदेह निर्माण हुआ पाया जाता है. कुछ लोग प्रचार कर रहे है कि दीवाली बौद्धों का त्योंहार है. उन्होंने उसे बड़ा ही उम्दा सा नाम दिया है – दीपदानोत्सव मेरे अल्प अभ्यास में किसी बौद्ध साहित्य में इस तरह का नाम नहीं […]
A BLUEPRINT FOR SPREADING BUDDHISM
MEMORANDUM I Record of my talk to the Buddhist Sasana Council of Burma 1. To spread Buddhism outside Burma be one of the aims of the Sasana Council then India is the first country they should make the centre of their effort. No other country; will yield so much as India will. 2. The reason […]
THE REVOLUTIONARY 22 VOWS OF DR B.R. AMBEDKAR
BACKGROUND: Babasaheb Dr. B. R. Ambedkar prescribed these vows so that: 1. There may be complete severance of bond with the old Hindu customs that promote superstition and caste which in turn hinders fraternity, human progress and scientific temper 2. To protect Buddhism from unnecessary confusion, contradictions and adulteration These vows were administered by Babasaheb […]
एक महान भिक्खु की हत्या का एक और दिन।
कार्तिक अमावस्या के दिन ही दीपावली तथा दीपदान उत्सव क्यों मनाए जाते हैं ? दीपावली बसंत का त्योहार है। फिर इसे सर्दियों में ही क्यों मनाया जाता है? यह दिन बौद्ध कैलेंडर में एक ऐसा दिन था जब एक महान बौद्ध भिक्खु, महा मोगल्लान की हत्या कर दी गई थी। कार्तिक अमावस्या को किसी भी […]
ANOTHER DAY OF MURDER OF A GREAT BHIKKHU
DIWALI IS A SPRING FESTIVAL. THEN WHY IS IT CELEBRATED IN WINTER? Some Buddhists have replaced the Brahmanic festival of Diwali with the CELEBRATION of what they call Deepdan Utsav. Deepdan Diwas/Day (symbolic representation: a lit candle/s or dipa) is NOT a day of CELEBRATION but a day of REMEMBRANCE for Buddhists. Its a day […]
“History of India is nothing but the battle between Buddhism and Brahmanism.” – Dr. B R Ambedkar
In India, the followers of so called Hinduism are gullible masses, who are following Brahmanism in sugar coated Hinduism. For generations Brahmans have concocted and spread crooked stories to be-fool the masses and keep the Shudras and Ati-Shudras, the achhut (Untouchables) following Brahmanical culture without even knowing what they are following and doing. This deception […]
QUESTION 1: As a practicing Buddhist, can you lie to save a life and can you mortally wound someone who is trying to kill you
Question 1: As a practicing Buddhist, can you lie to save a life and can you mortally wound someone who is trying to kill you? Answer by Shekhar Bodhakar: “Can you?” is not same as “should You?” Can you?.. of course yes, if you want to. Should you?.. depends on your intentions, which no one external dictates or […]
DID DR. AMBEDKAR OR ASHOKA-THE-GREAT “CELEBRATE” DEEPDAN UTSAV?
The day that Asoka the Great embraced Buddhism is called Asoka Vijay Dashmi (AVD). Centuries after the first celebration of AVD, the Brahmin Dharma festival of Dussehera started being celebrated on the same day. Eventually AVD was almost forgotten until the revival of Buddhism in India during the 20th century. It is said that when […]
MY THOUGHTS ON “CELEBRATING” DEEPDAN DIWAS ON DIWALI
The Indian Buddhist community is still going through a discovery and development phase trying to figure out what is the right thing to do regarding certain days/festivals/rituals etc. Many try to justify celebrating /not celebrating, to fit their personal agendas and views. On Karthik Amawassiya in the Buddhist calendar, the enlightened Ven Maha Moggallana was […]
Why did Dr. B. R. Ambedkar convert to Buddhism? What makes it so special?
Let Babasaheb Dr. Bhim Rao Ambedkar give you a BRIEF explanation of what initially attracted him to Buddhism, IN HIS OWN WORDS. The following text is the UNPUBLISHED PREFACE to one of his masterpieces, the “Buddha and his Dhamma” For clarity, I have written the Preface in TWO parts. PART 1 sufficiently answers the question posed. PART 2 […]
