Chandragupta, grandfather of Ashoka, became a Jain monk later in his life. Bindusara, Chandragupta's son and Ashoka's father, was a follower of Ajivika religious philosophy.
Then, HOW the hell did Ashoka become Hindu or Buddhist from the start?
I sometimes mourn at the decline of religious freethinking we once had in ancient India!
The Mitanni were an Indo-European (Hurrian) people whose kingdom in northern Mesopotamia flourished from about1600 until it was conquered by the Hittite King Suppiluliumas during the reign of Akhenaten.At its peak,the empire stretched from Kirkuk (ancient Arrapkha)& the Zagros mountains in western Iran in the east, through Assyria to the Mediterranean sea in the west. Its center was in the region of the Khabur River,where its capital,Washukkani the Mitanni empire included such cities as Alalakh
The best thing about Hinduism is that it lets you live as a human being... no false promises or selfish ideology. Hindus accepted other religions to their without hesitation, that shows the greatness of the gr8 religion. It survived thousands of years without any form of marketing strategies or forced conversions or brainwashing kids.
@maknam , my dear you are completely wrong. hinduism dose not allow us to leave as human being. It has always treated the human being as animals, is there any religion who discriminate their own people based on caste ?, opposed their own people entry to temple ,?even women were treated as animals . if you read chanakya books you can find abusing words for women how he insulted them.when it wasn't created before thousands of year how do you claim to be survived for thousands of year .
@maknam , if hindus accepted other religions without hesitation then why do they oppose to christanity , muslims and other religion ? they should pray , put the statue of all other gods , show respect , instead of collapsing babri masjid they should have started praying in musjid itself .why do shiv sena attacked on church ? it always give false promises and selfish ideology to make the other people work under them .
After Ashoka dropped his violent nature and stopped empire building...did any other Mauryan Empire leader try to empire build or they follow Ashoka's change of heart?
@tovishal2009 You are right Tovisha: it is only white people who distort history. Odd thing about them...certainly Chinese or Indians never do that...do they?
@opensourcebuddhism The earliest written evidence for an Indo-Aryan language is found not in India, but in northern Syria in Hittite records regarding one of their neighbors, the Hurrian-speaking Mitanni. In a treaty with the Hittites, the king of Mitanni, after swearing by a series of Hurrian gods, swears by the gods Mitrašil, Uruvanaššil, Indara, and Našatianna, who correspond to the Vedic gods Mitra, Varuṇa, Indra, and Nāsatya (Aśvin). Contemporary equestrian terminology, ,
@opensourcebuddhism Some theonyms,proper names and other terminology of the Mitanni exhibit an Indo-Aryan superstrate,suggesting that an Indo-Aryan elite imposed itself over the Hurrian population in the course of the Indo-Aryan expansion.
In a treaty between the Hittites and the Mitanni,the deities Mitra,Varuna,Indra,& Ashvins are invoked.Kikkuli's horse training text (1400 BC) includes technical terms such as aika (eka,one)tera (tri,three)panza (pancha,five)satta (sapta,seven),na (nava,nine)
@opensourcebuddhism Also as king Ashoka's duties were to protect his people and make his kingdom prosperous. Now think for a second who is helping Tibet and Bhutan diplomatically, sometimes financially and if required militarily. You can bet on India to save their ass because it stands with the righteous even though it has to wage a war for that. Hindus believe in non-violence too but you have to be practical because the savage world will eat you for breakfast if you don't fight.
@opensourcebuddishm When you started fighting for the fame of your "religion" even buddhism starts to sounds like its breeding "fundamentalistism". Just stop defending buddhism and the facts about asoka. Whenever people start following a strict set of rules and form a community based on that it actually starts drawing borders and portraying as "us" against "them". In that regard regard I still like Hinduism. There are no boundaries and restrictions.
@Seaw0lf77 Easy to say, hard to do Seawolf. You see, that is generally what annoys Buddhists about Hindus...everything is just ok, all are welcome, no need to talk about differences. Buddhism has some features it shares with Protestantism and Judaism...in an odd way, Islam....which is things are not all right. Be a Daoist or Hindu...I don't care, but Confucius joins the chorus: let's make a peaceful society! These Hindus attacking Ashoka attack his final pacificism!
@opensourcebuddhism Confucius joining anything does not make it great and based on your own words "everything is just ok, all are welcome, no need to talk about differences" it translates to "live and let live".People need to find their own path to moksha and hinduism gives them knowledge to do that but does not bind them in the context of "religion".I admire Buddhism for what it is but do not appreciate the fact that you got pissed off because someone corrected you that Ashoka was born a Hindu.
@Seaw0lf77 I think Hinduism is a mess. I mean they claim everything in this world. I prefer Buddhism and Taoism. Christianity is good too, but I am an Atheist. Buddhism is a science and more logical comparing to others. I mean don't believe anyone unless it makes sense. On the other hand, many religions convince us to believe first without thinking. I think its like brainwashing. This is just my point of view.
@eflwinnie Sure it is a mess in its current state. Majority of Hindus today dont what it means to be a Hindu but for anybody who has given the time to understand and learn Hinduism will know that it is the mother of all religions though it is not a religion itself. Hinduism is a way of life to achieve moksha is many different ways. Hinduism never tells you to believe anything but to use knowledge in every aspect of life. Read about Vedas, Upanishads,Gita etc on wikipedia before talking nonsense.
@Seaw0lf77 Yes, Hinduism is a way of life. I think they convince people to believe and claim everything in this world belong to them. They are not clear for me. They sometimes believes in the Lord Shiva (God), and the other time they don't believe in God as they think the Buddha is a form of them. The Buddha was the first Atheist. Claiming something like that is very ridiculous to me. I think Hinduism is like Muslim as mixing many things together both good and bad, plagiarism too much hehe.
@eflwinnie Let me finish. Please don't claim everything in this world belong to you. your logic is ridiculous. Veda is an interesting book anyway. I think it's the same as Bible but in a different language or version. I wouldn't mention of Quran as it came later and copied those two books. It was not illegal at that time I guessed but now you can't copy but quote only lol. Anyway, the Dalai Lama said that it doesn't matter what religion you are since it makes you become a good and happy person.
@eflwinnie I respect HDH Dalai Lama and respect every religion. But its not right when you talk nonsense about any religion without having any knowledge about that religion. There was no reason for you to say "Hinduism is a mess" because you seem to display utter lack of knowledge about most religions including Buddhism. Spend the time to understand any religion before making a fool out of yourself. Please watch this video completely to gain some knowledge about hinduism
@Seaw0lf77 Thank you. I might make a fool of myself when I say it out. I just said it from what I read, heard, and experienced. Maybe, Hinduism in my community is different from yours. I am sorry for being harsh. I didn't want to beat you or anything. I studied enough before saying it out. I think I am right but I might be wrong and you're right. Or we are both wrong. PS It'd be great if you can send me his script. I understand some but not all. Sometimes nice words are not true. :)
@eflwinnie I dont think there is a script. Its an interview by a Canadian journalist to understand Hinduism and practices in India in general. And too bad you dont understand the language because there are no nice words. Its as clear and concise as it can get without any bias. He accepts problems in Hinduism and other religious issues in India. The interviewee is an economist and teaches at Harvard. He is also one of the most honest politicians.
@eflwinnie Fact: Hinduism does not have any history of converting people from any religion to hinduism. So nobody tries to convince anything to anyone. You need to understand why there are so many Gods and how it leads to ultimate realization no matter which god you worship.
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I bet this video will be too complicated for you to understand but if you do it will clarify the idea of having a god and what we are trying to achieve with Vedas and Vedik Knowledge.
@eflwinnie if hinduism is the mother of all the religions then why do they frighten to other religions ? If Dr.Ambedkar embraced buddhism then hindu should welcome, why our people opposed to christanity and muslims . if our hindus are shownig so much mercy to others then accept all the people as it is without asking their caste.if brahma god created the univers then other countries do not know brahma. they know only buddha , jesus and ullha .where are our brave most populated gods in the world ?
@prashant62456 You guys need to understand hinduism as it was before the invasion by mughals and british and that is 1000 yrs. ago. The so called hinduism and caste system you find today is the synthesized version of last 1000 yrs. of oppression of hindus and hindus embracing everyone. Also in todays India it is convenient to get votes on caste based division so nobody in power will try to revive the true hindu india of the past. For answers to your questions
@Seaw0lf77 dear , the answered person is not talking nonsens , i am too belonging to hindu religion but still i do not accept the statement that hinduism is mother of all . It can be the doughter /son of all the religions as it came last not the first . so mother comes first not the doughter or son . according to our history , the ideology of hinduism is created by brahmins and the word hindu was given by mugal emperior.the first religion in this univers ins buddhism , muslim 2nd , 3rdchristan.
@eflwinnie Also there is a reason great scientists of the world revered hindu scriptures having references to all the major innovations that science has achieved today.They have fumbled trying to understand how Vedas can make references to sub-atomic particles and nuclear physics. When the west killed intelligent people for figuring out that world was not flat only few centuries ago, Hindus knew it was spherical and described the vastness of universe with mind boggling numbers 4000 yrs ago.
@Seaw0lf77 Yes, I buy that. The Veda is very old and knowledgeable. I heard that too. It's from the Indus valley civilization if I am correct. :) I just interpret God in Veda different from your God. I think there is no God in this universe but the law of action. So God in the Veda might refer to someone who is very powerful and intelligent. I never read the original Veda since I cant read Sanskrit but some of the translated version.
@eflwinnie Check out all these videos and you will realize what the greatest scientists of the world has to say about hinduism. I give that more credibility, "logically" speaking then an ignoramus embracing Buddhism and talking crap about other religions.
@Seaw0lf77 Yes, this science is true. I doubt if it belongs to Hinduism but it was there thousands years ago. It's written in the Veda. Maybe I am ignorant and vice versa ha ha ha. I read some about India. No more books to read now since it was burnt in Nalanda university he he.
@Seaw0lf77 you are completely wrong that hinduism is boundryless or restrictionless. I found only the hindu religion has boundries not others. If you can answer my following few questions.
1.if anybody wants to do the job regardless of his caste activities ? dose hinduism allow them to do so ?
2.Are women allowed to stand equal to men in hindusim ?
3.dose hindusim allow inter caste marriages ?
4.dose OBC , SC , ST caste people allow to do pooja in marriage occassions instead of brahmins only?
@Seaw0lf77 if any person wants to embrace hinduism , then what will be his caste ? who will define his caste ?
If i want to leave our hindu religion then i can go to buddhism , jainism , muslims , christanism , zarotaism etc . but if anybody from these religion wants to come to hinduism then where will you put him ?
Thousands of years you will study but you will never find the answer for this , this is our hinduism .why do we pray the gods when none of us has proved them true ?
@eflwinnie Its not difficult to figure out that you created "prashant62456" id to fool people and give yourself a pat after you lost the argument. I am repeating again, I dont have a problem with you or anyone following whatever religion but when you try to put out incorrect info about any religion thats just lame. So grow up, educate yourself instead of blindly talking crap about everyone and anything that does not align with you.
@Seaw0lf77 You're crazy! I didn't create that account and I don't even know that guy but I wish I could know him as he seems smart and educated. Besides, you didn't beat me or anything but I was just sick and tired of talking with you so I stopped. You then thought you won. That's good for you ha ha ha. Please discuss as educated people do. I mean no impolite words nor anger. I am educated or might more than you. Plz don't bring this up again. The fact speaks themselves and they're indisputable.
@eflwinnie Yes Elfwinnie, Prashant is clearly a different thinker from you, and he has the goods on his own Hinduism...hats off to the self-critical thinker! He has schooled SeaWolf and Sea Wolf has no answer. I saw it myself. One may not even consort or talk to someone of a different caste in Kathmandu. Some thought it unthinkable I had dinner at a low caste haircutter's house. I didn't even notice till later! Hinduism is both incredibly tolerant and intolerant at the same time.
@Seaw0lf77 I could not understand why our OBC people celebrate ganesh festival. If my mother celebrate elephant festival instead of gavesh festivel then i would be happier , at least i have respected animal elephant ,if my brother celebrate monkey festival instead of hanuman (Bajrajgbali ) festival what is wrong with that both are same .at least we have respected monkey. I could not understand the logic behind these gods and goddess ,when none of them come to solve our problems why people pray?
Hinduism Buddhism Jainism Are same like twin.King Asoka is Convert Buddhism that was clear , question is there r many monastery and Beautiful stupa is destroy by Hindu and after Muslim in India,that was a Disappointing one in History of India.
Ha ha ... very funny. Ashoka actually became an emperor as a Hindu. He started following Budhism in his retired life.I didnt know Budhists were such fame mongers. In a way Budhism itself is another form of Hinduism, Budha copied lots from the Vedas while creating Budhism. I respect Hinduism because it accepts both good and bad as part of mother nature.
@maknam I get this all the time Maknam, that Ashoka was a Hindu king, only a Buddhist after his retirement. In fact, I like to say he was a king of warrior caste and waged truly brutal, bloody battles against small kingdoms as a Hindu, and with the most dreadful battle of Kalinga, he turned against violence and built animal shelters, his famous pillar edicts specifying tolerance of all religions...as a peacenik Buddhist. I like him at the end of his life more than at the beginning.
@maknam Buddhism is not another form of Hinduism. I think you don't know much about Buddhism that's why you said so. Real Buddhism doesn't exist in India now. I think the history of India has lost since the Muslim army invaded India around 14 AD. Maybe, you should study abroad so that you can see things clearly. Well... I know Vedas and my family mix both Hinduism and Buddhism. Hinduism makes me sick though as they have many illogical traditions.
@eflwinnie watch these 2 videos. The person being interviewed is a scholar. He teaches at Harvard university as an economist. He is also one of the most honest politicians of India because of firm belief in principles of Hinduism.
@Seaw0lf77 and so what? Since you like to claim, I'll do too. You should read Albert Einstein's view towards religion. Your eyes will be opened as Einstein gained more credit than the scholar you mentioned.
very very funny , that u do not know the actual history of India . still u r not aware of meaning hindu . actually hindu is not a religion , it is word given by mugal emperor .when our india lost the battle against mugal he declared that indians have lost the bettle so they should be kept away from us and called (HEEN LOGO KO APNE SE DOOR KAKHO a hindi wprd, because they lost the battle ) . And the combination of HEEN + DOOR later on bacame HINDU . So we called hindus.
@prashant62456 Mate, if I use the Vedic terms to explain Hinduism it wont go down well since in current day the Dharma is known as Hinduism. The explanation you have given for Hindu is pretty lame since Arab merchants ( long before mughals) called our land Hindustan as it being across the river Indus. I may not know my history so well , still whatever I have learned is thru proper study. Please do further research, All the best.
@maknam There are so may proofs that brahmins were not the hindus , because when mugal emperior declared the ZIZIYA tax on pure hindus (ZIZIYA KAR ) brahmins did not pay the tax because they were not hindus they are from aryans communities .
During the reign of ashoka there were no hindu , it emerged very late around the mugal emperior reign.
So long as the Sun and Moon shine, Dhamma shines....Yes, Great Emperor of Jambipura (*)..the Asoka Pillars shine brilliantly, up till today. The more you know him, the more you " love" him. _/\_
What rubbish... He was a HINDU KING all his life, only after the battle with the Kingdom of Kalinga he renounced Hinduism and embraced Buddhism. That too not out of long belief or anything but just out of guilt of killing so many Kalingans. Please brush up your goddamn history before posting any nonsense on youtube. Get a life you pathetic idiots.
@indianarchangel Geez! Well, Ashoka sent Buddhist missions across Asia...establishing Buddhism eventually to China from the great Kushana Empire. You Hindus just can't stand that he followed your militaristic caste duty as a warrior...then realized what a dump that was! That is the rubbish...not my student's video. He converted not so much out of guilt of killing the Kalingans as out of the realization that killing for money and fame is STUPID! Buddha just wised up a lot sooner in life....
@opensourcebuddhism lol I dunno if you are an Indian or a stupid Western prick but I can certainly sense that you didn't get my point. I never said that Samrat Ashok wasn't Buddhist and neither have I anything against Buddhism. My point was, that you can not call Ashoka a Buddhist Emperor (got that?) He was and will always be known as a HINDU Chkravarti Samrat. After his last battle with Kalinga he took to Buddhism and left his throne soon for his stupid buddist son Mahendra. Got it fabio?
@opensourcebuddhism Get your facts correct before making stupid videos. LOTS of Incorrect information in your video. I have flagged it now as propaganda SPAM!
@geekamails do not call it a part. buddha attained enlightment ie truth.so it is comparabe to the truths in hinduism. all other religions are ruubish.
He never converted to Buddihism because there were no a religion called Buddhism at that time.Buddhism was not developed as a religion at that time. But he was a adhere of Buddha's teachings
He never converted to Buddihism because there were no a religion called Buddhism at that time.Buddhism was not developed as a religion at that time. But he was a adhere of Buddha's teachings
@MrVishnupb Well, there were by the time of Ashoka, 18 divisions of the Middle Way tradition. He seems to have favored the Theravada, who will "win the day" all throughout Southeast Asia. While he called it the "Middle Way", Buddha never called it "Buddhism". Various Hindu writers do call them "Bauddha" or "derived from Buddha" with the idea closely resembling our term "Buddhist" though the Greek suffix "-ism" means "believing and practicing X". Not really too far off.
@MrVishnupb Very interesting. When the buddhism developed to be a religion? I heard that Hinduism hasn't developed into the religion either. Maybe, both tried to beat each other so they developed them. OMG Do we need religion? I think not. Just teaching sounds better. :)
@U5011453 it has to do with Ashoka The Great in general, because he was the one that tried to create a buddhist policy, changing the ways of ancient India. He was the first to make buddhism the state religion of present day India
I understand what u are saying, but people only see religion and not the message. Every noble person is above this RELIGIOUS shit. Like, if we relate Chhatrapati Shivaji to Hinduism(which people usually do), that would create divide between Hindus and Muslims, but he himself said, "Muslim is not our enemy, but the one who oppresses the poor". But people always relate him to Hinduism.
Better relate such people to Humanity, as all religions are equal. PEACE :)
after ashoka the great mauryan empire rapidly declined and center of power moved to south india however the golden age of india came much later in the AD's with gupta empire when people were fucking their brains out and kamasutra and stuff like that were written anyhow though people have forgotten the sutras of ashoka but his ideology have carried forward through out the ages that is why stil the indian national symbol is ashokas 4 lions with chakras
managing battles from his teenage ashoka was a genius tactician, military commander and good administrator however he didnt had much first hand battle experience with the help of a good friend minister unites much of india for the first time but during the battle of kalinga he sees 1k kalingans culled by mauryan army he accepts buddism and with the undertone of his power there was peace the moment he died buddism was overtaken by caste system again and moved to other countries
@truthinlifeful2011 the idea of God is different in both the religins. This doesnt mean that either of them are wrong. This is not christianity or islam where people start hatred towrads each other on trivial differences.
If seen from an egoless, selfless eye both of them are correct as everthing is God in Hinduism and the purest of te creatures are the avatars one who need to be followed. Buddhiam believes there is no God and only truth.
@CodeNamedAsdfg12345 well said brother baudhism is a complete philosophical way of life based on truth.in india there is nothing which is called as religion like islam christianity and jew who fought was as holy war to propagate the religion.in india religion is a philosophy and u need not to convert to realize the truth.a person can follow both hindu and bauddh believes simultaneously if he finds the truth and not forced if he doesnt.
@truthinlifeful2011 Ya because for most o the people in the west its a fashion statement and like fashion it is seasonal. Religions like Buddhism are not tissue-papers. They mean a lot to us they r not only our history, our philosophy but as humans what we stand for. And if you understood tht you would never call any Indian personality as only buddhist, or only Jain or only Hindu.
@truthinlifeful2011 Yes! thts true....im a Jain. Hinduism is an amalgamations of all these ideas of philosophy frm jainism, buddhism, shaivism, vaishnavism. We dont like foreigners telling us what is buddhism or jainism. If you want to follow it then follow it but dont do false propoganda surrounding it.
The maker of this video surely has no idea what Buddhism means then spreading hatred and difference in humanity is one thing that बुद्ध (Bu-ddh <- thts how it is pronounced) wanted to remove.
@kaligaandkagaand Save your breath son! Your passionate hatred and lack of knowledge only tells me that you are probably a Pakistani. Besides I prefer to debate with a civilized and intelligent human being who is educated enough to use facts rather than assumptions...
ASHOKA THE GREAT-INDIA'S GREATEST EMPEROR WAS A HINDU TILL 37-38 YEARS(KALINGA WAR).
CHANDRAGUPTA MAURYA-INDIA'S GREATEST CONQUEROR - WAS HINDU TILL MOST OF HIS LIFE till last 3 years when he converted to jainism(in order to take retirement) otherwise whats the point in converting to jainism at such an age and then he leave all his empire and died just 3 years after his conversion.
he was hindu for 60 years(glorious) and 3 years at end of life.
and second thing, yeah we cannot ignore this point after our ancsetors become Buddhist the muslims start to attack India after which most buddhists of India again converted to hinduism but the warrior skills decreases.
compare this alexander ran over whole persia but cannot capture India similarly persian empire was so big but cannot capture India, in later stages even small Maratha empire defeated Mughals but between that hindus lost their warrior skills.
did Lord Buddha gave any new teaching nahhh, his basic points were nirvana,mokhsha and reincarnation each of them copied from hinduism. infact i doubt that which man in reality starts this religion buddhism, this is politics of few people in order to become the religious teacher and live with all luxury.
Buddha gave the points of non-violence, respect for every individual regardless of caste, non existence of any higher being, peace from within rather than seeking it without, knowledge based on experience, reincarnation not as a birth of individual into another organism but as a rebirth of knowledge in individual (known as enlightenment) within a single life, no after life etc.
these are only few of many differences that i mentioned from hinduism.
sorry i doubt ASHOKA WAS A buddhist, how many buddhists are cremated like hindus, not many how many buddhist ashes are dropped in GANGES river i dont think so many and second its doubtful was Ashoka really a buddhist infact was their any religion called buddhism at that time or was it just another way of Hinduism.
Further he never gave up his throne which is surprising , if he was a buddhist monk why he hold his empire till he died at age of about 70-75.
@ROONEYGIBBS6 and the luxury you are talking about, well if Buddha needed luxury then he would not have left his castle and would have remained a prince and a to-be emperor of a kingdom. which he clearly did not
If the people in this post go through the trouble of reading a NEUTRAL, UNBIASED book, they'll find that this Buddhism-rocks was Ashoka's way of ensuring his empire wouldn't rebel( and got good PR everywhere). He didn't abolish his army, he didn't stop fighting, LOL The southern campaigns annihilated cities completely. And the Mauryas lasted for 75 years after Asoka and conquered Bactria from the Greeks in that time. The story told here is nice, but inaccurate!!
@ne0eagle stop trying to increase memberships into your cult in buddha's name. Cast systems are created by people for economic reasons not gods. Social classes exist everywhere
@ne0eagle You know what this Hindu thinks of you? Shove your fucking cult up your ass.
What Light you're talking about? Buddha is not a god...Buddhism doesn't even believe in miracles and Gods. Whatever cult you follow isn't Buddhism. And these Gods you're talking about have supported the Hindu civilization for 7000 years while all it's contemporaries have vanished. Hittites,Egyptians, Sumerians, Phoenicians,Scythians-We've outlasted them all !!
@wodiya he never rejected hinduism. There was no concept of religion in india those days and nothing called hinduism. Most of his ideology is hinduism-gods.
Again u showed ur stupidity ? What is there in worshiping cow. Cow is a hepful animal.There is nothing wrong in respecting it .Budha also said the same.Budha is said to be take different animal form in his incarnation . Yes I worship cow .And I am proud of it .Not because I am blind ,it's because I have respect for the cow.I have respect for all the creation of God.
Lord Buddha teaches us to be compasionate and good and to not get attached with this filthy world he was the greates bepalese philosopher that ever lived and the holiest man in world
TIS 2 RELIGION. I am a christian but i seldom see teenager going to the church to serve the lord. It is true that tis two religion always fight althought they are the same. I never read the news about the hindu bombing the the buddhism temple. The abraham religion preaching though forcing and violent. Most people are converted to tis religion because of the benefit that they are gaining from it. Some of the people are just simply follow their family or friends.It is like a fashion.
I know that the rebellion of the kysatria caste is the root to the birth of buddism. Under the asoka empire, i think that most indian are buddha. I dont know how they become hindu again. Buddhism has no weakness. The fun thing about hinduism is the culture part. You are dancing for the god using a lot of beautiful things wrapping around ur body. Buddha is a well-organised religion. It is sad that people are converting to neither christian or muslim because the world are evolving around tis 2 r
1. Ashoka is not a Chakrawarthi King , (Universal monarch) . Chkrawaththi Kings win the world without any wars, only by his great spirituality, Kings of other parts of the world appreciate and influenced by his goodness, come and offer their kingdoms.
(Ref. Chkkawaththi Sihanada Sutta)
2. Buddha never said anything about Asoka, as there are no such thing can be found in Dhamma records.
really really really, so the Sanga split into 18 sects, and some were considered "Bad" sangas and were excluded, then we get the Pali Canon,
So i wonder what the out-caste Sangas taught, Perhaps a "CREATOR GOD" , One life, One Day of Judgement, Heaven and Hell and Abolishment of the Aryan caste Systrem and Idol Worship ???
i dont want to break ur thunder....But his empire was GREAT and so was his stature when he was a HINDU....infact one of the biggest reason for the downfall of his empire was that he emraced buddhism that made him more of a saint than a king
@ThePseudoBasher you are not breaking my thunder by claiming Ashoka was a Hindu emperor when the empire was great, and when he converts to Buddhism, game over! It has become clear to me that Hinduism is by far the more violent of the two religions. I still love it - no religion is more fun - but, as Krishna and Rama (and Shiva too) amply demonstrate...a preference for violence. Buddhism brought down the warlike Tibetans, Mongolians, and Manchu...when Buddhism is through with you, no violence
@opensourcebuddhism No religion is more violent than both Chritianity and Islam, both have been responsible for maximum bloodshed in the name of religon.
@opensourcebuddhism No religion is more violent than both Chritianity and Islam, both have been responsible for maximum bloodshed in the name of religon, be it the crusades or the current act of terrorism we see all around.
while i wouldnt agree with most things the rightwingers like thepseudobear say, he is right on this. asoka did not convert to buddhism he remained 'hindu' but propagated buddhism. this may seem illogical but the idea of conversion to anothe religion was alien to indian thought unitl the arrival of islam
ofcourse hinduism is more violent. you know why? becuse the vedic Aryan empire stretched acros the earth globe at the time. the world war of mahabharata is the main reason why Aryans dispersed and the Aryan empire disintegrated.
about buddhism- i think it's a pascifist way of finding salvation. Vedic religion says that do watever you must, but never abandon your dharma.
so it's not "game over"- it's "i lost my way in the end"
@opensourcebuddhism This is a Orientalist white (pardon the pun) wash. Google "Buddhist Warfare" Oxford University Press for more historical answers. Also Ashoka's notion of non-violence comes primarily from the Jain tradition, where it's vastly more developed then in any other Indian religion.
@opensourcebuddhism hence you agree to the fact that he was Hindu when he was emperor, He lef the throne for the pursuit of Buddhism. I am an eclectic and for your love for Hinduism mentioned above I can only say that beauty lie in the eyes of beholder... A GOOD PERSON WILL SEE VIRTUES IN ANY RELIGION AND EVIL WILL SEE VIOLENCE as you exhibited in your comment....
@opensourcebuddhism If Hinduism was a violent religion we would have dominated not just the Indian sub continent but also major parts of asia. BTW Buddhism didn't just spread like that it had missionaries who help spread the principle of Budda to convert those so called warlike tribes....
@opensourcebuddhism I guess you'll do better if you concentrate on Arabs and Pakis- They seriously need a dose of all that non-violence stuff. Besides, no offense, but I simply can't understand why so many religious orders think Hinduism is fair game for converts. Permanent open season??
Hinduism is the last and greatest of the old-civilization religions...Once it goes there'll be nothing in the world to connect the ancient cultures with todays. Goddess-phobia by others? Maybe...
@opensourcebuddhism yeah well said , just to point out that history has been witness that Buddhism makes path for Islam. In today world there has to be some degree of resistance put in front of the aggressor. U have wish to call this violence. after have extensive read through Hindusm and buddism i can safely conclude that most of buddha's teaching are found in ancient hindu scripts.(I do undertsand there are fundamental diffrences as well).
@opensourcebuddhism Why you are comparing the Hinduism & Buddhism ? Becouse both are the parts of DHARMA . Gautam Buddha was the most advance teacher of DHARMA that time & his teachings are also applicable for todays World . I think the Buddha was the most practical saint of all time & he is the greatest Saint of Kaliyuga HINDUS, SIKHS, JAINS AND BUDDHISTS are BRANCHES of SAME TREE.. ''DHARMA''.. And a same home BHARAT
@opensourcebuddhism well buddha was a hindu,and so was ashoka,buddhism is a seperate religion today coz it moved out of india and it got assimiliated into hinduism in india,if not for it moving out of india,it wud hav just been part of hinduism just like jainism and many other sects,well for indians buddha was a gr8 hindu saint and ashoka a gr8 hindu king
@opensourcebuddhism hehe imagine the king never fights and lets everybody come in and loot the land. Please read Mahabharatha to learn what a King not a Hindu king but in general a king should do..
@opensourcebuddhism yea and non violence led to his downfall...had he not converted to buddhism, India's boundaries would've been be too huge to be attacked by arabs after
@hershp not exactly. too huge, and his resources would have been spread thin. easily infiltrated by the arabs. it wouldn't have made much of a difference anyway. too long before. india survived because of density.
@ThePseudoBasher : Down fall of his empire? I don't know if you can call that as down fall since Ashoka himself gave up his throne to become a Buddhist. Ashoka spread Buddhism through out India. Majority of the Indians gave up Hindu religion and embraced Buddhism and for more than 200 years Buddhism was the main religion in India. Hindu religion was almost disappearing, it was Adhisankracharya who re-instated hindu religion in India. I don't know if you call this as his down fall.
@my2yub hinduism ws disappearing r u nuts?by d time adi shankara appeared buddhism had already faded away,india saw its golden age under d gupta hindu empire,kushans also changed thr religion from buddhism to hinduism,until d time mauryan empire followed hinduism it expanded ashoka converted to buddhism empire is finished within 50 years,alld gr8 buddhist universitites nd instituions of india wer opened by hindus,nalanda budhdist university opened by hindu gupta empire
@my2yub get ur facts right dude buddhism ws nevr evr d dominant religion of india,it ws just a philosophy and since it rose out of hinduism it ws but natural tht it got absorbed in d subsequent centuries,and moron go n read history,the gold railing arnd the bodh gaya temple ws built by a hindu king samudragupta,the largest buddhist vihara in india ws built by brahmin emperor lalitaditya of kashmir,the gr8 buddhist university of nalanda opened by hindu gupta empire u r talkin nuthin but nonsense
@ThePseudoBasher : Down fall of his empire? I don't know if you can call that as down fall since Ashoka himself gave up his throne to become a Buddhist. Ashoka spread Buddhism through out India. Majority of the Indians gave up Hindu religion and embraced Buddhism and for more than 200 years Buddhism was the main religion in India. Hindu religion was almost disappearing, it was Adhisankracharya who re-instated hindu religion in India. I don't know if you call this as his down fall.
@ThePseudoBasher india witnessed prosperity and peace and growth because of buddhism, otherwise india would have been still sacrificing horses in the name of vedas.
The great bhuddha is ver power hes the living god though he has the power to change the worst into best.Ashokha was tyrant and a bad blood-thristy king in
early part of his rule and also invaded kalinga and ordered killing of more then
75000 people and women and children was also not spared and then the commitment to bhuddha helped him.Bhuddha can help anyone if u are
devoted though i am not bhuddist i am proud bhuddha wa born in india
wtf u ppl smoking? Ashoka was hindu most of his life, but towards his end decided to take the path of Buddhism and left india to fall into the hands of mongols. THANKS ASHOKA THE GREAT FOOL.
Buddhism is not to be treated like a religion, it's a complementary philosophy, just look at many Buddhist Natioans around the world, they all mixed in their beliefs into Buddhism , why Thailanders still worship hindu gods and their ancestors, not atheistic (reject god) , just non-theistic (open space to fill anything in) ...
@BeamSurfer You have an excellent point Beamsurfer; Buddhism is an "open space to fill anything in" and that is it's genius! That is why I realized I must keep my Protestant character, while accepting Buddha's discoveries as true. When we redefine as I do, the word "religion" applies then to the Asian traditions Confucianism (no god) , Daoism (no god for the philosophical tradition) and Buddhism - non- theistic, not atheistic, as you say.
@opensourcebuddhism Confucianism and Daoism both believe in God. The idea that they are "religions without God" is an utter fallacy and keeps cropping up for some reason.
In traditional Chinese religions (both of the above, plus those that predate them) "Shen" (Heaven) is synonymous with "God" They literally worship Heaven.
The above belief systems were philosophies more than religions and simply added to the existing Chinese religious beliefs.
@KTK401 The truth is that every culture believe in God. In most cultures, God's only main role is creating the world and placed it under the jurisdiction of lesser gods and goddesses. God is known by many names in every culture.
that true. ashoka is the great king. the great buddhist emporor in india. that we are east asian and south east asian buddhist. from china, burma, sri lanka, thailand, cambodia, vietnam, korea, japan and lao we all respect him.
@duong19782001 but buddhism brought fukng asshole muslims in India as most of ppl at tat time wer buddhists nd they chose not 2 fight muslim invaders but in latter part al of them had 2 convert 2 hindu 2 save themselves frm th massacre in th hands of islam nd again great hindu nd sikh warriors born who destroyed muslims nd created fear in heart of evil muslims nd helped India 2 retain its hindu religion nd culture otherwise 2 day India wud hav ben an Islamic kntry not a 85% hindu nation.
@duong19782001 jst think tat 2day india a kntry of 1.21 billion muslim ppl wat wud hav happened 2 china nd south east asia if we wer a islamic kntry 2day just give thanks 2 hindus nd Shiks 4 saving not only entire India but also east asia nd china by stopng islamic evil forces.
what foolish video there wer no any mongolians @ times of Buddha .By his name[Siddhartha Gautam] and family[Shaka] he was an Aryan,why they are showing that almond eyed men when it says Buddha smiled? Buddhism and Hinduism have same base they are not almost same.Buddhism is totally non violent,they didnt have warrior caste[Kshatriya],in Hinduism only Brahmanism believed to be Non violent,but at that Kshatriyas cudnt turned in to Brahmans.your what your born. Arabs killed non violent Buddhist.
King Asoka is the best Empirer that India ever had.. And his son only brought Buddhisum to Sri Lanka. All the Buddhist stupa's and temples were destroyed by the stupid basted Shah Jahn. And the bloody cemetry, Taj mahal was build with the gold that was found inside the stupa's. Shah Jahn is a bloody theaf and that cunt must be in hell by now. Hope Taj Mahal will break down into powder by a terrorist attach..!! Im waiting to see that..!!
3.Chandragupta Maurya:-Founder of the Maurya dynasty and the first emperor (r. c. 321 – c. 297 BC) to unify most of India under one administration (see Mauryan empire).5Bindusara Maurya:-The second Mauryan emperor was Bindusara, who came to the throne about 297 bce.6.Dasaratha Maurya:-mprati Maurya was king of the Mauryan Empire from 224-215 BCE. He was the successor of Dasaratha Maurya.CONT
,India Is Oldest civil coutry in the world, Hindu and Jews Are Oldesd Religion In the Earth. These Are HINDU Rajas 1.Magadha Empire 2.Mauryan dynasty 3.Chandragupta Maurya 4.Asoka Maurya 5Bindusara Maurya 6.Dasaratha Maurya 7.Arthashastra 1.Ashok:-Asoka was born in 304 BC, to Mauryan Emperor Bindusara and a relatively lower ranked queen, Dharma. 2.Magadha Empire:-Magadha Empire lasted from 684 B.C - 320 B.C in India. CONT
INDIANS ARE THE DESCENDANTS OF INDUS VALLEY CIVILIZATION AND HINDUISM IS THE OLDEST RELIGION ON EARTH ,India Is Oldest civil coutry in the world, Hindu and Jews Are Oldesd Religion In the Earth. These Are HINDU Rajas 1.Magadha Empire 2.Mauryan dynasty3.Chandragupta Maurya 4.Asoka Maurya 5Bindusara Maurya 6.Dasaratha Maurya 7.Arthashastra,
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The ashoka is a great buddhist king..dharmasoka named after the war in kalinga.as a sri lankan buddhist i know his importance..he is the father of sangamiththa and mihindu.Mihindu thero is the person who brought the pure theravada buddhism to the sri lanka.And king dharmasoka did 80,000 temples in india.
so again i want to tell you that,he did the 2nd great dharma sangayana.anyway please don't tell that,'he is a hindhu king'.he is not a hindu.but he is a great baratha putra.
no chance he was from 300 BC - islam started 600AD
just after alexander fought towards india
infact ashoka's grandfather met alexander and he built india's war machine
with which ashoka continued to conquer, until he got enlightned to take buddhism and spread it to world which u see even today
even today we india use his legacy, our flag has his wheel of righteousness(dharma), national emblem and offcourse buddhist monasteries all over, including bodhgaya
@Yvesyew Muslim religion was born about 1000 years later..Hinduism,Jainism and BUddhism was only religion in india..Chritanity and muslim still do not existed in world
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To the "too proud for no reason" people,
Chandragupta, grandfather of Ashoka, became a Jain monk later in his life. Bindusara, Chandragupta's son and Ashoka's father, was a follower of Ajivika religious philosophy.
Then, HOW the hell did Ashoka become Hindu or Buddhist from the start?
I sometimes mourn at the decline of religious freethinking we once had in ancient India!
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The Mitanni were an Indo-European (Hurrian) people whose kingdom in northern Mesopotamia flourished from about1600 until it was conquered by the Hittite King Suppiluliumas during the reign of Akhenaten.At its peak,the empire stretched from Kirkuk (ancient Arrapkha)& the Zagros mountains in western Iran in the east, through Assyria to the Mediterranean sea in the west. Its center was in the region of the Khabur River,where its capital,Washukkani the Mitanni empire included such cities as Alalakh
goran21715 1 month ago
The best thing about Hinduism is that it lets you live as a human being... no false promises or selfish ideology. Hindus accepted other religions to their without hesitation, that shows the greatness of the gr8 religion. It survived thousands of years without any form of marketing strategies or forced conversions or brainwashing kids.
maknam 1 month ago
@maknam , my dear you are completely wrong. hinduism dose not allow us to leave as human being. It has always treated the human being as animals, is there any religion who discriminate their own people based on caste ?, opposed their own people entry to temple ,?even women were treated as animals . if you read chanakya books you can find abusing words for women how he insulted them.when it wasn't created before thousands of year how do you claim to be survived for thousands of year .
prashant62456 1 month ago
@maknam , if hindus accepted other religions without hesitation then why do they oppose to christanity , muslims and other religion ? they should pray , put the statue of all other gods , show respect , instead of collapsing babri masjid they should have started praying in musjid itself .why do shiv sena attacked on church ? it always give false promises and selfish ideology to make the other people work under them .
prashant62456 1 month ago
After Ashoka dropped his violent nature and stopped empire building...did any other Mauryan Empire leader try to empire build or they follow Ashoka's change of heart?
qijino1236 1 month ago
Misleading documentary. That's the problem with WHITE PEOPLE. They always try to twist history. FAKE story.
tovishal2009 1 month ago 2
@tovishal2009 You are right Tovisha: it is only white people who distort history. Odd thing about them...certainly Chinese or Indians never do that...do they?
opensourcebuddhism 1 month ago
@opensourcebuddhism The earliest written evidence for an Indo-Aryan language is found not in India, but in northern Syria in Hittite records regarding one of their neighbors, the Hurrian-speaking Mitanni. In a treaty with the Hittites, the king of Mitanni, after swearing by a series of Hurrian gods, swears by the gods Mitrašil, Uruvanaššil, Indara, and Našatianna, who correspond to the Vedic gods Mitra, Varuṇa, Indra, and Nāsatya (Aśvin). Contemporary equestrian terminology, ,
goran21715 1 month ago
@opensourcebuddhism Some theonyms,proper names and other terminology of the Mitanni exhibit an Indo-Aryan superstrate,suggesting that an Indo-Aryan elite imposed itself over the Hurrian population in the course of the Indo-Aryan expansion.
In a treaty between the Hittites and the Mitanni,the deities Mitra,Varuna,Indra,& Ashvins are invoked.Kikkuli's horse training text (1400 BC) includes technical terms such as aika (eka,one)tera (tri,three)panza (pancha,five)satta (sapta,seven),na (nava,nine)
goran21715 1 month ago
@opensourcebuddhism hey never mind, on immature comments by kids..never mind dear.
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@opensourcebuddhism Also as king Ashoka's duties were to protect his people and make his kingdom prosperous. Now think for a second who is helping Tibet and Bhutan diplomatically, sometimes financially and if required militarily. You can bet on India to save their ass because it stands with the righteous even though it has to wage a war for that. Hindus believe in non-violence too but you have to be practical because the savage world will eat you for breakfast if you don't fight.
Seaw0lf77 1 month ago
@opensourcebuddishm When you started fighting for the fame of your "religion" even buddhism starts to sounds like its breeding "fundamentalistism". Just stop defending buddhism and the facts about asoka. Whenever people start following a strict set of rules and form a community based on that it actually starts drawing borders and portraying as "us" against "them". In that regard regard I still like Hinduism. There are no boundaries and restrictions.
Seaw0lf77 1 month ago
@Seaw0lf77 Easy to say, hard to do Seawolf. You see, that is generally what annoys Buddhists about Hindus...everything is just ok, all are welcome, no need to talk about differences. Buddhism has some features it shares with Protestantism and Judaism...in an odd way, Islam....which is things are not all right. Be a Daoist or Hindu...I don't care, but Confucius joins the chorus: let's make a peaceful society! These Hindus attacking Ashoka attack his final pacificism!
opensourcebuddhism 1 month ago
@opensourcebuddhism Confucius joining anything does not make it great and based on your own words "everything is just ok, all are welcome, no need to talk about differences" it translates to "live and let live".People need to find their own path to moksha and hinduism gives them knowledge to do that but does not bind them in the context of "religion".I admire Buddhism for what it is but do not appreciate the fact that you got pissed off because someone corrected you that Ashoka was born a Hindu.
Seaw0lf77 1 month ago
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@Seaw0lf77 I think Hinduism is a mess. I mean they claim everything in this world. I prefer Buddhism and Taoism. Christianity is good too, but I am an Atheist. Buddhism is a science and more logical comparing to others. I mean don't believe anyone unless it makes sense. On the other hand, many religions convince us to believe first without thinking. I think its like brainwashing. This is just my point of view.
eflwinnie 1 month ago
@eflwinnie Sure it is a mess in its current state. Majority of Hindus today dont what it means to be a Hindu but for anybody who has given the time to understand and learn Hinduism will know that it is the mother of all religions though it is not a religion itself. Hinduism is a way of life to achieve moksha is many different ways. Hinduism never tells you to believe anything but to use knowledge in every aspect of life. Read about Vedas, Upanishads,Gita etc on wikipedia before talking nonsense.
Seaw0lf77 1 month ago
@Seaw0lf77 Yes, Hinduism is a way of life. I think they convince people to believe and claim everything in this world belong to them. They are not clear for me. They sometimes believes in the Lord Shiva (God), and the other time they don't believe in God as they think the Buddha is a form of them. The Buddha was the first Atheist. Claiming something like that is very ridiculous to me. I think Hinduism is like Muslim as mixing many things together both good and bad, plagiarism too much hehe.
eflwinnie 1 month ago
@eflwinnie Let me finish. Please don't claim everything in this world belong to you. your logic is ridiculous. Veda is an interesting book anyway. I think it's the same as Bible but in a different language or version. I wouldn't mention of Quran as it came later and copied those two books. It was not illegal at that time I guessed but now you can't copy but quote only lol. Anyway, the Dalai Lama said that it doesn't matter what religion you are since it makes you become a good and happy person.
eflwinnie 1 month ago
@eflwinnie I respect HDH Dalai Lama and respect every religion. But its not right when you talk nonsense about any religion without having any knowledge about that religion. There was no reason for you to say "Hinduism is a mess" because you seem to display utter lack of knowledge about most religions including Buddhism. Spend the time to understand any religion before making a fool out of yourself. Please watch this video completely to gain some knowledge about hinduism
watch?v=ShOsMw7Afy8
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Seaw0lf77 1 month ago
@Seaw0lf77 Thank you. I might make a fool of myself when I say it out. I just said it from what I read, heard, and experienced. Maybe, Hinduism in my community is different from yours. I am sorry for being harsh. I didn't want to beat you or anything. I studied enough before saying it out. I think I am right but I might be wrong and you're right. Or we are both wrong. PS It'd be great if you can send me his script. I understand some but not all. Sometimes nice words are not true. :)
eflwinnie 1 month ago
@eflwinnie I dont think there is a script. Its an interview by a Canadian journalist to understand Hinduism and practices in India in general. And too bad you dont understand the language because there are no nice words. Its as clear and concise as it can get without any bias. He accepts problems in Hinduism and other religious issues in India. The interviewee is an economist and teaches at Harvard. He is also one of the most honest politicians.
Seaw0lf77 1 month ago
@Seaw0lf77 Script here means what he said. I can't understand him.
eflwinnie 1 month ago
@eflwinnie Of course, it is convenient for you to not understand because it blows up all your bullshit.
Seaw0lf77 1 month ago
@eflwinnie Fact: Hinduism does not have any history of converting people from any religion to hinduism. So nobody tries to convince anything to anyone. You need to understand why there are so many Gods and how it leads to ultimate realization no matter which god you worship.
watch?v=9ok8qO9-uws
I bet this video will be too complicated for you to understand but if you do it will clarify the idea of having a god and what we are trying to achieve with Vedas and Vedik Knowledge.
Seaw0lf77 1 month ago
@eflwinnie if hinduism is the mother of all the religions then why do they frighten to other religions ? If Dr.Ambedkar embraced buddhism then hindu should welcome, why our people opposed to christanity and muslims . if our hindus are shownig so much mercy to others then accept all the people as it is without asking their caste.if brahma god created the univers then other countries do not know brahma. they know only buddha , jesus and ullha .where are our brave most populated gods in the world ?
prashant62456 1 month ago
@prashant62456 Okay, whatever you say, I don't want to discuss with both of you. Good luck.
eflwinnie 1 month ago
@prashant62456 You guys need to understand hinduism as it was before the invasion by mughals and british and that is 1000 yrs. ago. The so called hinduism and caste system you find today is the synthesized version of last 1000 yrs. of oppression of hindus and hindus embracing everyone. Also in todays India it is convenient to get votes on caste based division so nobody in power will try to revive the true hindu india of the past. For answers to your questions
youtube.com/watch?v=ShOsMw7Afy8
Seaw0lf77 1 month ago
@Seaw0lf77 dear , the answered person is not talking nonsens , i am too belonging to hindu religion but still i do not accept the statement that hinduism is mother of all . It can be the doughter /son of all the religions as it came last not the first . so mother comes first not the doughter or son . according to our history , the ideology of hinduism is created by brahmins and the word hindu was given by mugal emperior.the first religion in this univers ins buddhism , muslim 2nd , 3rdchristan.
prashant62456 1 month ago
@prashant62456 Thank you for the last sentence.
eflwinnie 1 month ago
@eflwinnie Also there is a reason great scientists of the world revered hindu scriptures having references to all the major innovations that science has achieved today.They have fumbled trying to understand how Vedas can make references to sub-atomic particles and nuclear physics. When the west killed intelligent people for figuring out that world was not flat only few centuries ago, Hindus knew it was spherical and described the vastness of universe with mind boggling numbers 4000 yrs ago.
Seaw0lf77 1 month ago
@Seaw0lf77 Yes, I buy that. The Veda is very old and knowledgeable. I heard that too. It's from the Indus valley civilization if I am correct. :) I just interpret God in Veda different from your God. I think there is no God in this universe but the law of action. So God in the Veda might refer to someone who is very powerful and intelligent. I never read the original Veda since I cant read Sanskrit but some of the translated version.
eflwinnie 1 month ago
@eflwinnie Check out all these videos and you will realize what the greatest scientists of the world has to say about hinduism. I give that more credibility, "logically" speaking then an ignoramus embracing Buddhism and talking crap about other religions.
watch?v=9ok8qO9-uws
watch?v=ZuRvBoLu4t0
watch?v=CcQd3GjFNLQ
watch?v=EgXq1dHLS0o
watch?v=THhsIqtioqg
Seaw0lf77 1 month ago
@Seaw0lf77 Yes, this science is true. I doubt if it belongs to Hinduism but it was there thousands years ago. It's written in the Veda. Maybe I am ignorant and vice versa ha ha ha. I read some about India. No more books to read now since it was burnt in Nalanda university he he.
eflwinnie 1 month ago
@Seaw0lf77 you are completely wrong that hinduism is boundryless or restrictionless. I found only the hindu religion has boundries not others. If you can answer my following few questions.
1.if anybody wants to do the job regardless of his caste activities ? dose hinduism allow them to do so ?
2.Are women allowed to stand equal to men in hindusim ?
3.dose hindusim allow inter caste marriages ?
4.dose OBC , SC , ST caste people allow to do pooja in marriage occassions instead of brahmins only?
prashant62456 1 month ago
@Seaw0lf77 if any person wants to embrace hinduism , then what will be his caste ? who will define his caste ?
If i want to leave our hindu religion then i can go to buddhism , jainism , muslims , christanism , zarotaism etc . but if anybody from these religion wants to come to hinduism then where will you put him ?
Thousands of years you will study but you will never find the answer for this , this is our hinduism .why do we pray the gods when none of us has proved them true ?
prashant62456 1 month ago
@prashant62456 Thank you. You're very smart. :)
eflwinnie 1 month ago
@eflwinnie Its not difficult to figure out that you created "prashant62456" id to fool people and give yourself a pat after you lost the argument. I am repeating again, I dont have a problem with you or anyone following whatever religion but when you try to put out incorrect info about any religion thats just lame. So grow up, educate yourself instead of blindly talking crap about everyone and anything that does not align with you.
Seaw0lf77 1 month ago
@Seaw0lf77 You're crazy! I didn't create that account and I don't even know that guy but I wish I could know him as he seems smart and educated. Besides, you didn't beat me or anything but I was just sick and tired of talking with you so I stopped. You then thought you won. That's good for you ha ha ha. Please discuss as educated people do. I mean no impolite words nor anger. I am educated or might more than you. Plz don't bring this up again. The fact speaks themselves and they're indisputable.
eflwinnie 1 month ago
@eflwinnie Yes Elfwinnie, Prashant is clearly a different thinker from you, and he has the goods on his own Hinduism...hats off to the self-critical thinker! He has schooled SeaWolf and Sea Wolf has no answer. I saw it myself. One may not even consort or talk to someone of a different caste in Kathmandu. Some thought it unthinkable I had dinner at a low caste haircutter's house. I didn't even notice till later! Hinduism is both incredibly tolerant and intolerant at the same time.
opensourcebuddhism 2 weeks ago
@opensourcebuddhism Yes, he knows more than me. I agree with him though.
eflwinnie 2 weeks ago
@Seaw0lf77 I could not understand why our OBC people celebrate ganesh festival. If my mother celebrate elephant festival instead of gavesh festivel then i would be happier , at least i have respected animal elephant ,if my brother celebrate monkey festival instead of hanuman (Bajrajgbali ) festival what is wrong with that both are same .at least we have respected monkey. I could not understand the logic behind these gods and goddess ,when none of them come to solve our problems why people pray?
prashant62456 1 month ago
Hinduism Buddhism Jainism Are same like twin.King Asoka is Convert Buddhism that was clear , question is there r many monastery and Beautiful stupa is destroy by Hindu and after Muslim in India,that was a Disappointing one in History of India.
nimasak 1 month ago
Ha ha ... very funny. Ashoka actually became an emperor as a Hindu. He started following Budhism in his retired life.I didnt know Budhists were such fame mongers. In a way Budhism itself is another form of Hinduism, Budha copied lots from the Vedas while creating Budhism. I respect Hinduism because it accepts both good and bad as part of mother nature.
maknam 1 month ago
@maknam I get this all the time Maknam, that Ashoka was a Hindu king, only a Buddhist after his retirement. In fact, I like to say he was a king of warrior caste and waged truly brutal, bloody battles against small kingdoms as a Hindu, and with the most dreadful battle of Kalinga, he turned against violence and built animal shelters, his famous pillar edicts specifying tolerance of all religions...as a peacenik Buddhist. I like him at the end of his life more than at the beginning.
opensourcebuddhism 1 month ago
@maknam yeah he was a hindu barbarian. lol.
kevinhillvictoria 1 month ago
@maknam Buddhism is not another form of Hinduism. I think you don't know much about Buddhism that's why you said so. Real Buddhism doesn't exist in India now. I think the history of India has lost since the Muslim army invaded India around 14 AD. Maybe, you should study abroad so that you can see things clearly. Well... I know Vedas and my family mix both Hinduism and Buddhism. Hinduism makes me sick though as they have many illogical traditions.
eflwinnie 1 month ago
@eflwinnie watch these 2 videos. The person being interviewed is a scholar. He teaches at Harvard university as an economist. He is also one of the most honest politicians of India because of firm belief in principles of Hinduism.
watch?v=sK5IpUrF6tk
watch?v=OyLsLAghwG0
Seaw0lf77 1 month ago
@Seaw0lf77 and so what? Since you like to claim, I'll do too. You should read Albert Einstein's view towards religion. Your eyes will be opened as Einstein gained more credit than the scholar you mentioned.
eflwinnie 1 month ago
@maknam ,
very very funny , that u do not know the actual history of India . still u r not aware of meaning hindu . actually hindu is not a religion , it is word given by mugal emperor .when our india lost the battle against mugal he declared that indians have lost the bettle so they should be kept away from us and called (HEEN LOGO KO APNE SE DOOR KAKHO a hindi wprd, because they lost the battle ) . And the combination of HEEN + DOOR later on bacame HINDU . So we called hindus.
prashant62456 1 month ago
@prashant62456 Mate, if I use the Vedic terms to explain Hinduism it wont go down well since in current day the Dharma is known as Hinduism. The explanation you have given for Hindu is pretty lame since Arab merchants ( long before mughals) called our land Hindustan as it being across the river Indus. I may not know my history so well , still whatever I have learned is thru proper study. Please do further research, All the best.
maknam 1 month ago
@prashant62456 But I heard that Hindus is from Indus or Sindhu. Now I am confused.
eflwinnie 1 month ago
@maknam There are so may proofs that brahmins were not the hindus , because when mugal emperior declared the ZIZIYA tax on pure hindus (ZIZIYA KAR ) brahmins did not pay the tax because they were not hindus they are from aryans communities .
During the reign of ashoka there were no hindu , it emerged very late around the mugal emperior reign.
prashant62456 1 month ago
@prashant62456 I agree with you.
eflwinnie 1 month ago
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So long as the Sun and Moon shine, Dhamma shines....Yes, Great Emperor of Jambipura (*)..the Asoka Pillars shine brilliantly, up till today. The more you know him, the more you " love" him. _/\_
tmnet123ify 2 months ago
What rubbish... He was a HINDU KING all his life, only after the battle with the Kingdom of Kalinga he renounced Hinduism and embraced Buddhism. That too not out of long belief or anything but just out of guilt of killing so many Kalingans. Please brush up your goddamn history before posting any nonsense on youtube. Get a life you pathetic idiots.
indianarchangel 2 months ago 11
@indianarchangel Geez! Well, Ashoka sent Buddhist missions across Asia...establishing Buddhism eventually to China from the great Kushana Empire. You Hindus just can't stand that he followed your militaristic caste duty as a warrior...then realized what a dump that was! That is the rubbish...not my student's video. He converted not so much out of guilt of killing the Kalingans as out of the realization that killing for money and fame is STUPID! Buddha just wised up a lot sooner in life....
opensourcebuddhism 2 months ago
@opensourcebuddhism lol I dunno if you are an Indian or a stupid Western prick but I can certainly sense that you didn't get my point. I never said that Samrat Ashok wasn't Buddhist and neither have I anything against Buddhism. My point was, that you can not call Ashoka a Buddhist Emperor (got that?) He was and will always be known as a HINDU Chkravarti Samrat. After his last battle with Kalinga he took to Buddhism and left his throne soon for his stupid buddist son Mahendra. Got it fabio?
indianarchangel 2 months ago
@opensourcebuddhism Get your facts correct before making stupid videos. LOTS of Incorrect information in your video. I have flagged it now as propaganda SPAM!
tovishal2009 1 month ago
@indianarchangel Actually , budhism was part of hindusm.
geekamails 3 weeks ago
@geekamails do not call it a part. buddha attained enlightment ie truth.so it is comparabe to the truths in hinduism. all other religions are ruubish.
ASHOK251058 3 weeks ago
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He never converted to Buddihism because there were no a religion called Buddhism at that time.Buddhism was not developed as a religion at that time. But he was a adhere of Buddha's teachings
MrVishnupb 2 months ago
He never converted to Buddihism because there were no a religion called Buddhism at that time.Buddhism was not developed as a religion at that time. But he was a adhere of Buddha's teachings
MrVishnupb 2 months ago
@MrVishnupb Well, there were by the time of Ashoka, 18 divisions of the Middle Way tradition. He seems to have favored the Theravada, who will "win the day" all throughout Southeast Asia. While he called it the "Middle Way", Buddha never called it "Buddhism". Various Hindu writers do call them "Bauddha" or "derived from Buddha" with the idea closely resembling our term "Buddhist" though the Greek suffix "-ism" means "believing and practicing X". Not really too far off.
opensourcebuddhism 2 months ago
@MrVishnupb Very interesting. When the buddhism developed to be a religion? I heard that Hinduism hasn't developed into the religion either. Maybe, both tried to beat each other so they developed them. OMG Do we need religion? I think not. Just teaching sounds better. :)
eflwinnie 1 month ago
everywhere I go why people always bother about religion ? What does religion have to do with greatness of some person ?
U5011453 3 months ago 2
@U5011453 it has to do with Ashoka The Great in general, because he was the one that tried to create a buddhist policy, changing the ways of ancient India. He was the first to make buddhism the state religion of present day India
MrKguy97 3 months ago 2
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U5011453 3 months ago
@MrKguy97
I understand what u are saying, but people only see religion and not the message. Every noble person is above this RELIGIOUS shit. Like, if we relate Chhatrapati Shivaji to Hinduism(which people usually do), that would create divide between Hindus and Muslims, but he himself said, "Muslim is not our enemy, but the one who oppresses the poor". But people always relate him to Hinduism.
Better relate such people to Humanity, as all religions are equal. PEACE :)
U5011453 3 months ago
after ashoka the great mauryan empire rapidly declined and center of power moved to south india however the golden age of india came much later in the AD's with gupta empire when people were fucking their brains out and kamasutra and stuff like that were written anyhow though people have forgotten the sutras of ashoka but his ideology have carried forward through out the ages that is why stil the indian national symbol is ashokas 4 lions with chakras
TheSkirmishes 4 months ago
managing battles from his teenage ashoka was a genius tactician, military commander and good administrator however he didnt had much first hand battle experience with the help of a good friend minister unites much of india for the first time but during the battle of kalinga he sees 1k kalingans culled by mauryan army he accepts buddism and with the undertone of his power there was peace the moment he died buddism was overtaken by caste system again and moved to other countries
TheSkirmishes 4 months ago
@truthinlifeful2011 The Abrahamic religions,no matter how well intended
originally,have been 'hijacked' by those who desire and use power!
These people are arguing & killing each other based on each's
metaphors. The nature of the Prime Mover is beyond the mind.
Religion uses metaphors to show the effects of Prime Mover.
Actually the whole process is interesting, that you can get millions
to kill each other in the name of 'god'. The mind can be
manipulated, and religion manipulates man.
fntime 4 months ago
@truthinlifeful2011 diferent rivers to one big ocean but not different peices of art as some think.
CodeNamedAsdfg12345 4 months ago
@truthinlifeful2011 the idea of God is different in both the religins. This doesnt mean that either of them are wrong. This is not christianity or islam where people start hatred towrads each other on trivial differences.
If seen from an egoless, selfless eye both of them are correct as everthing is God in Hinduism and the purest of te creatures are the avatars one who need to be followed. Buddhiam believes there is no God and only truth.
CodeNamedAsdfg12345 4 months ago
@CodeNamedAsdfg12345 well said brother baudhism is a complete philosophical way of life based on truth.in india there is nothing which is called as religion like islam christianity and jew who fought was as holy war to propagate the religion.in india religion is a philosophy and u need not to convert to realize the truth.a person can follow both hindu and bauddh believes simultaneously if he finds the truth and not forced if he doesnt.
qwertyui66771 4 months ago
@truthinlifeful2011 Ya because for most o the people in the west its a fashion statement and like fashion it is seasonal. Religions like Buddhism are not tissue-papers. They mean a lot to us they r not only our history, our philosophy but as humans what we stand for. And if you understood tht you would never call any Indian personality as only buddhist, or only Jain or only Hindu.
CodeNamedAsdfg12345 4 months ago
@truthinlifeful2011 Yes! thts true....im a Jain. Hinduism is an amalgamations of all these ideas of philosophy frm jainism, buddhism, shaivism, vaishnavism. We dont like foreigners telling us what is buddhism or jainism. If you want to follow it then follow it but dont do false propoganda surrounding it.
The maker of this video surely has no idea what Buddhism means then spreading hatred and difference in humanity is one thing that बुद्ध (Bu-ddh <- thts how it is pronounced) wanted to remove.
CodeNamedAsdfg12345 4 months ago
@kaligaandkagaand Save your breath son! Your passionate hatred and lack of knowledge only tells me that you are probably a Pakistani. Besides I prefer to debate with a civilized and intelligent human being who is educated enough to use facts rather than assumptions...
deltaforcedf 6 months ago
ASHOKA was not a real hindu, he was a KALI YUGA hindu, which has NOTHING to do with real hinduism.
shubroto81 6 months ago
ASHOKA THE GREAT-INDIA'S GREATEST EMPEROR WAS A HINDU TILL 37-38 YEARS(KALINGA WAR).
CHANDRAGUPTA MAURYA-INDIA'S GREATEST CONQUEROR - WAS HINDU TILL MOST OF HIS LIFE till last 3 years when he converted to jainism(in order to take retirement) otherwise whats the point in converting to jainism at such an age and then he leave all his empire and died just 3 years after his conversion.
he was hindu for 60 years(glorious) and 3 years at end of life.
ROONEYGIBBS6 8 months ago
and second thing, yeah we cannot ignore this point after our ancsetors become Buddhist the muslims start to attack India after which most buddhists of India again converted to hinduism but the warrior skills decreases.
compare this alexander ran over whole persia but cannot capture India similarly persian empire was so big but cannot capture India, in later stages even small Maratha empire defeated Mughals but between that hindus lost their warrior skills.
ROONEYGIBBS6 8 months ago
did Lord Buddha gave any new teaching nahhh, his basic points were nirvana,mokhsha and reincarnation each of them copied from hinduism. infact i doubt that which man in reality starts this religion buddhism, this is politics of few people in order to become the religious teacher and live with all luxury.
ROONEYGIBBS6 8 months ago
@ROONEYGIBBS6 ummm..check your history
Buddha gave the points of non-violence, respect for every individual regardless of caste, non existence of any higher being, peace from within rather than seeking it without, knowledge based on experience, reincarnation not as a birth of individual into another organism but as a rebirth of knowledge in individual (known as enlightenment) within a single life, no after life etc.
these are only few of many differences that i mentioned from hinduism.
lovelonelinesss 2 months ago
sorry i doubt ASHOKA WAS A buddhist, how many buddhists are cremated like hindus, not many how many buddhist ashes are dropped in GANGES river i dont think so many and second its doubtful was Ashoka really a buddhist infact was their any religion called buddhism at that time or was it just another way of Hinduism.
Further he never gave up his throne which is surprising , if he was a buddhist monk why he hold his empire till he died at age of about 70-75.
ROONEYGIBBS6 8 months ago
@ROONEYGIBBS6 and the luxury you are talking about, well if Buddha needed luxury then he would not have left his castle and would have remained a prince and a to-be emperor of a kingdom. which he clearly did not
lovelonelinesss 2 months ago
wodiya 1,already you people fucked by semitic religions!!
So,you people believing honestly the world is created by only 6000 years ago.
Hindus respect cow,because Cow is vital source of their survival as it is giving milk. as such all milk products are possible!
So,the loftiest animal is Cow because of its utility for human beings.
As you are a shit,you so much worry about cow shit!!
Saraswathiputra 8 months ago
If the people in this post go through the trouble of reading a NEUTRAL, UNBIASED book, they'll find that this Buddhism-rocks was Ashoka's way of ensuring his empire wouldn't rebel( and got good PR everywhere). He didn't abolish his army, he didn't stop fighting, LOL The southern campaigns annihilated cities completely. And the Mauryas lasted for 75 years after Asoka and conquered Bactria from the Greeks in that time. The story told here is nice, but inaccurate!!
redtihor1 9 months ago
buddha was a nastika hindu.
ThinkingGuy100 9 months ago
My Hindu brethren embrace the Buddhist light.Let go of the gods and their cast systems.
ne0eagle 9 months ago
@ne0eagle stop trying to increase memberships into your cult in buddha's name. Cast systems are created by people for economic reasons not gods. Social classes exist everywhere
ThinkingGuy100 9 months ago
@ne0eagle You know what this Hindu thinks of you? Shove your fucking cult up your ass.
What Light you're talking about? Buddha is not a god...Buddhism doesn't even believe in miracles and Gods. Whatever cult you follow isn't Buddhism. And these Gods you're talking about have supported the Hindu civilization for 7000 years while all it's contemporaries have vanished. Hittites,Egyptians, Sumerians, Phoenicians,Scythians-We've outlasted them all !!
redtihor1 9 months ago
He is great because he rejected the stupid religion of Hinduism.
wodiya 9 months ago
@wodiya he never rejected hinduism. There was no concept of religion in india those days and nothing called hinduism. Most of his ideology is hinduism-gods.
ThinkingGuy100 9 months ago
@wodiya
Do u have knowledge to give comment here ?
Do you know there is nothing called hinduism,this is the philosophy and life style of India.
Do you know Budha is a hindu ? Budhism philosophy is one branch of hinduism philosophy.
Do you know Budha is considered as a hindu God in India. He is the 9th incarnation of God Vishnu.
Without knowing anything u give comment here .U r insulting Budha and hinduism. Other religion people would be laughing at this.Stupid ass.
gemphu1234 9 months ago
@gemphu1234 Please go back to worshipping a cow.
wodiya 9 months ago
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gemphu1234 9 months ago
@wodiya
U have no answer for my question.LOL
Again u showed ur stupidity ? What is there in worshiping cow. Cow is a hepful animal.There is nothing wrong in respecting it .Budha also said the same.Budha is said to be take different animal form in his incarnation . Yes I worship cow .And I am proud of it .Not because I am blind ,it's because I have respect for the cow.I have respect for all the creation of God.
U r really a stupid ass.DUMB.
gemphu1234 9 months ago
@gemphu1234 Why don't you go back to drinking cow piss in respect since it is "helpful animal".
wodiya 9 months ago
@wodiya
Bring ur mother .My bull is excited.I want to get ur mother fucked by my bull,so that she cant give birth to asshole like u.
gemphu1234 9 months ago
Lord Buddha teaches us to be compasionate and good and to not get attached with this filthy world he was the greates bepalese philosopher that ever lived and the holiest man in world
andresrojas22 10 months ago
really nice to see buddhism at India... since India is buddha's country..
watn85 11 months ago
She pronounced Buhdha as , this is word for Old Man in Hindi
MrRajan11222533 1 year ago
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TIS 2 RELIGION. I am a christian but i seldom see teenager going to the church to serve the lord. It is true that tis two religion always fight althought they are the same. I never read the news about the hindu bombing the the buddhism temple. The abraham religion preaching though forcing and violent. Most people are converted to tis religion because of the benefit that they are gaining from it. Some of the people are just simply follow their family or friends.It is like a fashion.
kahnovch 1 year ago
I know that the rebellion of the kysatria caste is the root to the birth of buddism. Under the asoka empire, i think that most indian are buddha. I dont know how they become hindu again. Buddhism has no weakness. The fun thing about hinduism is the culture part. You are dancing for the god using a lot of beautiful things wrapping around ur body. Buddha is a well-organised religion. It is sad that people are converting to neither christian or muslim because the world are evolving around tis 2 r
kahnovch 1 year ago
Several points I have to bring on.
1. Ashoka is not a Chakrawarthi King , (Universal monarch) . Chkrawaththi Kings win the world without any wars, only by his great spirituality, Kings of other parts of the world appreciate and influenced by his goodness, come and offer their kingdoms.
(Ref. Chkkawaththi Sihanada Sutta)
2. Buddha never said anything about Asoka, as there are no such thing can be found in Dhamma records.
kennathwalpita2009 1 year ago
really really really, so the Sanga split into 18 sects, and some were considered "Bad" sangas and were excluded, then we get the Pali Canon,
So i wonder what the out-caste Sangas taught, Perhaps a "CREATOR GOD" , One life, One Day of Judgement, Heaven and Hell and Abolishment of the Aryan caste Systrem and Idol Worship ???
BeamSurfer 1 year ago
@BeamSurfer In Your Dreams if that's what the other Sanghas really taught.
Chachaman111 1 year ago
Maharaj Ashok Ki JAI!!!!!!!
thezinkcoo 1 year ago
i dont want to break ur thunder....But his empire was GREAT and so was his stature when he was a HINDU....infact one of the biggest reason for the downfall of his empire was that he emraced buddhism that made him more of a saint than a king
ThePseudoBasher 1 year ago 12
@ThePseudoBasher you are not breaking my thunder by claiming Ashoka was a Hindu emperor when the empire was great, and when he converts to Buddhism, game over! It has become clear to me that Hinduism is by far the more violent of the two religions. I still love it - no religion is more fun - but, as Krishna and Rama (and Shiva too) amply demonstrate...a preference for violence. Buddhism brought down the warlike Tibetans, Mongolians, and Manchu...when Buddhism is through with you, no violence
opensourcebuddhism 1 year ago 7
@opensourcebuddhism No religion is more violent than both Chritianity and Islam, both have been responsible for maximum bloodshed in the name of religon.
email2sharad007 1 year ago
@opensourcebuddhism No religion is more violent than both Chritianity and Islam, both have been responsible for maximum bloodshed in the name of religon, be it the crusades or the current act of terrorism we see all around.
email2sharad007 1 year ago
I very much agree with the view expressed by @opensourcebuddhism. Muslim & Christianity religions is based on violence and hatred.
my2yub 1 year ago
while i wouldnt agree with most things the rightwingers like thepseudobear say, he is right on this. asoka did not convert to buddhism he remained 'hindu' but propagated buddhism. this may seem illogical but the idea of conversion to anothe religion was alien to indian thought unitl the arrival of islam
gujjucheap 1 year ago
@opensourcebuddhism
ofcourse hinduism is more violent. you know why? becuse the vedic Aryan empire stretched acros the earth globe at the time. the world war of mahabharata is the main reason why Aryans dispersed and the Aryan empire disintegrated.
about buddhism- i think it's a pascifist way of finding salvation. Vedic religion says that do watever you must, but never abandon your dharma.
so it's not "game over"- it's "i lost my way in the end"
emperor0989 11 months ago
@opensourcebuddhism This is a Orientalist white (pardon the pun) wash. Google "Buddhist Warfare" Oxford University Press for more historical answers. Also Ashoka's notion of non-violence comes primarily from the Jain tradition, where it's vastly more developed then in any other Indian religion.
LambrettaFunk 10 months ago
@opensourcebuddhism hence you agree to the fact that he was Hindu when he was emperor, He lef the throne for the pursuit of Buddhism. I am an eclectic and for your love for Hinduism mentioned above I can only say that beauty lie in the eyes of beholder... A GOOD PERSON WILL SEE VIRTUES IN ANY RELIGION AND EVIL WILL SEE VIOLENCE as you exhibited in your comment....
aneesharyan 9 months ago
@opensourcebuddhism If Hinduism was a violent religion we would have dominated not just the Indian sub continent but also major parts of asia. BTW Buddhism didn't just spread like that it had missionaries who help spread the principle of Budda to convert those so called warlike tribes....
deltaforcedf 9 months ago
@opensourcebuddhism I guess you'll do better if you concentrate on Arabs and Pakis- They seriously need a dose of all that non-violence stuff. Besides, no offense, but I simply can't understand why so many religious orders think Hinduism is fair game for converts. Permanent open season??
Hinduism is the last and greatest of the old-civilization religions...Once it goes there'll be nothing in the world to connect the ancient cultures with todays. Goddess-phobia by others? Maybe...
redtihor1 9 months ago
@opensourcebuddhism yeah well said , just to point out that history has been witness that Buddhism makes path for Islam. In today world there has to be some degree of resistance put in front of the aggressor. U have wish to call this violence. after have extensive read through Hindusm and buddism i can safely conclude that most of buddha's teaching are found in ancient hindu scripts.(I do undertsand there are fundamental diffrences as well).
vkchaitanya2003 8 months ago
@opensourcebuddhism Why you are comparing the Hinduism & Buddhism ? Becouse both are the parts of DHARMA . Gautam Buddha was the most advance teacher of DHARMA that time & his teachings are also applicable for todays World . I think the Buddha was the most practical saint of all time & he is the greatest Saint of Kaliyuga HINDUS, SIKHS, JAINS AND BUDDHISTS are BRANCHES of SAME TREE.. ''DHARMA''.. And a same home BHARAT
0909PRINCE 7 months ago
@0909PRINCE i am a hindu, but i think that buddhas teachings are essence of hindu.
ASHOK251058 22 hours ago
@0909PRINCE i think he was greatest man on this earth. he explained dharma like equation of math..what a great man.
ASHOK251058 22 hours ago
@opensourcebuddhism well buddha was a hindu,and so was ashoka,buddhism is a seperate religion today coz it moved out of india and it got assimiliated into hinduism in india,if not for it moving out of india,it wud hav just been part of hinduism just like jainism and many other sects,well for indians buddha was a gr8 hindu saint and ashoka a gr8 hindu king
thescorpionking2020 6 months ago
@opensourcebuddhism hehe imagine the king never fights and lets everybody come in and loot the land. Please read Mahabharatha to learn what a King not a Hindu king but in general a king should do..
sidhu1235 4 months ago
@opensourcebuddhism yea and non violence led to his downfall...had he not converted to buddhism, India's boundaries would've been be too huge to be attacked by arabs after
hershp 3 months ago
@hershp not exactly. too huge, and his resources would have been spread thin. easily infiltrated by the arabs. it wouldn't have made much of a difference anyway. too long before. india survived because of density.
jungleman68 3 months ago
@ThePseudoBasher : Down fall of his empire? I don't know if you can call that as down fall since Ashoka himself gave up his throne to become a Buddhist. Ashoka spread Buddhism through out India. Majority of the Indians gave up Hindu religion and embraced Buddhism and for more than 200 years Buddhism was the main religion in India. Hindu religion was almost disappearing, it was Adhisankracharya who re-instated hindu religion in India. I don't know if you call this as his down fall.
my2yub 1 year ago
@my2yub hinduism ws disappearing r u nuts?by d time adi shankara appeared buddhism had already faded away,india saw its golden age under d gupta hindu empire,kushans also changed thr religion from buddhism to hinduism,until d time mauryan empire followed hinduism it expanded ashoka converted to buddhism empire is finished within 50 years,alld gr8 buddhist universitites nd instituions of india wer opened by hindus,nalanda budhdist university opened by hindu gupta empire
thescorpionking2020 1 year ago
@my2yub get ur facts right dude buddhism ws nevr evr d dominant religion of india,it ws just a philosophy and since it rose out of hinduism it ws but natural tht it got absorbed in d subsequent centuries,and moron go n read history,the gold railing arnd the bodh gaya temple ws built by a hindu king samudragupta,the largest buddhist vihara in india ws built by brahmin emperor lalitaditya of kashmir,the gr8 buddhist university of nalanda opened by hindu gupta empire u r talkin nuthin but nonsense
thescorpionking2020 1 year ago
@ThePseudoBasher : Down fall of his empire? I don't know if you can call that as down fall since Ashoka himself gave up his throne to become a Buddhist. Ashoka spread Buddhism through out India. Majority of the Indians gave up Hindu religion and embraced Buddhism and for more than 200 years Buddhism was the main religion in India. Hindu religion was almost disappearing, it was Adhisankracharya who re-instated hindu religion in India. I don't know if you call this as his down fall.
my2yub 1 year ago
@ThePseudoBasher thats the Dumbest thing I've ever heard...!
21angilla 10 months ago
@ThePseudoBasher india witnessed prosperity and peace and growth because of buddhism, otherwise india would have been still sacrificing horses in the name of vedas.
ajitseq 6 months ago
@ajitseq lol..good joke..!!!
supreethdk 5 months ago
anicca dukkha anatta
prasit6 1 year ago
The great bhuddha is ver power hes the living god though he has the power to change the worst into best.Ashokha was tyrant and a bad blood-thristy king in
early part of his rule and also invaded kalinga and ordered killing of more then
75000 people and women and children was also not spared and then the commitment to bhuddha helped him.Bhuddha can help anyone if u are
devoted though i am not bhuddist i am proud bhuddha wa born in india
coincollectorindia 1 year ago
wtf u ppl smoking? Ashoka was hindu most of his life, but towards his end decided to take the path of Buddhism and left india to fall into the hands of mongols. THANKS ASHOKA THE GREAT FOOL.
gudarboodar 1 year ago
Buddhism is not to be treated like a religion, it's a complementary philosophy, just look at many Buddhist Natioans around the world, they all mixed in their beliefs into Buddhism , why Thailanders still worship hindu gods and their ancestors, not atheistic (reject god) , just non-theistic (open space to fill anything in) ...
BeamSurfer 1 year ago
@BeamSurfer You have an excellent point Beamsurfer; Buddhism is an "open space to fill anything in" and that is it's genius! That is why I realized I must keep my Protestant character, while accepting Buddha's discoveries as true. When we redefine as I do, the word "religion" applies then to the Asian traditions Confucianism (no god) , Daoism (no god for the philosophical tradition) and Buddhism - non- theistic, not atheistic, as you say.
opensourcebuddhism 1 year ago 3
@opensourcebuddhism Confucianism and Daoism both believe in God. The idea that they are "religions without God" is an utter fallacy and keeps cropping up for some reason.
In traditional Chinese religions (both of the above, plus those that predate them) "Shen" (Heaven) is synonymous with "God" They literally worship Heaven.
The above belief systems were philosophies more than religions and simply added to the existing Chinese religious beliefs.
regards
KTK401 4 months ago
@KTK401 As an addendum to my last post, i would say it would be more accurate to say "Tien" rather than "Shen" for Heaven.
KTK401 4 months ago
@KTK401 The truth is that every culture believe in God. In most cultures, God's only main role is creating the world and placed it under the jurisdiction of lesser gods and goddesses. God is known by many names in every culture.
MrLantean 4 months ago
Guan Yu89 IS A STALKER AND A CCP ARMY !
Ganeschar 1 year ago
that true. ashoka is the great king. the great buddhist emporor in india. that we are east asian and south east asian buddhist. from china, burma, sri lanka, thailand, cambodia, vietnam, korea, japan and lao we all respect him.
duong19782001 1 year ago
@duong19782001 - Do not forget to mention TIBET :-)
Ganeschar 1 year ago
@Ganeschar noone gives a fuck about pathetic tibet. just another shithole place and pathetic tibetan ppl who all deserves to die
GuanYu89 1 year ago
@duong19782001 but buddhism brought fukng asshole muslims in India as most of ppl at tat time wer buddhists nd they chose not 2 fight muslim invaders but in latter part al of them had 2 convert 2 hindu 2 save themselves frm th massacre in th hands of islam nd again great hindu nd sikh warriors born who destroyed muslims nd created fear in heart of evil muslims nd helped India 2 retain its hindu religion nd culture otherwise 2 day India wud hav ben an Islamic kntry not a 85% hindu nation.
Bisw25 8 months ago
@duong19782001 jst think tat 2day india a kntry of 1.21 billion muslim ppl wat wud hav happened 2 china nd south east asia if we wer a islamic kntry 2day just give thanks 2 hindus nd Shiks 4 saving not only entire India but also east asia nd china by stopng islamic evil forces.
Bisw25 8 months ago
thanks for uploading this, its great!
abebrown92 1 year ago
what foolish video there wer no any mongolians @ times of Buddha .By his name[Siddhartha Gautam] and family[Shaka] he was an Aryan,why they are showing that almond eyed men when it says Buddha smiled? Buddhism and Hinduism have same base they are not almost same.Buddhism is totally non violent,they didnt have warrior caste[Kshatriya],in Hinduism only Brahmanism believed to be Non violent,but at that Kshatriyas cudnt turned in to Brahmans.your what your born. Arabs killed non violent Buddhist.
saurabhCherished 1 year ago
hey india and indians, this glory belongs to you all. an ancient empire of a size that rivals the persians.
maxten 1 year ago
Ashok was hindu emperor first...later he turned in Budhist when he took sanyas from his life
friendsonline4uall 1 year ago
King Asoka is the best Empirer that India ever had.. And his son only brought Buddhisum to Sri Lanka. All the Buddhist stupa's and temples were destroyed by the stupid basted Shah Jahn. And the bloody cemetry, Taj mahal was build with the gold that was found inside the stupa's. Shah Jahn is a bloody theaf and that cunt must be in hell by now. Hope Taj Mahal will break down into powder by a terrorist attach..!! Im waiting to see that..!!
jinujee 1 year ago
@jinujee dont say that my friend....i admire Ashoka the Great but not harming other people is what he and Buddhism teaches us right?....
lovelonelinesss 1 year ago
At last one 7.Arthashastra:-"The Kautiliya Arthasastra, a Sanskrit work of the c. 4th century B.C.Abey katuvye
NaPakAsstani 1 year ago
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3.Chandragupta Maurya:-Founder of the Maurya dynasty and the first emperor (r. c. 321 – c. 297 BC) to unify most of India under one administration (see Mauryan empire).5Bindusara Maurya:-The second Mauryan emperor was Bindusara, who came to the throne about 297 bce.6.Dasaratha Maurya:-mprati Maurya was king of the Mauryan Empire from 224-215 BCE. He was the successor of Dasaratha Maurya.CONT
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,India Is Oldest civil coutry in the world, Hindu and Jews Are Oldesd Religion In the Earth. These Are HINDU Rajas 1.Magadha Empire 2.Mauryan dynasty 3.Chandragupta Maurya 4.Asoka Maurya 5Bindusara Maurya 6.Dasaratha Maurya 7.Arthashastra 1.Ashok:-Asoka was born in 304 BC, to Mauryan Emperor Bindusara and a relatively lower ranked queen, Dharma. 2.Magadha Empire:-Magadha Empire lasted from 684 B.C - 320 B.C in India. CONT
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INDIANS ARE THE DESCENDANTS OF INDUS VALLEY CIVILIZATION AND HINDUISM IS THE OLDEST RELIGION ON EARTH ,India Is Oldest civil coutry in the world, Hindu and Jews Are Oldesd Religion In the Earth. These Are HINDU Rajas 1.Magadha Empire 2.Mauryan dynasty3.Chandragupta Maurya 4.Asoka Maurya 5Bindusara Maurya 6.Dasaratha Maurya 7.Arthashastra,
NaPakAsstani 1 year ago
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pramod4296 1 year ago
The ashoka is a great buddhist king..dharmasoka named after the war in kalinga.as a sri lankan buddhist i know his importance..he is the father of sangamiththa and mihindu.Mihindu thero is the person who brought the pure theravada buddhism to the sri lanka.And king dharmasoka did 80,000 temples in india.
so again i want to tell you that,he did the 2nd great dharma sangayana.anyway please don't tell that,'he is a hindhu king'.he is not a hindu.but he is a great baratha putra.
daveson211 1 year ago
Did He fight the dirty Muslim at his time?
Yvesyew 1 year ago
@Yvesyew
no chance he was from 300 BC - islam started 600AD
just after alexander fought towards india
infact ashoka's grandfather met alexander and he built india's war machine
with which ashoka continued to conquer, until he got enlightned to take buddhism and spread it to world which u see even today
even today we india use his legacy, our flag has his wheel of righteousness(dharma), national emblem and offcourse buddhist monasteries all over, including bodhgaya
sharathvasudev 1 year ago
@Yvesyew Muslim religion was born about 1000 years later..Hinduism,Jainism and BUddhism was only religion in india..Chritanity and muslim still do not existed in world
alokcom 1 year ago
@alokcom i agree with you 100% thats the point