Category: Articles on Buddhism

CHANDAGUTTA’S JAYANTI

On 1st May is Moryan Emperor CHANDAGUTTA’S JAYANTI. The Buddhist Emperor, Chandagutta (Pali), known to the Greeks as Sandrocottus (later Sanskritised to Chandragupta Maurya), born in Pataliputta (modern day Patna), was the grandfather of Asoka-The-Great. He was the first person to unite all the lands of the Moryan Empire into one administrative unit, effectively sowing […]

16 October 1956 in Ambedkarite History at CHANDRAPUR DEEKSHABHUMI

On 16th October 1956, Chandrapur Deekshabhumi (just like Nagpur Deekshabhumi) became the site of a significant moment in India’s social and religious history. On this day, under the leadership of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, over 300,000 individuals embraced Buddhism and took the pledge to follow his 22 vows, rejecting the caste-based oppression that had defined their […]

WORLD DHAMMALIPI DAY – 20 August

20th August marks the Birth Anniversary of James Prinsep who deciphered the Asokan script, Dhammalipi. Salute to the great man on his Birth Anniversary, without whose efforts we never may have heard of Dhamma lipi and Asoka The Great. Born on 20th August 1799, Prinsep was a man of remarkable intellect and unwavering dedication to […]

RECLAIMING OUR IDENTITY: WHY INDIAN BUDDHISTS SHOULD AVOID TERMS LIKE NAVAYANA AND NAV-BODH

A Message to My Fellow Indian Buddhists: This article comes from a place of love and concern for our movement and its future. Some of you, dear friends, may feel disappointed or even disagree with my views here but I urge you to read with an open heart and mind. We are all united by one goal […]

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 […]