BHIMAYĀNA | भीमयान

Bhimayāna is Dr. B.R. Ambedkar's version of Buddhism.  Ambedkar since his childhood was the victim of caste system. He had seen how tyrannical, inhuman and barbaric caste system was. He initially thought of reforming hindu society by getting rid of caste system, which was completely devoid of his ideals of Freedom, Equality and Fraternity. But soon he realised that it was almost impossible to reform the hindu society(which according to him never existed in the first place).  He kept warning about the dangers of caste system and insisted the only solution lies in annihilation of caste.  Meanwhile he was also determined that Hinduism can never be the right religion for the oppressed masses.  Ambedkar never believed in the religion of orders, rules, decree etc. But he imagined of a religion of principles: liberty, equality and fraternity.  He was in the search of a religion which has his ideals subsumed in it. Finally, he came across Religion of Buddha whic