Gautam Buddha was every inch a Hindu - Koenraad Elst

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Kindly post more videos of Dr. Elst.

[@gyandarshan2166]

Dont give us a wrong information, buddha was not born as a hindu, he was from local warrior community of that time, hinduism didnt exist at that time, it was brahminism not hinduism, hinduism started in india after 500 AD to counter the influence of buddhism. Buddhism is the separate religion based on rationality which lacks in hinduism. Buddha is not an incarniation of vishnu. Vishnu is not a historical figure, he is mythological figure.

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Can you make a to give truth video of varna which say gita varna is not decided by birth but by gun nature attributes mean anyone can become brahmin and of any varna by growing can promote to another varna but some people started to distorted teaching because only they read texts to enjoy the pleasure respect of raja and brahmin get respect making it lineage things

[@shyamkarki2239]

I am buddhist from Nepal but there are many terms in holy book of buddhist where Indra is consider as lord of heaven and also mention about Brahma ,Bishnu,Maheshwar, .....

[@suryadas6987]

@Bir Gorkhali In Nepal is both Hindu and Buddhist culture and so namings are taken from Pali and Sanskrit language. Nepal was a Hindu country for so long as Hinduism was dominant belief system there (over 80%) for long time. This is reasoning for so many Nepalese having Hindu name even if Buddhist family. Some Buddhist there even still putting tilak?

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@Gondiker Ritvik Thanks for informations, ji. The guy I was replying to deleted his post I see. Pranams. 🙏

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Friend these all scriptures which were written after 11th century in Nepal about Buddhism are all corrupt .

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@Indian Jawan Joint Communiqué by Jagadguru Shankaracharya Shri Jayendra Saraswatiji of Kanchi Kamakoti Pith and Vipassanacharya Satya Narayan Goenkaji. The Maha Bodhi Society Office, Sarnath, Varanasi. 3:30 p.m., 11 November 1999 This joint communiqué is being issued after the cordial talk between Jagadguru Shankaracharya Shri Jayendra Saraswatiji of Kanchi Kamakoti Pith and Vipassanacharya Guruji Shri Satyanarayana Goenkaji. Both agree and wish that there should be harmonious and friendly relations between both ancient (the Vedic and the Ṣramana) traditions. If there has been any misconception in this matter in the minds of the people of the neighbouring countries, it should be removed at the earliest. The following was agreed: 1. Due to whatever reason some literature was written (in India) in the past in which the Buddha was declared to be a reincarnation of Vishnu and various things were written about him. This was very unpleasant to the neighbouring countries. In order to foster friendlier ties between the two communities we decide that whatever has happened in the past (cannot be undone, but) should be forgotten and such beliefs should not be propagated. 2. A misconception has spread in the neighbouring countries that the Hindu society of India is organising such conferences to prove its dominance over the followers of the Buddha. To forever remove this misconception we declare that both Vedic and Ṣramana traditions are ancient traditions of India. Both have their own prestigious existence. Any attempt by one tradition to show itself higher than the other will only generate hatred and ill will between the two. Hence such a thing should not be done in the future and both traditions should be accorded equal respect and esteem. 3. Anybody can attain a high position in the society by doing good deeds. One becomes a low (person in society) if one does evil deeds. Hence anybody can-by doing good deeds and removing the defilements such as passion, anger, arrogance, ignorance, greed, jealousy and ego-attain a high position in society and enjoy peace and happiness. We agree on all the three things mentioned above and wish that all the people of India from all the traditions should have cordial relations and the neighbouring countries should also have friendly relations with India. circumsolatious.blogspot.com/2010/07/joint-declaration-buddha-is-not-9th.html

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U knw gautama Buddha was like 28th Buddha

[@shivendrasinghrathore614]

Exactly just like Jainism many Hindus still worship Buddha you can find them in Bihar and many regions

[@DattaMusics]

@@KelzangDorji because buddha developed in indian dialect,culture...and forth...he himself taught samadhi and dhyana which was already there in india,he being the awakened made his own way and own sangha and that was culturally normal for india...........we already had sankhya which paved way both for buddhism and jainsim........buddhism never influenced hinduism he created a parallel which was more than welcome becuse it was about awakening not like islam or christianity.......we call padmasambhava the shiva of tibet because tantrayana or vajrayana before entering tibet tantra was already popular and existing in sanatan dharma for longfrom the time of pashpatinath temple itself.......thats it...i grew up reciting buddhist mantras not because i was a buddhist because buddhism is natuaral to relate for an indian and very much a part of india than desert religions

[@DattaMusics]

@@KelzangDorji that is the belief of himalayan kaula sages as he practiced tantra there was tantra of shaiva nature before there was a concept of vajrayana...there are texts which say yeshe tsogyal was an incarnation of saraswati..now what ...there is written evidence ...buddhist tantra art was a modulation of kashmiri art ..go check it....buddhist claim guru matsyendranath the originator of natha sampradaya ..u call him avalokiteshwar he was shiva avatara in hinduism......so that was the cultuaral understanding before neo buddhist came...he carried a trishool which the trika symbol of kashmir for centuries before in kashmiri shaivism......so dont fool me ...i know better ...he was known as the shiva of tibet whether u believe or not is secondary....n his youth Padmasambhava, at that stage known as Nyima Oser (Rays of the Sun,) had been a practitioner in the Shaiva [follower of Shiva, Shivite] tradition. According to the biography attributed to Yeshe Tsogyal, his trident was an important aspect of his practice, the points standing for victory over the three poisons -- attraction, aversion, confusion/ignorance....so much so that the ancient mahakala or that beyond time became a bodhisattva converted by tibet post 717 ad???....sell your krypto buddhism and history elsewhere

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@@KelzangDorji idiotic self patronising history ,,,shramanism came in 600s of history ,,,Brihad Aranyaka Upanishad......is of 3500 bce for which i have evidence not copy paste quotes....south african shiva linga is found before 4000 bce...dont spread non sense history moksha is mentioned in cave paintings before there was pali or sanskrit

[@DattaMusics]

@@KelzangDorji .... and the previous Manu of Hindu religion is believed to have lived millions of years ago don't talk about Buddha dipankara because there is no historical evidence about that and if you're talking about mythology we have more older older things than that... don't sell your Crypto history here first of all historians date Hinduism to be around 15 century BC 15 century BCE according to the Archaeological survey about oral traditions that were done and the Rocky Ghadi foundation and the recent excavations has shown that the Pri vedic age the oldest religious practice was kriya yoga and the Pashupatinath seal was that of lordshiva end of story don't bring your stupid distortions here Sanskrit and other languages come from the bramhi language and Brahmi and Brahmin of the world that are pre-vedic in nature don't sell your Crypto history here just to paint Buddhism and Jainism in a big light Rishabh Nath was a student of nandikeshwar Nath and we have historical you evidence of that it was later changed by Janice we have writings of rishabhanatha when he himself says that his teacher was nandikeshwar Nath rishabhanatha did his last Tirth to Kailash because Kailash all the was rejected by Janus because they did not believe in God but everybody knew the value of Kailash and the oldest claim of Kailash to be holy place was by Buddhism not by any other religion don't do all this you will get trapped in your own game .... don't tell me the first man seated in a posture is from Buddhism no he is not that is Pashupatinath and the Pashupatinath Linga is based on that dimension the earliest Yogesh where the not Yogesh and they still where those things they still live like that they still live with animals that is not Buddha that is Pashupati and Shravan S R after Pashupati Yogesh the brahmanas are on a different dimension the creator Yogesh aur on different dimension don't cherry-pick history from here and there and try to prove that Jainism and Buddhism is older than Hinduism don't do all that nonsense it is not know history never concludes that Jainism and Buddhism is older than Hinduism it is only Marxist of India full love Buddhism because they have to attack Hinduism here and Buddhism in China that is all the reason they do it they will mock Hinduism here and Burn Buddhist monks in Tibet that is how the communist are leave the commonest site there is a talk by Raja Chaudhary on the Pashupatinath seal and it was a shivakant shivakant is the oldest Cult in the world end of story is the adiyogi the first Yogi rishabhanatha is a student of nandikeshwar Nath and nandikeshwar Nath is a student of Lord Mahadev.... padmasambhava can contain and know the knowledge of Tantra from an alien I don't care but it is written in the biography attributed to Ashok Goyal of which I can also provide sources where he himself says that he has practiced Shiva agamas don't full me and Kali is a word which is also Pri Vedic it is there in the Tamil Siddhanta Tara is the only goddess which came from Buddhism Kali is older than any this Doctrine call is not taken from Buddhism neither is Mahakal are these are Hindu forms of the Gods and the lingapuram also the Devi Bhagavatam is before padmasambhava without question even in written form and we all know Indian tradition is a oral tradition and Kali is a word from that oral tradition is not a new world that Everest out of Nowhere and was given to us in Diksha by the Buddhist this cannot teachers anything about Kali the concept of the Adi parashakti was there in the oldest him to the great mother in Veda that is known as Devi Suktam and Kali is older then vajrayana Buddhism itself vajrayana came into history post 900 ad but the Shiva ademas mentioning Mahakali in the Chroma system was before that all of which I can give you historical evidence yes Tara was a goddess which came from Buddhism no doubt way older than vajrayana Buddhism and Tamil Siddhanta is older than religion first update yourself about this things and don't be in a rush to conclude that Buddhism is superior than other religious this is a very stupid way to go I have respect for Buddhism and when I said padmasambhava is seen as the Shiva of Tibet it is from a context that he holds that dimension which we recognise as Shiva tattva you are allowed to have your own interpretation and not talking about that that is the secondary preposition only Guru matsyendranath Guru padmasambhava where known as possessing Shiva tatva in its fullest there are many others who possess that in their own proportions but it was only these two people who were considered fullest embodiment of Shiva tattva by Himalayan Yogi end of story and you cannot patronize yourself like that the Bhairav Vigyan Tantra is way older than and the concept of Kala Bhairav Mahakali Maha Kala Bhairava predates Buddhism at Gautam Buddha and I have evidence for that.....tirumalai is of 2500 bc the writer of shaiva siddhanta......the first tantric text.....history approves it..... and for your information the word Kali is mentioned in the Shiva Siddhanta at the Mantra is also present and as far as Buddhism is concerned Buddhism is nobody to teach the she was about tantra don't teachers anything about tantra the only goddess who travelled from Buddhism to Hinduism Is Tarah that too in Bengal it is for a very specific reason because when krishnananda agambagish came the remainder of vajrayana was still present his big sister was of Mahakali kram system so don't abe try to go in that direction I have enough historical proof for that and you talked about the history city of Lord Shiva the writer of shaiva Siddhanta whom I mentioned was the student of nandikeshwara and nandikeshwara was the teacher of both rishabhanatha and Thirumalai what's the student of Lord Shiva end of story I have no inferiority crisis to include padmasambhava I am not that kind of a person but it is the biography attributed to padmasambhava consort mother of Buddha's in which it is written padmasambhava practiced Shiva tantra I am not saying that at the brihad Arya Nayika Upanishad is older than shramanas and as far as the the vedic shield of yogic posture is concerned it is of the pashupata tantrik and that is historical you recorded the pashupata used to worship the Pashupati at that is Pashupatinath not rishabhanatha or Buddha.... and Shiva cannot be considered a Buddhist because he predates the idea of a Buddha he delivered the Shiva sutras he was the teacher of nandikeshwara nandikeshwara was the teacher of Shiva Siddhanta and they predate the age of both Nagarjuna and of padmasambhava and as forest be considering padmasambhava as the Shiva of Tibet is not my consideration I don't care it is something that the Himalayan yogis call him in it is something that the Himalayan yogis call him in respect and lordshiva is not a Buddhist he because the oldest historical scene of Pashupatinath is found and that is Lord Shiva the oldest tantrik script that is Shiva Siddhanta is of Lord Shiva and there are books in which it is retain Rudra the oldest God so I don't have anything to prove I took the name of padmasambhava because this video is about Buddhism I am not interested everybody except lordshiva and don't lie in my face before 900 ad there was Bhadrakali in Kashmir at the name Kali is older than chinnamasta ka is a form of Kali, Kali is not a form of chinnamastika get that straight in your head Saraswati existed before the concept of Tara ,Nila Saraswati transformed into Tara after Buddhism that is true and it is you who is telling me that vajrapani is a historical figure Dipankar Buddha is a historical figure and you have historical proofs for millions of years ago and the vajrapani looks like a mythical figure who taught Tantra to someone you mentioned and you are telling me that how can I have the guts to compare without understanding the contexts that Shiva is is used in three different dimensions Shiva is the reference to enlightenment state or the awakened state or the permanent eternal consciousness in Kashmiri visham Shiva is the name of a particular Shakti and a particular dimension and Shiva is also the name of Lord Mahadev.... don't try all these things Trident is the oldest symbol of Shiva tantra, the 9th century trika system that you are talking about his of Abhinav Gupta before Abhinav Gupta there was Dasgupta before that there was somananda ,before that these was vasugupta and was before 250 years of padmasambhava abefore every other culture the first pashupata tantrik used the Trident in that Rudra Suktam there is a mention of a Trident the Tamil Siddharth who existed thousands of yours before any kind of yogic aur Shravan a any kind of yogic aur Shravan a any kind of yogic aur Shravan a tradition existed because they were from Tamil culture used the Trishul symbol and to tell you again there is a Shiva Linga found which is date according to Tu archeological resources to be over 6000 years old of 4000 BC and a painting of a Trishul is present in that cave did the Hindus give you the permission to take Vishnu and consider him a bodhisattva did the Hindus give you the permission to call somebody and incarnation of Saraswati and how dare you call Kashmir a Buddhist place Kashmir and how dare you call Kashmir a Buddhist place Kashmir and how dare you call Kashmir a Buddhist place??? Kashmir is named after Kashyap not the Kashyap of Buddha for the Kashyap of Hinduism one of Kashmir is named after Kashyap not the Kashyap of Buddha for the Kashyap of Hinduism one of the Kashyap of Hinduism how much do you know about the history of Kashmir Vasuki Nag Raj Mandir is 2500 years old check the Archaeological Survey of India getting me the Buddhist took Vishnu Saraswati Nagaraja and transform them into something and now be claimed to be original next we did not say anything but it is you who is trying to prove this nonsense I know about my history more than you do!!!!

[@DattaMusics]

@@KelzangDorji ...beginning to at least 200 BCE. Its founder and first known spiritual preceptor was Maharishi Nandinatha. Nandinatha is said to have initiated eight disciples (Sanatkumar, Sanakar, Sanadanar, Sananthanar, Shivayogamuni, Patanjali, Vyaghrapada, and Tirumular) and sent them to various places to spread the teachings of Shaiva Siddhanta. Though some of these disciples were sent as far as China to spread the Shaiva Siddhanta philosophy of their Guru, the work of two is especially important...... and later when durvasa established kashmirishaivism Vasu Gupta already wrote the Shiva sutras before padmasambhava came and there is historical proof of that and the symbol of Trishul as the symbol of Lord Shiva existed in India for eternity the whole Indian Pantheon new the symbol of Trishul as the symbol of Lord shiva and Kashmiri spirituality at that time use the Trishul as the symbol of para para para and apara and later Abhinav Gupta refreshed and Reforms the system into 3 ka system I know that history it was mostly in the Ladakh area that madhyamaka school was influential and yes when padmasambhava came he was respected by every Himalayan Yogi but that does not mean that we converted to Buddhism we will never convert to Buddhism and kashmirishaivism is one of the most advanced form of spirituality on the planet..... at the history of nandinatha Sampradaya can be traced back through archaeological and historical determination add the information I have posted is about that and you are talking about shramanas who opposed the brahmanic system the shramanas opposed the Pandit and Purohit system the pashupata who were tantrik and yogic shramanas existed way before Gautam Buddha there is a talk of Raja Chaudhary on this matter!!!

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we Hindus Sikhs Buddhists Jainism are always one and strong I appreciate and welcome all to convert under this umbrella of joy happiness strength peace and harmony. long live dharma .vishnavay namah

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True

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Yes I’m a Buddhist and I will support Hindus and for a dharmic India

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Abhijay Sharma I was a Indian Hindu but I converted to Buddhism because I liked Buddha’s teachings but we should always support dharma

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Abhijay Sharma both Buddhism and Hinduism are the only scientifically accurate religions and better than those desert cults

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I wrote this to him just now and you may wana read it: The Buddha didn't talk much about a supreme being like the Vedas did (people in this age would probably fight over it so he was smart). Also, the Vedas only support a spiritually centered, MERIT based system so if Buddha supports that, he's NOT supporting a birth based caste system. Also, the Vedas predicted Krishna would come back as the Buddha over 5,000 years ago. maybe research more/better, and cite your sources more/better, so you and your viewers can stay on the path of truth more/better. Most people don’t have a full/accurate understanding of any religion. Example: although the Vedas were written over 5,000 years ago & known well before that, all major religions/major sciences stemmed from Vedas. Buddha, Christ were 1st mentioned there, as was all math, oldest histories, other planets, Relativity, etc. It also gave the socio-economic system that dominated/thrived all over (spiritually centered merit based system) BEFORE it was corrupted into a birth-based caste system. ALL life was respected with compassion (killing animals were allowed in rare, unavoidable situations, especially with minimal suffering to the animal). Vedic teachings share the same core teachings as the Bible (like having 1 supreme personal God) but because Vedas are so detailed & allow variations for people who are less good/truthful, it ALSO mentions God with his impersonal energy aspect (Brahman) and many “Gods” (AKA angels) and people misunderstand. Vedic shape/age of Earth is confirmed by modern science, but they have their own more detailed/advanced/accurate model of creation/evolution. If you need details/sources, watch this (you can skip the 1st/last video there) & if you don’t wana pay for the book in the link, message me for the free PDF…. kzbin.info/aero/PL37644B85810E3F6A

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@@airplayrule Some of your tellings are not accurate but you are correct in that Buddha would not speculate on one supreme god but that is how it is doing. Nobody made mention of the one supreme god but instead made offerings to Ishta Devatas. It thought of mentioning or worshiping the one supreme was too impersonal so it was typical to not speak or make offerings to the one.

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@@airplayrule Also Krishna is NOT mentioned in original Vedas.

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@@airplayrule at 2600 there was no caste system

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@@suryadas6987 lol how it could be bcoz Vedas were written long before Krishna was born

[@EduGuardian]

I thank my entire sikh community who sacrificed their lives for Sanatana Dharma . But sikhs now a days dont know these sacrifices and fight with hindus bur as Guru gobind singh ji said hari bhakti hi sb kuch h so moksh is common among sanatana , sikhism, jainism. And buddhism just in jainism its called nirvana

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Paji yehi khe rahu me hindu ko sikh se ladwa rhe hai india me or pakistan or afganistan me sikh bhaiyo ko maar rhe hai guru arjun dev or guru teg bahadur Sanatan Dharam ke leye sahid hogye or guru govind singh hamesha muslims se ladte rhe

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Sikhs didn't sacrifice their life for sanatan dharma actually they destroyed Sanatana Dharma in Punjab.

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@yo bunny they did bro but their lord was actually a hindu

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@yo bunny yes bro first they used to be a hindu study that.

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@yo bunny wdym by nope bro btw no hate to any community dont think im making fun please

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A strong gun to fight against intellectual imperialism.

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Joint Communiqué by Jagadguru Shankaracharya Shri Jayendra Saraswatiji of Kanchi Kamakoti Pith and Vipassanacharya Satya Narayan Goenkaji. The Maha Bodhi Society Office, Sarnath, Varanasi. 3:30 p.m., 11 November 1999 This joint communiqué is being issued after the cordial talk between Jagadguru Shankaracharya Shri Jayendra Saraswatiji of Kanchi Kamakoti Pith and Vipassanacharya Guruji Shri Satyanarayana Goenkaji. Both agree and wish that there should be harmonious and friendly relations between both ancient (the Vedic and the Ṣramana) traditions. If there has been any misconception in this matter in the minds of the people of the neighbouring countries, it should be removed at the earliest. The following was agreed: 1. Due to whatever reason some literature was written (in India) in the past in which the Buddha was declared to be a reincarnation of Vishnu and various things were written about him. This was very unpleasant to the neighbouring countries. In order to foster friendlier ties between the two communities we decide that whatever has happened in the past (cannot be undone, but) should be forgotten and such beliefs should not be propagated. 2. A misconception has spread in the neighbouring countries that the Hindu society of India is organising such conferences to prove its dominance over the followers of the Buddha. To forever remove this misconception we declare that both Vedic and Ṣramana traditions are ancient traditions of India. Both have their own prestigious existence. Any attempt by one tradition to show itself higher than the other will only generate hatred and ill will between the two. Hence such a thing should not be done in the future and both traditions should be accorded equal respect and esteem. 3. Anybody can attain a high position in the society by doing good deeds. One becomes a low (person in society) if one does evil deeds. Hence anybody can-by doing good deeds and removing the defilements such as passion, anger, arrogance, ignorance, greed, jealousy and ego-attain a high position in society and enjoy peace and happiness. We agree on all the three things mentioned above and wish that all the people of India from all the traditions should have cordial relations and the neighbouring countries should also have friendly relations with India. circumsolatious.blogspot.com/2010/07/joint-declaration-buddha-is-not-9th.html

[@kalpeshmahajan1090]

We Hindus Buddhists Sikhs Jain's are One ❤️🙂

[@deeprajmazumder6261]

Ambedkarites uses budha for politics. They refuse to understand the simple thing that a single person cannot know everything. Similarly, Mr ambedkar knew a lot about economy etc. But not dharma. Agreed there was caste based discrimination, but using that point to twist things is just not a sensible thing to do. He never wanted to understand the context of our Vedas and dharma.

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Tumhara pura Vedas aur dharma jhut per theeka hua hain toh balaa koi kyu understand karna chahenga

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@@jatinmahor6310 esa Kya? tumne kaha h to sahi hi hoga.

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Joint Communiqué by Jagadguru Shankaracharya Shri Jayendra Saraswatiji of Kanchi Kamakoti Pith and Vipassanacharya Satya Narayan Goenkaji. The Maha Bodhi Society Office, Sarnath, Varanasi. 3:30 p.m., 11 November 1999 This joint communiqué is being issued after the cordial talk between Jagadguru Shankaracharya Shri Jayendra Saraswatiji of Kanchi Kamakoti Pith and Vipassanacharya Guruji Shri Satyanarayana Goenkaji. Both agree and wish that there should be harmonious and friendly relations between both ancient (the Vedic and the Ṣramana) traditions. If there has been any misconception in this matter in the minds of the people of the neighbouring countries, it should be removed at the earliest. The following was agreed: 1. Due to whatever reason some literature was written (in India) in the past in which the Buddha was declared to be a reincarnation of Vishnu and various things were written about him. This was very unpleasant to the neighbouring countries. In order to foster friendlier ties between the two communities we decide that whatever has happened in the past (cannot be undone, but) should be forgotten and such beliefs should not be propagated. *2. A misconception has spread in the neighbouring countries that the Hindu society of India is organising such conferences to prove its dominance over the followers of the Buddha. To forever remove this misconception we declare that both Vedic and Ṣramana traditions are ancient traditions of India. Both have their own prestigious existence. Any attempt by one tradition to show itself higher than the other will only generate hatred and ill will between the two. Hence such a thing should not be done in the future and both traditions should be accorded equal respect and esteem.* 3. Anybody can attain a high position in the society by doing good deeds. One becomes a low (person in society) if one does evil deeds. Hence anybody can-by doing good deeds and removing the defilements such as passion, anger, arrogance, ignorance, greed, jealousy and ego-attain a high position in society and enjoy peace and happiness. We agree on all the three things mentioned above and wish that all the people of India from all the traditions should have cordial relations and the neighbouring countries should also have friendly relations with India.

[@dontTalkBullshit]

​@@jatinmahor6310 Yhi toh tum chutiyo ka chutiyapa hai jiski iss bande ne baat ki hai tum bas bheemvadi dwara jabardasti brainwash kiye gye ho chutiyo aur tumhare andar jra bhi samajh ya Gyan nhi hai bas tum nafrat se bhare ho kher gand marao!

[@aok8043]

Lmao this one must surely have hurt the ambedkarites lol.

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😂😂😂😂

[@gauravtributes5023]

True, lol 😁.

[@amolkhobaragade]

As an Ambedkarite myself, I'm an atheist not a Buddhist. I don't give a shit about what others say of Buddhism.

[@rajdeepghosh5942]

@@amolkhobaragade That why u are here.

[@sanilyadav1450]

@@rajdeepghosh5942 Joint Communiqué by Jagadguru Shankaracharya Shri Jayendra Saraswatiji of Kanchi Kamakoti Pith and Vipassanacharya Satya Narayan Goenkaji. The Maha Bodhi Society Office, Sarnath, Varanasi. 3:30 p.m., 11 November 1999 This joint communiqué is being issued after the cordial talk between Jagadguru Shankaracharya Shri Jayendra Saraswatiji of Kanchi Kamakoti Pith and Vipassanacharya Guruji Shri Satyanarayana Goenkaji. Both agree and wish that there should be harmonious and friendly relations between both ancient (the Vedic and the Ṣramana) traditions. If there has been any misconception in this matter in the minds of the people of the neighbouring countries, it should be removed at the earliest. The following was agreed: 1. Due to whatever reason some literature was written (in India) in the past in which the Buddha was declared to be a reincarnation of Vishnu and various things were written about him. This was very unpleasant to the neighbouring countries. In order to foster friendlier ties between the two communities we decide that whatever has happened in the past (cannot be undone, but) should be forgotten and such beliefs should not be propagated. 2. A misconception has spread in the neighbouring countries that the Hindu society of India is organising such conferences to prove its dominance over the followers of the Buddha. To forever remove this misconception we declare that both Vedic and Ṣramana traditions are ancient traditions of India. Both have their own prestigious existence. Any attempt by one tradition to show itself higher than the other will only generate hatred and ill will between the two. Hence such a thing should not be done in the future and both traditions should be accorded equal respect and esteem. 3. Anybody can attain a high position in the society by doing good deeds. One becomes a low (person in society) if one does evil deeds. Hence anybody can-by doing good deeds and removing the defilements such as passion, anger, arrogance, ignorance, greed, jealousy and ego-attain a high position in society and enjoy peace and happiness. We agree on all the three things mentioned above and wish that all the people of India from all the traditions should have cordial relations and the neighbouring countries should also have friendly relations with India. circumsolatious.blogspot.com/2010/07/joint-declaration-buddha-is-not-9th.html

[@AkkshayMeshram]

Well say sanatan dharmi... Hindu is geographical identity.. well now days you can say that also so most ppl can understand what you trying to say..no problem upword 👍

[@AkkshayMeshram]

@R K hindu, indo, indu, india is geographical identity not religious identity

[@PositiveVibesCollector]

Hey Upword!, Can you shed some light on Sikhism in the same manner?

[@SJ-zo3lz]

Also , Jainism.

[@dp28784u]

@@SJ-zo3lz yeah but some Khalistani terrorists will deny this.

[@humanforhindustan6448]

@Khyung Lharje Buddhism is responsible for Islamization of Afghanistan, Kashmere, Indonesia.. Buddhism is a traitor cult.

[@physics5896]

@@humanforhindustan6448 stop that. Buddhists are like brothers to us. Don’t spread hate.

[@physics5896]

@Khyung Lharje my friend Gautam Siddhartha was a born Hindu him self. Can you deny that?

[@Clusterpound]

I follow him on Twitter and he has very extensive knowledge

[@friedsugar2701]

Wtf? Whom?

[@indubarnwal8826]

@@friedsugar2701 Obviously, the orator in the video

[@Girvid]

@@vaibhav.kadam.4670 The word hindu didn't exist in that time.

[@airplayrule]

I wrote this to him just now and you may wana read it: The Buddha didn't talk much about a supreme being like the Vedas did (people in this age would probably fight over it so he was smart). Also, the Vedas only support a spiritually centered, MERIT based system so if Buddha supports that, he's NOT supporting a birth based caste system. Also, the Vedas predicted Krishna would come back as the Buddha over 5,000 years ago. maybe research more/better, and cite your sources more/better, so you and your viewers can stay on the path of truth more/better. Most people don’t have a full/accurate understanding of any religion. Example: although the Vedas were written over 5,000 years ago & known well before that, all major religions/major sciences stemmed from Vedas. Buddha, Christ were 1st mentioned there, as was all math, oldest histories, other planets, Relativity, etc. It also gave the socio-economic system that dominated/thrived all over (spiritually centered merit based system) BEFORE it was corrupted into a birth-based caste system. ALL life was respected with compassion (killing animals were allowed in rare, unavoidable situations, especially with minimal suffering to the animal). Vedic teachings share the same core teachings as the Bible (like having 1 supreme personal God) but because Vedas are so detailed & allow variations for people who are less good/truthful, it ALSO mentions God with his impersonal energy aspect (Brahman) and many “Gods” (AKA angels) and people misunderstand. Vedic shape/age of Earth is confirmed by modern science, but they have their own more detailed/advanced/accurate model of creation/evolution. If you need details/sources, watch this (you can skip the 1st/last video there) & if you don’t wana pay for the book in the link, message me for the free PDF…. kzbin.info/aero/PL37644B85810E3F6A

[@dawnfm00]

His knowledge is outdated though, New extensive thesis has proved that Buddha was not a Hindu.

[@srmohanty7460]

Prabhu Rama give us the courage to speak the truth no matter how controversial it may sound.But I have no issue if a hindu converted to budhism or a budhist converts to hinduism jainism or sikhism

[@RamGUPTA-ni5kx]

Thank you for this. Par Excellence.

[@anshulpundhir8170]

Koenaard elst is fantastic. Love how he presents his arguments. Take a bow, Koenaard elst 🙂

[@sanilyadav1450]

Joint Communiqué by Jagadguru Shankaracharya Shri Jayendra Saraswatiji of Kanchi Kamakoti Pith and Vipassanacharya Satya Narayan Goenkaji. The Maha Bodhi Society Office, Sarnath, Varanasi. 3:30 p.m., 11 November 1999 This joint communiqué is being issued after the cordial talk between Jagadguru Shankaracharya Shri Jayendra Saraswatiji of Kanchi Kamakoti Pith and Vipassanacharya Guruji Shri Satyanarayana Goenkaji. Both agree and wish that there should be harmonious and friendly relations between both ancient (the Vedic and the Ṣramana) traditions. If there has been any misconception in this matter in the minds of the people of the neighbouring countries, it should be removed at the earliest. The following was agreed: 1. Due to whatever reason some literature was written (in India) in the past in which the Buddha was declared to be a reincarnation of Vishnu and various things were written about him. This was very unpleasant to the neighbouring countries. In order to foster friendlier ties between the two communities we decide that whatever has happened in the past (cannot be undone, but) should be forgotten and such beliefs should not be propagated. 2. A misconception has spread in the neighbouring countries that the Hindu society of India is organising such conferences to prove its dominance over the followers of the Buddha. To forever remove this misconception we declare that both Vedic and Ṣramana traditions are ancient traditions of India. Both have their own prestigious existence. Any attempt by one tradition to show itself higher than the other will only generate hatred and ill will between the two. Hence such a thing should not be done in the future and both traditions should be accorded equal respect and esteem. 3. Anybody can attain a high position in the society by doing good deeds. One becomes a low (person in society) if one does evil deeds. Hence anybody can-by doing good deeds and removing the defilements such as passion, anger, arrogance, ignorance, greed, jealousy and ego-attain a high position in society and enjoy peace and happiness. We agree on all the three things mentioned above and wish that all the people of India from all the traditions should have cordial relations and the neighbouring countries should also have friendly relations with India. circumsolatious.blogspot.com/2010/07/joint-declaration-buddha-is-not-9th.html

[@gamingbaba6742]

Dislikes comes from Muslim or christians

[@ankitanand143]

Neo-buddhists

[@opanpro9772]

Jai Bheem gang actually

[@opanpro9772]

@KUMAR SANIL Is there any strong evidence that suggests that any of the avatars were of Vishnu?

[@rajdeepghosh5942]

@KUMAR SANIL yes Buddha was not an avatar of Vishnu I have read many Hindu texts but none of them claim Buddha an avatar of Vishnu Buddha himself denied the existence of God

[@anhilatorofignorance2584]

@@rajdeepghosh5942Give me The Text from Buddhist Holy book where Buddha Denied Existence of Of Gods

[@anandraitiscto5]

This was one of the most important videos I have seen and this will help us answer many questions of Neo Budhhists who are often so radicalized that only Muslims stand taller compared to their bigotry. I'm planning on reading all the books written by Shri Elst.

[@santoshd6613]

Exactly my thoughts...

[@19683]

Contra Bodhi So Bhimtard what is your point, Pol Pot who killed millions by his anti-intellectual back to the village pogram was inspired by Gandhi. apnews.com/2a1128d4b0c52563496f1e296df0a229

[@rspvarun]

Exactly. Neos are highly radicalised

[@claudiotavares9580]

From where did you get that? This is an absolute and objective lie!

[@sanskarkhandelwal711]

Bhimrao studied so much about hinduism , but he studied all of it from British Translated Granth , Misconception made him an extremist , He was influenced by west so much that he even tried to bend buddhism according to his choice , He Became just like a prophet of Neo-Baudhs . . . He was just so confused that he just started blaming whole religion for a social issue , . . His Followers Claim people like Ravidas,Valmiki & Vyas , But never follow them

[@sanilyadav1450]

Joint Communiqué by Jagadguru Shankaracharya Shri Jayendra Saraswatiji of Kanchi Kamakoti Pith and Vipassanacharya Satya Narayan Goenkaji. The Maha Bodhi Society Office, Sarnath, Varanasi. 3:30 p.m., 11 November 1999 This joint communiqué is being issued after the cordial talk between Jagadguru Shankaracharya Shri Jayendra Saraswatiji of Kanchi Kamakoti Pith and Vipassanacharya Guruji Shri Satyanarayana Goenkaji. Both agree and wish that there should be harmonious and friendly relations between both ancient (the Vedic and the Ṣramana) traditions. If there has been any misconception in this matter in the minds of the people of the neighbouring countries, it should be removed at the earliest. The following was agreed: 1. Due to whatever reason some literature was written (in India) in the past in which the Buddha was declared to be a reincarnation of Vishnu and various things were written about him. This was very unpleasant to the neighbouring countries. In order to foster friendlier ties between the two communities we decide that whatever has happened in the past (cannot be undone, but) should be forgotten and such beliefs should not be propagated. 2. A misconception has spread in the neighbouring countries that the Hindu society of India is organising such conferences to prove its dominance over the followers of the Buddha. To forever remove this misconception we declare that both Vedic and Ṣramana traditions are ancient traditions of India. Both have their own prestigious existence. Any attempt by one tradition to show itself higher than the other will only generate hatred and ill will between the two. Hence such a thing should not be done in the future and both traditions should be accorded equal respect and esteem. 3. Anybody can attain a high position in the society by doing good deeds. One becomes a low (person in society) if one does evil deeds. Hence anybody can-by doing good deeds and removing the defilements such as passion, anger, arrogance, ignorance, greed, jealousy and ego-attain a high position in society and enjoy peace and happiness. We agree on all the three things mentioned above and wish that all the people of India from all the traditions should have cordial relations and the neighbouring countries should also have friendly relations with India. Your Shankaracharya accepted kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z4aym3ePeaaJbJY

[@rehanphalswal]

@@sanilyadav1450 what do you want to justify by this, say things in short, no one read such long paras

[@meenamink418]

Wonderful, not many ppl have guts to say this.

[@rohitmane14]

To lie no one need guts

[@samydicosta]

@@rohitmane14 Buddhism Follows same sanatana Dharma.. That's why they borrows some of our concepts like karma and moksha and many more.

[@rohitmane14]

@@samydicosta that's what you say. Aise toh koi bhi kuch b bol sakta hai...let me say sanatan follows buddhism. What would you say.? Like other buddha said to never believe anything written or said by someone or even by him. Do believe your own experience.

[@samydicosta]

@@rohitmane14 @rohit mane Its not possible that sanatana Dharma follows Buddhism because sanatana Dharma existed before Buddhism. it was there before the birth of Buddha.. Buddha was born in a hindu family and later he takes sanyas to find life enlightenment. In Buddhism Book Dhammapada he said "Eso Dhamma sanathano" means This is sanatana Dharma itself. Don't belive it then why don't you download Dhammapada ebook and see yourself.

[@samydicosta]

@@rohitmane14 Here's A link do check it out 👉 kzbin.info/www/bejne/r4Gci6yAf8hsp8U

[@rahulagaikwad]

Yes His all ideology based on selected Vedic literature Sanskrit language Spirituality Ahimsa Vegetarianism Low of Karma & reincarnation Buddhist Monk its similar to Yogis Dhayan, Chitta Ekagrata, Samadhi Called meditation Moksha called Nirvana All this theories already described in thousands of years ago in Vedas, Bhagwadgeeta, Upanshida Evan In Thailand Buddhist monk performing Bhiksha like Brahman..... still today......

[@Ichigo-cp9wz]

Not Sanskrit he didn't preached in that language it was pali with time Hinduism took a lot of things from buddhism in Hinduism and started to pit Buddha ws Hindu god when he wasn't

[@Ichigo-cp9wz]

He even was against vedas and Purana told ppl to not follow them openly

[@rahulagaikwad]

@@Ichigo-cp9wz He against veda but his all fundamental ideology based on Vedic literature and ideology..... why.....? He just removed as per his knowledge unwanted things from Vedic Santana literature..... Do you know Bhishma Nirvana? He using Thousands of Sanskrit words I think you not watched this video full Hundreds of example exist that Buddhism based on Vedic Santana ideology..... Hinduism is extension or reincarnation of Vedic Santana........ Main question is why 2500 years old Buddhism use 7000 years old... Bhagwadgeeta concept Ex low of karma Low of rebirth Reincarnation Moksha or Nirwana........ He hate karmakand not Hinduism....

[@rahulagaikwad]

@Asian Soul I am not neo Buddhist or Buddhist I am Vedic Santana Hinduism Follower......

[@Ichigo-cp9wz]

@@rahulagaikwad true Sanskrit has been oldest language I agree I'm saying alot of his work has been added in layer year in vedas and started calling him Hindu god(later year) demolished his work in India by Hindu in fear of spreading of Buddhism same happened in Middle East by Muslim they erased him Hinduism jainisam took a lot stuff from buddhism

[@harshthemonkranyal8713]

Some tamil nadu dalit frnds of mine were really furious when they came to know bodhirama was born in a brahmin family ..they acceoted that buddha was a kshatriya (because they hate kshatriyas a little lesser than brahmins) but weere really reluctant to accept this fact related to bodhiarama..but as time passed they stopped discussing on him like he was no one

[@cssuntherrao]

Non of these true spiritual teachers were concerned with caste and were above it. It is the casteists who try to bring them down to their level.

[@dontTalkBullshit]

These rascals have been fooled for decades first by periyar than by the Dravidian agendavadi.

[@Kim-jo8px]

Most of the Buddhist texts were written by Brahmans. Nagarjun the greatest ezpounder of Buddhiam himself was a Brahmin. At that time there was no Rigidity.

[@apsingh420aps]

How to decide, which text is written by buddha or by brahmin?

[@V1turbo2]

@@apsingh420aps buddha gave sermons but never wrote texts

[@V1turbo2]

@@drd.n4695 yes, but buddha himself never wrote texts that was my limited point.

[@V1turbo2]

@@drd.n4695 exactly. It was compiled by ananda on buddhas direction and NOT WRITTEN BY BUDDHA HIMSELF. Try to under stand my point.

[@V1turbo2]

@@drd.n4695 and i never questioned the merit. My response was to the question posed above by somebody.

[@rohanroynameless]

Caste system is imposed by Britishers.

[@bhinbhinkaka6514]

Nope Jati-Varna system is our system

[@rohanroynameless]

@@bhinbhinkaka6514 Varn system is ours & it is misunderstood as caste system.

[@gopalsingh-yh2jn]

This was imposed by Muslims.

[@animeshraj1327]

@@bhinbhinkaka6514 varna is not decided birth but by gun talent nature attribute it is written in gita there is no direct indirect text which say anyone is superior or inferior brahman used a vishnu metaphor to start discrimination which shudra are vishnu legs really means foundation of society and they used to say shudra are inferior after which british used this to impose their caste rule tribal meaning to divide us if legs are inferior why people bow to god elder legs touch them to get ashirwad shudra and every varna equally important that is written

[@bhinbhinkaka6514]

@@animeshraj1327 Varna is decided by birth. There is fluidity but you can't deny it's birth based.

[@smartbaba1321]

Buddha asked for reforms, but they make a separate religous. 🧐🧐

[@adityashukla517]

They must be Westerners who seperated Hinduism and Buddhism

[@adityashukla517]

@marsh mellow not survive? Majority of Indians could easily follow it.. I don't care about you but to me , the one who follows 8 fold path given by Buddha is true Buddhists... Not others

[@marshmellow1162]

buddha asked for new religion buddha is great

[@jayantpatra3710]

Share this to Bhim army

[@pradyumntiwari402]

Wo chutiye inko brahman siddh kar denge bhai

[@gauravk6114]

Jai bheem wale toh sadak pe tatti karte hai. Inlogo ko toh ek aacha toilet bhi banane ki samaj nahi hain. Agar Brahmin bole ki sadak pe tatti matt karo toh inko discrimination lagta hai.😒

[@RanjanKumar-iv2og]

@Arti Karlekar Buddhism is copy pasting of hinduism

[@shubhamshaw563]

@@RanjanKumar-iv2og don't hate budhism stay united

[@suheldevsingh1315]

@@RanjanKumar-iv2og both are parts of sanatan dharm

[@legendboydiwakar4560]

Hindu bodh Sikh Jain We are Sanatandharm 🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@Aditya-pe1xh]

Eye opening! Great work by Koenraad Elst

[@popcornandwater5903]

Obviously Buddha was a Hindu, he was prince Siddhartha

[@snowboy245]

There is a reason for being born in higher caste.

[@popcornandwater5903]

@@snowboy245 no, nothing like that. Agar aisa hota to sare Brahmin hi scientist, bante. I'm general and against reservations but Brahmin supremacy was something very artificial

[@Educan_is_Key_To_Achievement]

@@KelzangDorji 😂😂😂😂😂chutiya

[@suvasishmajumder7794]

HINDUISM SIKHISM JAINISM AUR BUDHDHISM SAB EK HI HE....... YE SAB HINDU DHRAM KA PART HE...... TO SAB SIKH BUDHDHIST JAIN HAMARA AAPNE BHAI HE..... KHOON KA RISTA HE.

[@shrikishan4177]

Jo mulla bn gye ma chudaye

[@chetan6984]

No ooo jainism, sikhism, are different

[@ikeshkumar9246]

All are sanatan dharma originated in india

[@1575ZVPHEF-kien]

Sanatan Dharma, Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism all these are part of

[@1575ZVPHEF-kien]

SANATANI PARAMPARA meaning SANATANI TRADITION, differentiate SANATAN DHARMA from SANATANI

[@srmohanty7460]

This channel must get 10 million subscribers

[@kmcy5752]

Watch govardhan math channel tooo!!!that is the parent of all these channels

[@karanrajput3857]

Great work

[@nehakum84]

I am student of jyotish (astrology) which originate from veda.and I tell everyone who don't have knowledge about caste system and whoever knowledge of veda and astrology will agree with me.in astrology there is term varna meaning jati. according to astrology every lagna and rashi have varna defined and according to that verna person possess innate qualities of that jati.i am born in brahmin but according to astrology I am shudra and according to shudra jati I have qualities to take care of people and I have seva bhao.my brother is vashya caste according to astrology and he definitely has merchant mentality and know how to deal with business.i have been told when caste system was created it was created because of innate born qualities of person and being shudra was not humiliating that time .it was division of labour and person caste was not decided because of his or birth .but unfortunately power hungry mentality distorted everything and made shudra caste to become slave .it was biggest sin created against our religion and sanatan dharma and humanity.caste was made according to birth not qualities.but knowledge of our great sanatan dharm dissolve all this nonsense.i appeal to all to study veda if not then vedic jyotish ,all will come to know what is meaning and purpose of caste system.i was atheist once because of my ignorance about my sanatan dharma but as I get knowledge slowly of it I get it and i find it so funny that people don't have knowledge of vedas and our sanatan dharma scriptures but humiliate innocent one in name of caste , religion and gender.

[@lokeeb1486]

Many are atheist as they don't know about sanatan dharma... our text books n media label anything religious as superstitious... media n schools mislead people

[@surendradevgaur3331]

You are doing good job. Such lectures will create confidence in Hindus.

[@tivo3720]

Buddhists often accused hindus that hindus converted the Buddha into Vishnu's incarnation but Buddha himself told that he came from Rama.

[@medlearning6224]

Well the Idea of Caste/ Varna is very over hyped. In Manusmriti itself it says everyone is born Shudra and they get a Varna as they learn.

[@dharma3130]

Can you mention that shaloka in which it was mentioned

[@himdude9637]

ॐ If someone adopts Sanatan dharma way of life. He automatically fits into the either Varna Vyavstha Brahman, Kshatriya, Vaishya, Shudra according to their profession or Ashram Vyavstha Brahmacharya Grihasth Vanprasth and Sanyas. Together its called Varnashram Vyavstha for the benefit of the society. I can enlighten you on this vedic Varnashram vayvstha. Mail me Varna division start from us. Our head is our brahma to control our shoulders are our kshatriya to protect us our stomach is our vysya to feed us and our foot are our shudra to serve us. In other words for ourselves we ourselves are our ब्राह्मण, क्षत्रिय, वैश्य and शूद्र. For our family we all ब्राह्मण, क्षत्रिय, वैश्य and शूद्र for each other. But for the society we are ब्राह्मण, क्षत्रिय, वैश्य and शूद्र according to our profession to the society. In Another term division of profession. Which exists all over the world in different forms. And this is most scientific division of profession to avoid conflict in society. This Varna can be achieved by your Karma. To fit into Ashram one has nothing to do. Fits in naturally and can stay in any of the phase as long as he wants. Now it depends on us that we respect equally to our teacher and our toilet cleaner. Which Dharma clearly says respect each and every thing. This is why worship for all not only to teachers. So if you respect your teacher and toilet cleaner equally you are a great Dharmik person. To show respect we must touch feet not the head. Now where you see fault in this varna system. Lots of Rishi like Valmiki, Vedvyas, Ravidas, Parashar etc were not born in cast Brahman but respected worshipped. Cast seems a tribal identity with all the evils of Ego and depends totally on an individual local social environment no support from Dharma. 🙏🙏

[@himdude9637]

@@dharma3130 जन्मना जायते शूद्र कर्मना ब्राह्मण

[@dawnfm00]

@@himdude9637 Now translate this verse also: पतितो पि द्विजः श्रेष्ठः, न च शूद्रो जितेन्द्रियः

[@ankitanand143]

@Contra Bodhi now this is called propaganda.....sankaracharya initially seems castiest but later he changed completely.....he met a jallad in Kashi and prostrated before him

[@leornendeealdenglisc]

Very eye-opening. Thank you for this.

[@liladevi3169]

*Thank you Koenraad for showing me light* . I was confused by videos of some self claimed fake Buddhist monks from West . I have known you for long time now . You are great historian 🙏

[@teddy43207]

Buddha ka e teaching Hy ki baat ko jaacho are parko... Kuch buddhist monk jab bole to AP nahi mane ab Jo bol Raha Hy ab wo mn Gaye .. kaisa logic hai.. aapko shayad se pata nahin hoga jyadatar Buddha ko Vishnu ka Avatar Mane wale Se Na mane wala ka sankhya jyada hai.

[@sanilyadav1450]

Joint Communiqué by Jagadguru Shankaracharya Shri Jayendra Saraswatiji of Kanchi Kamakoti Pith and Vipassanacharya Satya Narayan Goenkaji. The Maha Bodhi Society Office, Sarnath, Varanasi. 3:30 p.m., 11 November 1999 This joint communiqué is being issued after the cordial talk between Jagadguru Shankaracharya Shri Jayendra Saraswatiji of Kanchi Kamakoti Pith and Vipassanacharya Guruji Shri Satyanarayana Goenkaji. Both agree and wish that there should be harmonious and friendly relations between both ancient (the Vedic and the Ṣramana) traditions. If there has been any misconception in this matter in the minds of the people of the neighbouring countries, it should be removed at the earliest. The following was agreed: 1. Due to whatever reason some literature was written (in India) in the past in which the Buddha was declared to be a reincarnation of Vishnu and various things were written about him. This was very unpleasant to the neighbouring countries. In order to foster friendlier ties between the two communities we decide that whatever has happened in the past (cannot be undone, but) should be forgotten and such beliefs should not be propagated. 2. A misconception has spread in the neighbouring countries that the Hindu society of India is organising such conferences to prove its dominance over the followers of the Buddha. To forever remove this misconception we declare that both Vedic and Ṣramana traditions are ancient traditions of India. Both have their own prestigious existence. Any attempt by one tradition to show itself higher than the other will only generate hatred and ill will between the two. Hence such a thing should not be done in the future and both traditions should be accorded equal respect and esteem. 3. Anybody can attain a high position in the society by doing good deeds. One becomes a low (person in society) if one does evil deeds. Hence anybody can-by doing good deeds and removing the defilements such as passion, anger, arrogance, ignorance, greed, jealousy and ego-attain a high position in society and enjoy peace and happiness. We agree on all the three things mentioned above and wish that all the people of India from all the traditions should have cordial relations and the neighbouring countries should also have friendly relations with India. Your Shankaracharya accepted kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z4aym3ePeaaJbJY

[@rehanphalswal]

@@teddy43207 buddhism aur hinduism eek hi hai, dono dharma kai do part hai Buddhism ko neo buddhism sai confuse mat kro.

[@tiffles3890]

"Liberty, Equality, Fraternity" ..... the Buddha sure sounds like someone who just stormed Bastille.

[@aishwaryan1573]

Thanks a lot Elst ji . Much wanted

[@muralikartheekss2932]

My dear SC/ST friends, please do not leave Hinduism. You have no clue what you are at loss just by converting.

[@anandkamble5764]

You are none to say that dont leave hindusim beacuse we are not mentioned in manusmruti beacuse shudra means todays obc which is lower one as per manusmruti, and we were atheist from roots thats why in valmiki ramayan ayodhya kanda 109 sarg buddha and atheists is told as theif just by default we were atheist and gautam buddha was atheist too.

[@muralikartheekss2932]

@@anandkamble5764 you illiterate fool. Yes, i mean it. No one is following manusmriti now. You are ignorent by reading some useless translations. And I am not saying. I am requesting.

[@anitha6249]

@@anandkamble5764 In the original manusmriti, shudras are the ones who are not interested to learn the vedas or the people of other 3 varnas who didn't keep up their duties. Some English guy classifies people into diff castes and you are saying you are not even mentioned in manusmriti! Tribals, since they lived in the forests, rules of the city do not apply to them. They are Avarnas, who do not fall in the varna system of life because the rules in the forest are different. There are only 4 varnas, Avarnas (tribes). Even asuras, rakshasas have varna though the punishment for being rakshasa is to be banished from the kingdom. A rakshasa is an intolerant person who harasses others. Buddha was not at all an atheist. Ramana Maharishi says, because of your misunderstanding, you call even the buddha a nihilist. My god! Why don't u all actually research deep but just go by popular opinion and base your entire lives on political narratives?

[@rupeshpa6409]

​​@@anandkamble5764 even rajputs and Brahmins are obcs .you know nothing .today's obcs and scs were non rajput Kshatriya in past .this classification of obc sc is very arbitrary and every jati who blocks the road becomes sc obc .every hindu was always equal .I am a obc myself and I love my Brahmin rajput brothers and hindu dharma is greatest and most ancient

[@anandkamble5764]

@@anitha6249 who said that ? Lol just another brahmin claim you are giving. Shudra is said by brahmin to those who were doing statue/art work, cleaning, medical fields farming etc. Vedas was just business and in those veds its nothing but dirty words and its another comic book and no common working man would want to believe in these comic books and go checkout that swami vivekananda himself flatters maxmuller who translated ved manusmriti , Even if you lie that there was no casteism The practices wont lie , checkout vyassmriti that who were called avarns Eg:- barber is outcaste you should not approach these , And avarnas is also called by brahmins to those who were not follower of brahmanical system those were buddhist followers thats why those were called avarns and were banned to enter to temples beacuse in those temples there were none other than buddhist arts aka god statue , If buddha was not atheist then he should've said that some sky man exists but he never said such thing so from what basis you are blabberling that he was not atheist if you are not buddhist dont blabber mouth anything.

[@premprakashjauhari2751]

DR. KOENRAAD ELST is a Rishi of present-day India. His services to Hinduism is phenomenal.

[@ranjanchaudhery8479]

We are proud of Koenrad Elst

[@shalinitiwariscorner5210]

I accept that Buddhism and Hinduism have many similarities in mythology such as Devas, Yakshas, Asuras etc and language. It's just like how Islam and Christianity share many similarities such as Angels & Devil , but they are not same at all. Vedas and Dharmashastras (18 smritis) are undeniable basis of Hinduism. While Buddhism clearly rejects Vedas and Dharmashastras. Brahmins at the time of Buddha clearly condemned him and called his followers ' Sramana'. They considered Buddhists as rebellious to Vedic Dharma. Hindus believe in Parmatma. While Buddhists don't believe in Parmatma or Divine authority. Great scholar of Hinduism, Adi Shankaracharya clearly criticized Buddhism and Tantric traditions. He ran the campaign to revive Vedic Dharma and bring Indian people out of Buddhism and Tantric traditions. Yes, Hindus and Buddhists both have a beautiful fraternal bond. But it's highly disrespectful to equalise Hinduism and Buddhism as one belief system.

[@chilarai1]

Excellent! The attempt to break up "Hindusim" into Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism as separate and incompatible religions is a mischievous one as otherwise this "religion" would stretch from Afghanistan to Japan and from Mongolia to Sri Lanka. The central truths of dharma, karma, atma, reincarnation, moksha etc are common concepts to these sects as much as they are among Shaivites, Vaishanvites, Vedantins, Shakti bhakts etc and are found only in these dharmic religions and nowhere else.

[@sanilyadav1450]

Joint Communiqué by Jagadguru Shankaracharya Shri Jayendra Saraswatiji of Kanchi Kamakoti Pith and Vipassanacharya Satya Narayan Goenkaji. The Maha Bodhi Society Office, Sarnath, Varanasi. 3:30 p.m., 11 November 1999 This joint communiqué is being issued after the cordial talk between Jagadguru Shankaracharya Shri Jayendra Saraswatiji of Kanchi Kamakoti Pith and Vipassanacharya Guruji Shri Satyanarayana Goenkaji. Both agree and wish that there should be harmonious and friendly relations between both ancient (the Vedic and the Ṣramana) traditions. If there has been any misconception in this matter in the minds of the people of the neighbouring countries, it should be removed at the earliest. The following was agreed: 1. Due to whatever reason some literature was written (in India) in the past in which the Buddha was declared to be a reincarnation of Vishnu and various things were written about him. This was very unpleasant to the neighbouring countries. In order to foster friendlier ties between the two communities we decide that whatever has happened in the past (cannot be undone, but) should be forgotten and such beliefs should not be propagated. 2. A misconception has spread in the neighbouring countries that the Hindu society of India is organising such conferences to prove its dominance over the followers of the Buddha. To forever remove this misconception we declare that both Vedic and Ṣramana traditions are ancient traditions of India. Both have their own prestigious existence. Any attempt by one tradition to show itself higher than the other will only generate hatred and ill will between the two. Hence such a thing should not be done in the future and both traditions should be accorded equal respect and esteem. 3. Anybody can attain a high position in the society by doing good deeds. One becomes a low (person in society) if one does evil deeds. Hence anybody can-by doing good deeds and removing the defilements such as passion, anger, arrogance, ignorance, greed, jealousy and ego-attain a high position in society and enjoy peace and happiness. We agree on all the three things mentioned above and wish that all the people of India from all the traditions should have cordial relations and the neighbouring countries should also have friendly relations with India. Your Shankaracharya accepted kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z4aym3ePeaaJbJY

[@radhamadhabpathi512]

Best video by Dr. Elst. Logical arguments are presented on the basis of facts not just ideological bias. Keep up the good work.

[@SalahuddinIqbal-786]

I am heartily grateful to you as a Hindu dalit Jay Sanatan Dharm

[@dontTalkBullshit]

Are you from Bengal

[@SalahuddinIqbal-786]

@@dontTalkBullshit From Odisha

[@anandkamble5764]

Science journey channel best antidode

[@arjyachatterjee6874]

​@@anandkamble5764 Sanatan Samiksha eats him daily, gajpoot.

[@pramodchaudhary1243]

Jai shri Ram 🙏

[@ArchitectSiddharth]

Really a great research. Much needed

[@aquietlife8873]

What a beautiful video. Thank you.

[@karthiksiva33]

Keep up this amazing work of educating people that Hinduism and Buddhism are in reality not in conflict at all...Buddha was really a great sage completely aligned with Hindu and Vedic traditions.. Your razor sharp intellect, wit, extraordinary scholarship and insights are exactly what India and the world needs to dispel and demolish so many myths, manipulative narratives and politically fraudulent ideas pertaining to Buddha and Buddhism... Thank you for shining the light... 🙏

[@sv8362]

Thank you sir! Content here is so satisfying

[@GururajBN]

Quite right. In fact, in Ambshta Sutta, Buddha strongly defends the superiority of Kshatriya caste over Brahmanas! But, then few people read the originals.

[@arjunoo7598]

Fantastic piece of information involving a huge lot of Research!!

[@kamalinimalhotra2695]

They are one and the same. Intellectual and factual insights. Thank you.

[@KT-or5lp]

Har Har Mahadev !🙏

[@peoplesrepublicofunitedear2337]

I agree but buddha was not a misogynist. He seperated men and women only for each sex to have control over their sexuality.

[@sohumbasu8810]

Great work!

[@jyotivyas9286]

गौतम the बुद्ध,श्री अम्बेडकर जी और श्री दयानंद सरस्वती जी तीनों ही मेरे फेवरेट प्यारे हैं। हां यह बात बड़ी क्रांतिकारी है की श्री दयानंद सरस्वती जी ने एब्ज डेढ़ सौ साल पहले ही भांप लिया था,,,जी वापिस से हम सभी को एक बार फिर से वेद, वेदांगों की और,उनकी शरण में फिर से लौटना है। वाह। क्या गहरी आंख है। नमन करती हूं ऐसे परम आदरणीय जी को । वन्दे गुरु परंपरा। 🙏🙏🙏💐💐💐🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳💓💕जय वेद। जय आर्य । जय वन्दे भारत ✌️✌️✌️🇮🇳💐🇮🇳💐🙏💓🙏💓🙏💕🙏💓💕💕💕💓😊💓💕💗💕💗💕😃🙂😇😂😂😂😂😄😆😆😆💃💃💃💃🧘🧘🧘🧘💃🧘💃🧘

[@vikramanm3241]

Thank U Sir, for this valuable information

[@ranitbiswas8112]

I don't know how much you read about Buddha maybe be a lot... But what you are saying about that only superficial truth not actually true.... The scriptures has many layers of understanding..... So don't pretend anything without the actual understanding...... Thank you....

[@nichoudha]

The Buddha was agnostic on the question of a deity's existence. :P

[@kmblume1]

Incorrect, see Majjhima Nikaya 100: "It’s widely agreed in the world that gods exist.”

[@snowboy245]

These all are false explanations. He once said caste system and class system should be removed.

[@KillaD55]

Where?

[@darshananiroshan7760]

@@KillaD55 Vasala Sutta: Sutta Nipatha

[@pragyansarmah5817]

He even said don't blindly follow him 😆 Even europe has in higest authority royal family which is aternative kshytria and pop as alternative brahmin Even dalai lamas linege goes back to sakhyamuni who was an upper caste And in buddhist scirptures its mentioned only brahmin and kshytria can be buddha.

[@manbhaniymbon2284]

No, He wasn't. Surely he learnt many things from Hinduism cause tradition is integral part but he leaves the Manusmriti where it has to be. And I'm proud that I'm not Hindu. Good to see Nepal heading toward Chinese friendship. North East should do the same. I can clearly predict once demolishing Christians and Muslim rights, this country will head towards Buddhists and Sikhs. Nam-myoho-renge-kyo.

[@cjmaaz]

North East is here to stay. You better shift to China.

[@manbhaniymbon2284]

@@cjmaaz Then you better shift to middle east. I think you'd love to get lynched by Mobs or an unpaid IT cell servant.

[@ankitgaur2141]

The Upworld should have atleast 5 million subscribers ....

[@shashimenon1000]

I appreciated your clarity and not being swayed by the emotional politics. Better to deal with reality while alive. Dreams are just that; dreams.

[@krishanu-d1k]

Om namah Narayanaya 🙏🏻🙏🏻 Om Namah Buddhaya 🙏🏻🙏🏻 Om Namah Shivaya 🙏🏻🙏🏻 Jai Maa Tara 🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@Jadoun_]

Yes!!!

[@piyushrajmishra]

Keep up the great work

[@FaYT02]

"Dr. Koenraad Elst shows that far from being a rebel, the Buddha was conformist par excellence." I agree with that (if we accept that the suttas come directly from the Buddha, what can't be scholarly accepted). But I totally disagree with the title of the video : "Gautam Buddha was every inch a Hindu" ! First, in the time when the Buddha was living, "hinduism" didn't exist ! It appeared (by syncretism with several currents) in the first half of the first millenium in C.E. And second, at this time, the brahmin culture and ideology was not present yet in the area where the Buddha lived (ie Maghada area).

[@Ankitgupta-nv6dr]

Dumb.

[@SUMITKUMAR-xl4hi]

Apki jankari ko salaam hh

[@rajeshmanderna4551]

Very True

[@rajeevranjan4880]

Thanks UP WORD for showing reality, which has been distorted for a long time by so called scholars, please continue your work. I will try my best to help you. All the best to you and your team 👍🙏🙏

[@kiran0531]

What kind of reality are you talking about can you just elaborate?

[@nowwhat6716]

He didn't show any proof but feed Ur preconceived notion 😑

[@nowwhat6716]

There is no proof that there was Hindu text before buddist

[@SuperMaxxxey]

1) Hinduism is not a religion it is a culture. 2) any living creature born between the Himalaya and Indian ocean is a Hindu. 3) Buddha is not a person it is an attainment. there have been countless Buddhas throughout history.

[@anniemaraj8773]

Culture? It's more of a way of looking deeper into reality.

[@bhupendra_singh15]

Hinduism is in simpler way but we are sanatani and Buddha was too and plz stop listening to that Zakir swine Naik

[@vimleshkumarkanaujiya]

Don't mislead us. There is no Arya term in Pali, it was rather Āriya instead of ārya. Ariya means; Ari - means Cakra or Dhammacakra.

[@muzicmania2148]

Both Hinduism and Buddhism is king of Humanity ,all teach us to respect every Creatures on the Earth

[@anshulpundhir8170]

Fantastic 🙏

[@sivasiddhi942]

Buddha approved Varna system. Thanks Prof.

[@shashanks8035]

Pls note that Varnas such as Brahman and Kshitriya are not castes. The Varna system was a socio economic structure, which is wrongly equated to caste

[@princepoddar2840]

Bro democracy, capitalism, har system corrupt ho sakta hai , ussi tarah Varna system bhi corrupt ho gaya

[@vikram_shahi]

Gautam Buddha is our Lord 🕉☸️❤️

[@Sawo-500]

Buddha is not lord. Stop. He is human being

[@anandkamble5764]

He was human not lord

[@vikram_shahi]

@@anandkamble5764 learn some English first and know the difference between Lord and God

[@anandkamble5764]

@@vikram_shahi mabe you should learn the meaning first a lord means who bosses around, landowner . example:- duke. And gautam buddha said he was human

[@YOGENDRAYADAV-nu2li]

Thanks up world for your great work for telling the hidden truth

[@gskalinga1611]

Koenraad Elst - every inch a truest Indian

[@MrOktony]

I have doubts in your views and demotion. There was a Radical change from Buddhas teachings including a change in the caste system. We know this from the the history of King Ashoka!! The king embraced Buddhism, 200 years after buddhas death, teaching dhamma, removing the caste system , stopped animal sacrifice and respecting other religions. Also, Buddha had many reasons why women were not allowed to join and it was all about timing. One reason could be due to safety and the other was resources.

[@amurarka7876]

Buddha said Truth(his path) is available to all whether of any caste.. Even in hinduism, when someone becomes monk, he leaves his caste. One has to become monk to join his path, to meditation & things, whole life dedicated for it.

[@amurarka7876]

For animal sacrifice, every monk in hinduism has condemned it.. Realized people are very compassionate(Whether Gautam buddha or others), They never support innocent to be killed.

[@MrOktony]

@@jagratshukla2356 puts another spin on it

[@anantsaini]

Thank You.!!!!! UPWARD

[@s_rox5042]

Really, I had the same myth. Thanks for making me understand reality🙏

[@heinzawbo1131]

You just showed verses from Mahayana texts that are very far from the original Buddha's vacana, the Pali canon.

[@someshbarua1400]

Yes

[@swechhapokharel6348]

The definition of Ārya according to the Buddhadharma: ārād yaata iti ārya (they are called āryas because they have gone beyond klesas). Buddhist use their own etymological understanding (nirukti) regarding Buddhist scriptures. So it is your distorted interpretation if you think ārya practically meant Vedic in the sense of being civilized with reference to observing Vedic norms and customs. This shows how poor your understanding is in relation to the Buddhist texts and its conventions. According to Srāvakayāna, they are those who have at least attained Srotāpanna stage and according to Mahāyāna, they are the ones who have at least attained the first bhumi (stage) of enlightenment. The kula (or lineage) of the noble ones is inherited in the Buddhadharma through aspiration of attaining enlightenment and taking refuge in the three jewels, not by virtue of birth in a higher clan. If Buddha was actually sticking to the ancient laws and tradition, why would he redefine words such as Brāhmana, which is not in accordance to the spirit of the Vedas? And why would he shun practice such as untouchability and go beyond the caste system and ordain a low caste barber named Upāli before his royal cousins of Shākya clan? That doesn’t seem to be the action of someone who prefers to stick to the laws or tradition or even ancient rituals. Plus the Buddha has clearly said in other suttas that anyone who joins the Buddhist sangha loses their previous caste and identity. And why would someone who would stick to ancient traditions and laws give up his own royal duty as a King and become a monk instead? Your quote from Mahāvibhāsa, ‘What the noble ones say is the truth. What the others say is not true ? They are called noble truths because they are possessed by those who own the wealth and assets of the noble ones. Because they are conceived by those who are conceived in the womb of a noble person.’ This statement is full of Buddhist jargon and rhetoric. Words and phrases such as ‘noble ones’, wealth and assets of noble ones’, ‘womb of the noble person’ have a different Buddhist meaning as opposed to the conventional definitions of such words. You are simply spreading wrong ideas assuming nobody will catch on your deceit. The Bodhisattva ( in Lalitavistāra sutra’s context specifically that you have mentioned refers to the one who is to attain Samyaksambodhi in the very life) is not born in a despised or a lower lineage so that it allows them a vintage point and they have suitable causes and conditions to master all the skills in the prevalent time. It is not because they themselves shun lower caste. So you are completely distorting the Lalitavistāra Sutra according to your own misled notions and bias. However, seminal texts like the Bodhicaryāvatāra says that Buddhas and Bodhisattvas can take the form of any animate or inanimate objects, in order to help sentient beings. You cannot just read one or two text and make your own assumption about Buddhism. In regard to matter of distribution of the Buddha's relics, I think you forgot to mention there was also a Brāhmin who still received the relics of the Buddha. So what was common among all eight Kings was not that they were all Kshyatriyas but they all vowed to erect a stupa over the relics of the Buddha and hold a festival in their honor. It was Drona Brāhmin who divided the relics of the Buddha into eight portions after saying this: One word from me, I beg you, sirs, to hear! Our Buddha taught us ever to forbear; Unseemly would it be should strife arise And war and bloodshed, over the custody Of his remains, who was the best of men! Let us all, sirs, in friendliness agree To share eight portions - so that far and wide Stupas may rise, and seeing them, mankind Faith in the All-Enlightened One will find! Brahmin Drona’s words shows the spirit of the Buddhist teachings. You are simply distorting the context according to your liking assuming nobody will verify what you have said with the actual text. No, the Buddha has never claimed himself to be reincarnation of Rāma. The Buddha just tells in Dasaratha Jātaka that his name had been Rāma Punḍita in that life and Sītā, Lakṣamana, Bharata were his siblings. In the same way, he tells that he was hare, other humans, gods, and several other animals in his previous lives. You should really be ashamed of your distasteful porridge you have cooked to appease your patrons. You must be paid quite a lot to go beyond your conscience as well as mar your reputation as a scholar. Buddhists or the Buddha did not retell Ramāyāna but the epic itself was made out of extracts of Buddhist texts like Jataka which was Buddha’s retelling of his previous lives. The Jātakas stories were words of Buddha himself and a part of Pali Canon which dates back to 2600 years while Ramāyana dates back not before 300 BCE. So we can imagine who were the ones who spiced stories like Dasaratha Jātaka of Pāli Canon and made it into an epic folklore! Please do not embarrass yourself by presenting such fallacies which have no credentials just so to appease the mass. If it were the same Rāma, then why would the Rāmāyana call the Buddha a thief in the Jabāli Prakaraṇa? Your political parties recruit people, the Buddha did not have to recruit anyone. They willingly joined the sangha because they weren’t satisfied with the Vedic teachings. I wonder how did you conclude upon the statistics of Buddha’s sangha! Is it really accurate or your hotchpotch calculation? Even if we are to go by it, why would a person who endorsed dogmatic caste system still be okay with 20% of “non-elites” other than Brāhmans and Kshyatriyas? And even if we stick to your statistics, in a society which was divided into 4 caste, do you think creatures of the moon would be monks and nuns if not Brahmins, Kshyatriyas and other caste of the prevalent time? It doesn’t really make much sense logically. Are you sure you want to sell such illogical argument as a scholar? In the Mahāparinibbāna Sutta, when the Buddha was dwelling in Uruvelā, on the bank of Neranjara river, the māra had asked him to go into Parinirvana but the Buddha said that he won’t go into Parinirvana, until he had trained his sangha of monks, nuns, laymen and laywomen. So this expression shows that Buddha didn’t really have the kind of bias you are trying to project in your video. He had already decided he would train all four kinds of sangha regardless of their gender. Mixing religion with politics doesn’t really justify Buddha himself endorsed hierarchy based on caste. Had Buddha really endorsed such dogmatic system, nobody could have become a Buddhist with lower caste. And that is not really the case even in China, Japan, or even the ancient India when Buddhism had flourished. There are stories of Mahāsiddhas who were not just Brāhmins or Kings but were fishermen, farmers, hunters which were lower untouchable caste in those period. They still converted to the Buddhadharma and even became masters of Buddhadharma. Buddha being a Hindu is a wishful thinking of those fanatics who cannot get over their religious supremacy claiming everything to be their offshoot whether or not there is any truth in that matter. Please do not forget, it was only South Asia which lost his teachings and his teachings has been well preserved in other countries.

[@sunilu.ajinadasa3515]

Thanks for upholding Buddhism.

[@bibeksharma270]

yes, you are right!!

[@DipayanPyne94]

Swechha Pokharel, that was quite good. Even I was quite shocked by the claim that Buddha was a Hindu, when so many Suttas from the Pali Canon make it very very clear that he rejected many Vedic ideas and/or the words of the Brahmins that he debated. If we still want to call him a Hindu, we MUST ALSO say that he was the BEST Hindu of his time, coz he challenged/rejected the ideas of basically all Upper Caste Hindus of his time. LOL.

[@swechhapokharel6348]

@@DipayanPyne94 Yes, you are correct about him rejecting many Vedic views. All the Hindu traditions are based on the philosophy of Ātman which has its own technical definition in Hindu literature. In his text Tatvabodh, Sankarāchārya has defined as Ātmā as Sat-Chit-Ānanda. And Sat, according to him is that which remains unchanging in all three times. Now this is what what Buddha completely rejected - the idea of Sat, an entity that remains unchanging in all three times. According to Hindu Dharma realization of Ātma is the liberation but according to what the Buddha taught, ātma is a concept created by nescience or avidya because there is no entity that remains unchanging in all three times. Sat-kaya-dristi (or the view of self) is the fetter that binds one to samsara in the Buddhadharma. A Buddhist will ask if ātma is sat then how can birth and death happen because birth and death means change ??? So how can an unchanging ātma be born and die? The idea is contradictory in itself. Now, for anyone who has even studied a little of Buddhism with authentic lineage masters, the idea of the Buddha being a Hindu would be absurdity because what Hinduism calls gyān or realization is nescience (avidya) according to the Buddha. People are trying to bring many spiritual traditions under one umbrella due to their identity crisis, religious superiority or even lack of information about their own religious texts but then for someone who has actually learnt and practiced Buddhadharma from authentic masters, it is quite clear that the Buddha couldn't possibly be a Hindu when he rejected the highest view of Hindu Dharma, that of ātmā !

[@DipayanPyne94]

Yes, that's right, Swechha. Buddha started a very different tradition. Even the ideas of Dharma, Brahman etc were given a different spin by Buddha. However, I don't think that there is absolutely nothing common between Buddha, the Vedic people, the other Sramanas and so on. If I am not mistaken, Buddha learnt quite a lot about Meditation and Philosophy from others, but came up with very unique ideas of his own, thereby making him the best Philosopher from Ancient India ... Anyway, I would just like to give you some advice. You will often find a lot of people, including scholars, who might seem like distortionists or propagandists or whatever, but a kind response is the way to go about it. That's how Buddha himself would go about it. Isn't it ? So, we should stop branding people like Elst as fa..tics. Many, like Elst, have done and/or are doing, in general, an amazing job, of protecting/defending Indian culture and civilization, which has been systematically bashed by Western Indology and many other forces, particularly after independence. Swadeshi Indology and Infinity Foundation are 2 organizations doing exactly that. I think we should remember that, regardless of our disagreements with them every once in a while ...

[@ratanashifu]

Vanaf c. 6:00 min wordt de zaak zo bijzonder, dat er zelfs geen begin meer gemaakt kan worden met weerleggen van door u aangedragen fragmenten uit post-boeddhistische en hunduïstische teksten. Werkelijk, dit gaat te ver!

[@followthebakri4814]

Good men who is more india then many, thank

[@striker1011]

In Buddhist doctrine there have been numerous Buddhas that (re)discovered the path to Nirvana, the “dharma” or body of teachings. When the dharma of the previous Buddha is completely forgotten and the teaching has faded from the world, a new Buddha will be born and achieve enlightenment. We are currently in the era of Siddharta Gautama, the person normally referred to as “the Buddha” in the last 2000+ years. The previous Buddha was one Kassapa; the next Buddha will be Maitreya.

[@vinit1366]

Jai Bhim Jai Meme Wale Jarur dekhe

[@biswabose8577]

Buddha was neither for or against Jati Varna system. In fact there is no reference to him either endorsing or opposing that . Most likely because all ancient Spiritual seekers of Indian civilization used to be only sincerely concerned abut matters of spirituality which is beyond Jati Varna system. Buddha no exception . But yes later part when Buddhism was spread throughout Asia from NALANDA university , most of the philosophers of Nalanda University who spread it across Asia were from Bengali Brahmin family.

[@RaviOjha06]

Buddhism, Sikhism, Jainism separated from Hinduism by the Britishers. It was pastor M.A. sherring who created caste in Hinduism. Hindus must research about the real history of India.

[@varshasubramanian5695]

Pls guide . If we research , we don't get unbiased info. Everything is either right or left oriented.

[@karanskumar8512]

Much needed video

[@mochimmy3724]

Social reform doesn't mean opposing a religion. So ambedkar ji wasn't wrong. There were many social reformers who promoted Hinduism but worked to improve the society. Moreover Buddhism as a religion didn't have that much of a caste problem as Hinduism during Dr. Ambedkar's time. Any religion is formed by what the followers continue to believe or practice and not just solely influenced by the life of their leader.

[@vaibhav.kadam.4670]

BUDDHA IS BUDDHIST.. BUDDHA LEFT HIS RULE.. HIS KINGDOM.. HIS PALACE.. HIS WIFE AND CHILD.. HE LEFT EVERYTHING.. AND CREATED NEW RELIGION.. BUDDHA IS 1000% BUDDHIST..

[@MsRkshukla]

Tight slap to neo buddhist. But are they listening?

[@sanilyadav1450]

Joint Communiqué by Jagadguru Shankaracharya Shri Jayendra Saraswatiji of Kanchi Kamakoti Pith and Vipassanacharya Satya Narayan Goenkaji. The Maha Bodhi Society Office, Sarnath, Varanasi. 3:30 p.m., 11 November 1999 This joint communiqué is being issued after the cordial talk between Jagadguru Shankaracharya Shri Jayendra Saraswatiji of Kanchi Kamakoti Pith and Vipassanacharya Guruji Shri Satyanarayana Goenkaji. Both agree and wish that there should be harmonious and friendly relations between both ancient (the Vedic and the Ṣramana) traditions. If there has been any misconception in this matter in the minds of the people of the neighbouring countries, it should be removed at the earliest. The following was agreed: 1. Due to whatever reason some literature was written (in India) in the past in which the Buddha was declared to be a reincarnation of Vishnu and various things were written about him. This was very unpleasant to the neighbouring countries. In order to foster friendlier ties between the two communities we decide that whatever has happened in the past (cannot be undone, but) should be forgotten and such beliefs should not be propagated. 2. A misconception has spread in the neighbouring countries that the Hindu society of India is organising such conferences to prove its dominance over the followers of the Buddha. To forever remove this misconception we declare that both Vedic and Ṣramana traditions are ancient traditions of India. Both have their own prestigious existence. Any attempt by one tradition to show itself higher than the other will only generate hatred and ill will between the two. Hence such a thing should not be done in the future and both traditions should be accorded equal respect and esteem. 3. Anybody can attain a high position in the society by doing good deeds. One becomes a low (person in society) if one does evil deeds. Hence anybody can-by doing good deeds and removing the defilements such as passion, anger, arrogance, ignorance, greed, jealousy and ego-attain a high position in society and enjoy peace and happiness. We agree on all the three things mentioned above and wish that all the people of India from all the traditions should have cordial relations and the neighbouring countries should also have friendly relations with India. circumsolatious.blogspot.com/2010/07/joint-declaration-buddha-is-not-9th.html

[@sanilyadav1450]

You already have been slapped by SN GOENKA Read it.....

[@uddeshyasingh3188]

@@sanilyadav1450 this proves nothing

[@atuls24]

Fantastic 🙏🏼👍

[@merohit121]

Its ok we indian love Buddhism.

[@kaceobrwa7039]

only non Indians says that buddhism is different from sanatan dharma , we don't have to care about what these outsiders think , they are outsiders let them follow whatever they want , at the end of the day they are following indian religon , created by Indians

[@cssuntherrao]

The Mahavibhasa & Lalitavistara are Mahayana Buddhist Sutras composed 600 to 800 years after The Buddha's time. These are not accepted by Theravada (Hinayana) Buddhists. In the Dhammapada it is stated that it is not by mere birth that one becomes a Brahmin but by certain noble qualities he possesses or develops.

[@sonamtshering194]

True, also some are of the opinion that part about the Buddha denying women in the sangha has been monkeyed with. Also, its Shravakayana not Hinayana since the latter is a derogatory term

[@Jnaiha]

Bhagvat Gita also says same thing. Varna is gunna (qualities)based