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Originally posted by Indigo_Child
reply to post by DangerDeath
Hindus and Buddhists co-existed with each other all along. Are you familiar with the famous Buddhist university of Nalanda? It taught both both Hindu subjects and Buddhist subjects. The distinction between the Buddhists and Hindus is considered by many Hindus and Buddhists like, especially in India, to be artificial. I have read on both and I have not really seen any major differences.
The reason Buddhists are such a minoirty in India today is because they were hated with a passion by the Muslims invaders, even more than the Hindus. They destroyed all Buddhist universities and monestaries and caused many Buddhists to flee or convert. This is because they considered Buddhists to be atheists and could not tolerate them. They were very brutal to the Buddhists.
Originally posted by Indigo_Child
reply to post by DangerDeath
Ascestic philosophy, you got to love it
Suppose everybody became Buddhist and there is no society.
How are newborn children going to learn?
Who is going to feed them?
Who is going to manufacture the clothes, build the homes, irrigate and farm the fields,
treat the ill and injured,
protect against enemies and animals?
You say Buddhism is not a religion, but in my opinion the philosophy you describe is very religious
and very destructive,
selfish and lazy.
If followed sincerely would lead to the extinction of the human race.
It is sophistry, it sounds nice on paper of everybody retiring to a mountain or cave and meditating all their life, but it is impractical in the real world.
In the real world
we need society and its many divisions to keep it going.
We need our schools to become educated, we need leaders to govern us, we need our artisans and workers to build homes, roads for us. We need our doctors and scientists to ease our ills.
We need our armies to protect us.
Simply put we need society and society needs us.
Krishna successfuly refutes this sophistic doctrine in the Gita. I will cite his argument which is completely agreeable to the intellect:
How does one act selflessly? A Vedic maxim says, "All for society, nothing for me" when you cease being the doer and actor and rather dedicate your life to the betterment of others you are acting selflessly and your work is not binding, but liberating(karma yoga)
Originally posted by DangerDeath
The reason for Buddhism being pushed aside is because it is not really applicable to any form of society.
It is a strictly ethical philosophy and it doesn't like to make compromises.
For that matter, it is appreciated in some sciences,
same as Descartes' analytical method,
or as an existentialist philosophy, and is applicable in arts (as a method) and by all those who seek self realization,
Too Intellectual
but concrete appliance in society is just wishful thinking.
It is opposed to any kind of violence and that's it.
Originally posted by huckfinn
reply to post by thenothingorchid
Reclaiming ones culture is fantastic. I just hope this doesn't end like the last time some people calling themselves Aryans tried to reclaim something they said was taken from them.
I'm sure things will turn out differently for you though. With Reza Pahlavi at your side how can you go wrong?
Originally posted by The Killah29
If the Aryans were very spiritual, were they able to use any psychic abilities like psychokinesis, precognition, telepathy, etc.
I would like to know this because I am training myself to unlock my mind more and hopefully learn to acomplish these abilities.