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We deserve every opportunity and benefit we get! Never self doubt!
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The Puranic pivot in the Counter Revolution against Buddhism
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Happy Buddha Purnima/Birth Anniversary of Siddharth Gautama, Everyone!
Many people believe or like to claim that Siddharth Gautama's birth was a supernatural miracle, and that Enlightenment is simply an escape from the cycle of transmigratory rebirth. This post is going to debunk such Brahmanical claims using Babasaheb's work, "The Buddha and His Dhamma", which is a masterful compilation of uncorrupted Buddhist texts.
Debunking The Birth of Siddhartha Gautama:
Book 1, Part 1, § 3. His Birth:
Book 1, part 1, § 3. His Birth
There is clearly no mention of any lotuses or 7 steps that he walked after he had been born, as it was only a later Brahmanical addition.
Death of Siddharth Gautama's mother, Mahamaya:
Book 1, Part 1, § 5. Death of Mahamaya:
Book 1, Part 1, § 5. Death of Mahamaya
Mahamaya had died when Siddharth Gautama was 7 days old.
Siddharth Gautama's Education and Childhood:
Here it is confirmed that Siddharth had never walked immediately after his birth; he began his education after he was able to both walk and speak at 8 years old:
Since childhood, he had been against the exploitation of one by another:
Siddharth Gautama abandoned asceticism:
Siddharth understood that asceticism is not going to help him achieve anything and that the body needs to fulfil its wants, thus ending his asceticism.
The Enlightenment:
In traditional Buddhism, it is believed that the Buddha gave 4 noble truths upon achieving enlightenment. But in reality, he had only given two postulates, the first of which only acknowledges that there is suffering and misery (and it is not inherent to life itself) and the second states that the purpose of Dhamma is to eliminate this suffering.
the Buddha stated the exact purpose of Dhamma, and clarified that it has nothing to do with soul, afterlife, rituals and ceremonies:
True Buddhism is simply the practice of the Dhamma. It demands no blind faith or magical beliefs. Instead, it rests entirely on recognizing the reality of human suffering and actively working to remove it.
To conclude, it is important to note that Dr. B.R. Ambedkar humbly claimed no originality for The Buddha and His Dhamma. In his unpublished preface to the book, he explicitly stated, "I claim no originality for the book. It is a compilation and assembly plant." He openly acknowledged gathering material from various traditional texts, particularly praising and borrowing from the poetic language of Ashvaghosha’s Buddhacarita. The true genius and sole originality Babasaheb claimed was in the presentation of the topics. By restructuring, simplifying, and clarifying a vast and often contradictory web of ancient literature, he rescued the historical Buddha from the trap of mythology and made the Dhamma accessible to the modern, scientifically awakened mind.
>"To disarm all criticism I would like to make it clear that I claim no originality for the book. It is a compilation and assembly plant. The material has been gathered from various books. I would particularly like to mention Ashvaghosha’s Buddhavita [=Buddhacharita], whose poetry no one can excel. In the narrative of certain events I have even borrowed his language.
The only originality that I can claim in [=is] the order of presentation of the topics, in which I have tried to introduce simplicity and clarity. There are certain matters which give headache[s] to the student of Buddhism. I have dealt with them in the Introduction."
Jai Bhim, Namo Buddhay!
u/EpicFortnuts — 14 days ago
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u/EpicFortnuts — 17 days ago
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