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The Hindu religion failed to incorporate many important aspects of

Buddhism,withtheexceptionofthefactthatwedeclaredhim(Buddha)as
anAvatarinatypicalHindumannerofidolization,andtheresultofwhich Alreadyamember?Signin
we are bearing the brunt at present times. The religion which is able to
translatethehighestidealsandwhichisabletoincorporateitintothesociety
is a successful one. The religion which fails to do so will work only in BlogArchive

mountains,forests,andinmonasteries.ThehighestaspectofHindureligion, 2016(37)
i.e.theAdvaitaphilosophycanbesummedupinoneword'Oneness'.The July(2)
Brahmanisonewithoutasecond.Nowhereinthehistoryofreligions June(2)
hadonenessbeentaughtsoboldlyandvigorouslythantheHindureligion. May(3)
April(8)
Butthehighestidealfailedtotranslateitselfintothesociallevel.The
TheFourThingsWhichBringGreat
progressionofcasteremainedthebasisofHindureligion.Inthe PeaceOfMind.
beginning,peopleofallcastehadtheentitlementtoattainBrahminhoodbut LightaLamp.
later the structure became rigid. The caste system in India became more of
TheFourAnimalsinMan.
heredity than by character. As a result, people of lower classes were barred
from religious doors. They were kept in the dark about the religious ideals. Howtotransformyourselfintolight.

More brutal methods of punishment were incorporated upon the lower TheEvolutionoftheFuturisticSense
Organsfora...
classesofthesociety.
WhatHinduismFailedtoLearnfrom
Buddhism.
ThencametheBuddhism.Buddhaopenedthedoorsofspiritualityto
TheRealVisionsofLife.
one and all. Everybody had the right to spiritual pursuit regardless of the
TheWarZoneSpirituality.
caste and the strata in the society. This paved the way for the shattering of
the caste structure based on heredity. The society based on no caste March(5)
became one of the key ingredients of Buddhism. The Hinduism February(8)
receivedatremendousjoltinitsconscience,and,later,duringthedownfall
January(9)
ofBuddhismandduringthereemergenceofHinduism,itfailedtolearnthe
lessonsfromthelatter.Therigidcastestructurewasincorporatedagaininto 2015(25)
thesociety.
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Buddhaandhisdisciples.

IndiathoughsawitsgoldenperiodduringtheGuptadynastyfellfrom
itsgraceduringthesubsequentperiods.Thecastebasedsocietyhadalways
developeddeepfissureswithin.Asaresult,theyfailedtopresentthemselves
as a united front. A society which is not united will not be able to
defend itself against an external aggression. As a result, India
became a subjugated nation under the invaders from the west. The
Mohammedan rulers exploited this fissure the British rulers exploited this
fissure,andsoon.Weremainedasslavesforthousandsofyears.

TheBritishEastIndiaCompany.

Evenafterindependencewearenodifferent.TheIndiannationisstill
clueless about the origin of the conflicts. Even now, in 2016, we had a Jat
agitation for quota in Haryana. The agitators blocked all waterways and
roadwaysandwentonaviolentspreethroughoutHaryana.WehadaPatel
agitation for quota in Gujrat. The violence spread to many cities and again
claimed many innocent lives. We had Gujjar agitation in Rajasthan and so
on. We are still clueless about how many agitations are still left. The
surprising thing about quota agitation is that all these castes
wanted to demote themselves in status so that they will get
government benefits. They were made a laughing stock in newspapers
acrosstheworld.Therefore,theprogressionofcasteinthesociallevelisonly
afailure.Itfailedtouniteusintoasinglerace.

JatagitationinHaryana,2016.

WeareproudthatIndiaisthelargestdemocracyintheworld.Butwe
mustunderstandthemeaningandtheworkingsbehindtherealdemocracy.
Democracyisbasedonsocialequalityandfreedom.InIndia,democracy
hinges on a caste vote bank. Most of the political parties and political
leaders are but caste representatives. They ensure that the people remain
dividedsothattheymayremaininpowerallthetime.Theoutcomeofsuch
caste based politics would be an uneven development and an atmosphere
chargedwithtensionandmutualsuspicion.

The religious conversions thrive in such an atmosphere. The

missionariestargetmainlythebackwardclassesandunderprivilegedpeople.
NowisthetimefortheHindureligiontoreformitselfandpresentaunited
front. The first thing would the elimination of caste certificates.
Everythingmustcometotheoneword'Hindu'.Also,quotamustbe
based on economic backwardness rather than caste. Every Hindu must be
entitledtoBrahminhood.Somepoliticalpartiesinthesouthtriedtheirbest
to pull down the ideal of Brahminhood under the garb of atheism but is a
failure.
 ThenextthingwhichwefailedtolearnfromBuddhismisthestopping
ofthiscruelanimalsacrifices.Ahimsaremainsthebasisofallreligions.The
practice of proper Hindu religion begins with the practice of Ahimsa.
Ahimsa is one of the preliminary requisites of Ashtanga Yoga.
ButinIndiaandinNepal,theanimalsacrificesinthegoriestformsstillexist.
InafestivalforGoddesses(Gadhimaifestival)inNepal,anestimatesuggests
that around 10,000 buffaloes and 1, 50, 000 goats were sacrificed.
(http://edition.cnn.com/2014/11/29/world/asia/nepalgadhimairitual
slaughter/)

AnimalsacrificesinNepal.

Also, there is a need for a proper religious education in India. The

Hindu religion is the best when it comes to the broadness and
accommodationofvariousphilosophicalthoughts.Thisgaveriseto
amazeofscripturesandreadingofwhichwilltakealifetime.Whatweneed
isthesimplificationoftheprocessofstudy.Forexample,Buddhismbegins
and ends in four noble truths. It is simple and easy to grasp. The higher
philosophicalspeculationsofNagarjunaandotherthinkerscomeslater.The
Bhagavad Gita must be made the central key to unlocking the treasures in
Hinduism.TheUpanishadsandyogamustformthebasisofproperreligious
education.Otherwise,theconfusionprevailsastowhatexactlytheHinduism
is. I am not sure as to how of us have actually read and understood the
concepts of Brahman and Atman in Bhagavad Gita. This is the state of our
religioninIndia.

TheHindureligionstillremainsmiredinthecastesystem.We have
learned nothing from Buddhism and the result of which is a
fractured community based on caste lines. We need a lot of
introspectiontobringchangetoourcommunity.

ThankYou.

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Vishnu Shankar via Google+ 2 months ago - Shared publicly

Every Hindu must read and introspect upon this.

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Vishnu Shankar via Google+ 2 months ago - Shared publicly

What Hinduism Failed to Learn from Buddhism.
* The views presented here are of my own and not the order which I belong to. I
am sorry if this post hurt any religious sentiments of our friends. The Hindu
religion failed to incorporate many important aspects of Buddhism, with the
exception of the fact ...

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sundaresan sundarasubramanian 2 months ago - Shared publicly

is correct.Why not our country be called Vedantic republic of India?Why not
It
make the Prasthana threyas a national scripture?Why use Swamiji's name for
selfish ends?

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