07-17-2010, 07:39 PM
[quote name='agnivayu' date='14 July 2010 - 08:59 AM' timestamp='1279077708' post='107449']
If India was a 1 Billion Buddhist country, I guarantee you the Western Buddhists will be the first ones to dump Buddhism and start attacking it.
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This probably is not true .
The reason is more likely the view spread by western historians in the beginning of 20 century.All television and readers after them just copy the conclusions.
Christianity was the religion of love.
Islam was a version of christianity ,maybe even a refined version of it(less ritualistic,less intricate doctrines)
Buddhism was pure aerial philosophy.
Hinduism unlike the upper 3 was too tribalistic(versus universal ones above,selfish indians),too caste system(unlike egalitarian),too much black peoples(what good can came from people whit black skin?).
Because this historians were in majority english,they reflect the english views of the 19-20 century.
This view was copied by the neo-buddhists because they find out about buddhism from that english books.
It is not because India could be a future competition to western powers.
Beside India is the only place were they can attack other doctrines.
Islamists are too sensitive so they will chop some neo-buddhist heads(beside ,in general no buddhist big populations are nearby islamic ones).
If India was a 1 Billion Buddhist country, I guarantee you the Western Buddhists will be the first ones to dump Buddhism and start attacking it.
[/quote]
This probably is not true .
The reason is more likely the view spread by western historians in the beginning of 20 century.All television and readers after them just copy the conclusions.
Christianity was the religion of love.
Islam was a version of christianity ,maybe even a refined version of it(less ritualistic,less intricate doctrines)
Buddhism was pure aerial philosophy.
Hinduism unlike the upper 3 was too tribalistic(versus universal ones above,selfish indians),too caste system(unlike egalitarian),too much black peoples(what good can came from people whit black skin?).
Because this historians were in majority english,they reflect the english views of the 19-20 century.
This view was copied by the neo-buddhists because they find out about buddhism from that english books.
It is not because India could be a future competition to western powers.
Beside India is the only place were they can attack other doctrines.
Islamists are too sensitive so they will chop some neo-buddhist heads(beside ,in general no buddhist big populations are nearby islamic ones).