To be clear in mind weve to learn truths, facts and reality related to our faith, belief and doctrine. Otherwise we always keep fooling self believing on false, rumors and deluded knowledge and information. It is worth to read an essay titled Brahmanism, Buddhism and Hinduism by Dr. Lal Mani Joshi published in 1970 to open our BLOCKED mind =D In the essay that follows Dr. Joshi has set out to reply to certain Indian scholars who have criticised Buddhism, and others who have put forward the theory that Buddhism is simply a form of Hinduism or an offshoot of it. His thesis broadly falls under five heads, namely: 1.The Buddha was not “born a Hindu” because Hinduism in its present form had not emerged at the time of his birth; 2.Before the time of the Buddha the religion of India was Vedic Brahmanism, but that alongside the Vedic tradition there was an ascetic (Śramana) stream of religious thought and practise having its origin in prehistoric times; 3.That it is to this Śramanic culture that Buddhism has its closest affinity; 4.That Hinduism grew out of a fusion of Vedic Brahmanism with Buddhism and other Śramanic religious trends; 5.That although Buddhism acknowledges an affinity with the Śramanic cults, it is nevertheless a unique product of the Buddha’s direct insight. Dr. Joshi is not the first to have pointed out the more obvious of these facts; but in his essay he has brought to bear on the subject an impressive erudition and has supported his arguments with the result of much painstaking research. We believe that few people will be inclined to question his general conclusions. Dr. Joshi is Professor at the Department of Religious Studies, Punjabi University, Patiala, India. At present he is serving the Harvard University as a visiting fellow at the Center for the Study of World Religions, Cambridge, Mass., U.S.A. Among other writings, he has to his credit a comprehensive and scholarly work, Studies in the Buddhistic Culture of India (New Delhi 1967, Motilal Banarsidass). bps.lk/olib/wh/wh150-p.html
Posted on: Sun, 11 May 2014 06:51:34 +0000
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