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A Lenient Rant - 13/Jul/2018

I have seen some worthless posts that often surfaces on WhatsApp. It's disappointing as well as frustrating to see those messages. Every time I look at them, I find them objectionable, they are regressive and never progressive.   These posts are crafted so well as to turn our mind against the Brahmins, but in fact, they affect our mindset and lead to brainwashing. As a consequence, we become more casteist. Our problem is not brahmins but the brahminical order or casteism that we all support. We now feel proud to be a Satnami, Satnami is a caste which serves nothing to us but to the brahmins. We are aiding Brahmanism to preserve casteism for posterity. We are in no way an Ambedkarite. Ambedkar never advocated caste; he was a nastik, he never accepted the divinity of Vedas. But today we have gone against his will; we revere him not less than any deity. Same goes with Guru Ghasidas; we exalt him to be the satpurush himself. And why satpurush? What's the existence of satpurush, hav

Religion of Buddha Vs Buddhism

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Overview: The Religion of Buddha is a religion of principles. A religion based on doctrines, not institutions. However, Buddhism is a sort of organised religion.  Buddhism believes in organising a religion, whereas the Religion of Buddha organises people. It's a religion of liberty, equality, and fraternity and rationale. Introduction: Political thought cannot be implanted in people by making them aware of various political theories. Neither can they be taught political science. To organize people, social and political thought should come from their religion. That's why Ambedkar insists why there a need for religion. And by religion, he means religion of principles that will also prove to be the basis of political thoughts of the masses. For this purpose, he converted to Buddhism. However, nowhere in his work, Ambedkar means Buddhism by traditional Buddhism. His meaning of Buddhism lies in the religion of Buddha, which is in stark contrast with conventional Budd