Category: Articles on Buddhism

What are the settings of the book “The Buddha and His Dhamma” by B. R. Ambedkar?

The Buddha and His Dhamma, by Dr B. R. Ambedkar, is a bible in the sense it is a collection of eight books of various sizes. Each book is divided into three to eight named parts.The parts are further divided into numbered and named chapters containing numbered verses. It has 347 pages. The complete book […]

QUESTION 2: Isn’t it wrong to call 6th December “MahaPariNibbana” Day of Bodhisatta Dr. Ambedkar?

QUESTION 2: Isn’t it wrong to call 6th December “MahaPariNibbana” Day of Bodhisatta Dr. Ambedkar? डॉक्टर अम्बेडकर का निब्बान हुआ या परि निब्बान  या महापरिनिब्बान या निर्वाण या परि निर्वाण  या महापरिनिर्वाण  या निवत्त या परि निवत्त या महा परि निवत्त  या निव्रत  या परि निव्रत  या महा परि निव्रत …क्या है सच्चाई…जनिएगा…share  भी कीजिएगा.. ऐसी सभी बातें जाने  -Sudhir Raj Singh Dr. Ambedkar is referred to as BODDHISATTA by many. Meaning.. a person sure to attain Nibbana (Enlightenment) but is not YET an Arahat.  BUT Parinibbana implies he had attained Nibbana during his lifetime. Can those who […]

Why Was Nagpur Chosen?

From: Prabuddh Bharat, 27 October 1956, pp. 5-12, 18. Translated from the Marathi by Rekha Damle and Eleanor Zelliot, August-September 1964. This previously unpublished translation was provided by Eleanor Zelliot for this website. She wants readers to be aware that Dr. Ambedkar was very ill at the time he made this speech, and was to die […]

In Ambedkar’s, Buddha and his Dhamma Siddhartha becomes a monk without seeing those signs (an old man, a diseased man and the dead). Did he see those signs or was it a cooked up story?

In Ambedkar’s, Buddha and his Dhamma Siddhartha becomes a monk without seeing those signs (an old man, a diseased man and the dead). Did he see those signs or was it a cooked up story? Yes, this is false story. The story is told as the reason for Siddhartha undertaking Parivraja. It is completely absurd […]

What Path to Salvation? by Dr. B. R. Ambedkar

Speech delivered by Dr. Ambedkar to the Bombay Presidency Mahar Conference, 31st May 1936, Bombay. Translated from the Marathi by Vasant W. Moon. Edited by Frances W. Pritchett. Editing has consisted of breaking up very long paragraphs, correcting typographical errors, and making small adjustments in punctuation and in English grammar and usage. All material enclosed […]