The Buddha is generally associated with the doctrine of Ahimsa. That is taken to be-all of his teachings. Hardly anyone knows that what Buddha taught is something very vast; far beyond Ahimsa. It is therefore necessary to set out in detail his tenets. I enumerate them below as I have understood them from my reading of the Tripitaka :- 1. Religion is necessary for a free society. 2. Not every religion is worth having. 3. Religion must relate to the facts of life and not to the theories and speculation about God, or Heaven or earth. 4. It is wrong to make God the centre of Religion. 5. It is wrong to make salvation of soul as the centre of Religion. 6. It is wrong to make animal sacrifices to be the centre of religion. 7. Real Religion lives in the heart of man and not in the Shastras. ..... from Buddha or Karl Marx by Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar. . . . .
Posted on: Fri, 03 Oct 2014 08:36:43 +0000
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