09-11-2009, 08:05 AM
What if the Buddha had been born in Europe or muslim lands in the middle ages? He would have been branded a heretic and tortured to death! His teachings consigned to the fire, to be lost forever! There would be no Buddhism today!
Not only Buddhism but other religions like Sikhism, Jainism, Zoarashtrism would not have existed but for a Hindu India! Parsees in fact, were Iranians hounded out of Iran to seek safe refuge in India. Bohras, Jews and Tibetans also found refuge in India!
And what do we Hindus do to the Buddha, a man who rejected Hindu Teachings? Why, make him a God, of course! What a great faith, teaching us to see divinity even in those who oppose the religion!
Not only Buddhism but other religions like Sikhism, Jainism, Zoarashtrism would not have existed but for a Hindu India! Parsees in fact, were Iranians hounded out of Iran to seek safe refuge in India. Bohras, Jews and Tibetans also found refuge in India!
And what do we Hindus do to the Buddha, a man who rejected Hindu Teachings? Why, make him a God, of course! What a great faith, teaching us to see divinity even in those who oppose the religion!