05-13-2010, 05:05 AM
[quote name='HareKrishna' date='13 May 2010 - 03:50 AM' timestamp='1273702332' post='106348']
Irrelevant,
None of above is a reason for shunning buddhism.
Other reasons are in play:
1-some buddhists see hinduism as inferior from doctrinal point of view,or because they read some "History of religions" books were hindus are presented as destroyers of buddhists in India.
2-other buddhists feel their national identity threatened by hindus ,especially in south-east Asia
3-other are simply feeling shame to be put on the same level whit hindus,because western-"modernism" ideology see hindus as primitive idolaters living in poverty,and the buddhists dont want to appear as non-fashionable,not being whit "the wave" .
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Yes, there has been tremendous propaganda against Hinduism as inferior. The reason is simple, There are one billion Hindus living in a nation that's big enough to challenge the West unlike Buddhism which is splintered and divided with the most powerful Buddhist nation Japan with only 125 million people. Interesting that Western Buddhists ignore the Burakamin Buddhists castes of Japan or the Castes of Tibet.
The Western image of Indian Hindus as primitive is a huge strategic advantage of Hindus. When Hindu power is greater than the West, they won't expect it and will be standing with their pants down. We should play up the image of a weak, backward Hindu, let the West rest on their laurels. With a $30 Trillion Indian GDP, let's see what kind of human rights lectures come from the Western snobs (inheritors of the Christian casta and slave system)
Interesting that Pakistan which had a huge lead over India in 1947 today has a lower per capita GDP (in 10 years will be 1/3 the per capita GDP at present growth rates), 10 years less life expectancy,half the literacy rate. Ditto for Bangladesh. The White boys used to say Islam is superior to the Hindu caste system, where are they now? I have a national geographic article from 1952 to prove it.
Irrelevant,
None of above is a reason for shunning buddhism.
Other reasons are in play:
1-some buddhists see hinduism as inferior from doctrinal point of view,or because they read some "History of religions" books were hindus are presented as destroyers of buddhists in India.
2-other buddhists feel their national identity threatened by hindus ,especially in south-east Asia
3-other are simply feeling shame to be put on the same level whit hindus,because western-"modernism" ideology see hindus as primitive idolaters living in poverty,and the buddhists dont want to appear as non-fashionable,not being whit "the wave" .
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Yes, there has been tremendous propaganda against Hinduism as inferior. The reason is simple, There are one billion Hindus living in a nation that's big enough to challenge the West unlike Buddhism which is splintered and divided with the most powerful Buddhist nation Japan with only 125 million people. Interesting that Western Buddhists ignore the Burakamin Buddhists castes of Japan or the Castes of Tibet.
The Western image of Indian Hindus as primitive is a huge strategic advantage of Hindus. When Hindu power is greater than the West, they won't expect it and will be standing with their pants down. We should play up the image of a weak, backward Hindu, let the West rest on their laurels. With a $30 Trillion Indian GDP, let's see what kind of human rights lectures come from the Western snobs (inheritors of the Christian casta and slave system)
Interesting that Pakistan which had a huge lead over India in 1947 today has a lower per capita GDP (in 10 years will be 1/3 the per capita GDP at present growth rates), 10 years less life expectancy,half the literacy rate. Ditto for Bangladesh. The White boys used to say Islam is superior to the Hindu caste system, where are they now? I have a national geographic article from 1952 to prove it.