How Buddhist Maldives Became Muslim: Chapter 1 - The Origins -Who are Maldivian people?

[@muazzamshaikh2049]

Great video...will you also cover the history of Buddhism in Central Asia?

[@BodhisattvaTravels]

Yes. Central Asia and East Asia (China / Japan/ Korea) will also be covered in the series on the spread of Buddhism.

[@silentkiller421]

wow u have posted a video after a long time; well done bro

[@thethreeholybaskets4401]

Good work.Keep it up.

[@westf.793]

While we can't change the past, we must learn from the mistakes of the past so we can have a better future, for all humanity.

[@max-cs9ko]

Thanks to Dr Ambedkar, Buddhism returned back in India, now Buddhism is a thriving community in India

[@BodhisattvaTravels]

So true. And we should also be indebted to the great Sri Lankan Monk Anagarika Dharmapala who contributed a lot to the rediscovery and renovation of several prominent Buddhist sites and also for his lifelong struggles to get back the Mahabodhi temple.

[@deenvadh4199]

Ambedkar did not plant ONE sampradaya of Buddhism back in India. SN Goenka did. Goenka is the real reviver, Ambedkar is a political figure. Meanwhile Buddhism is apolitical! Should tell you what kind of Buddhism “navayana” is.

[@vinnysing1324]

​@@deenvadh4199 Liar!

[@user-so-v9o]

Yeah Muslim destroyed Buddhist statues in Pakistan or it was Afghanistan several yrs ago. And Islam also enslaved Africans for 14 centuries & in some Muslim Countries they still enslaved Africans.

[@LuqmaanRifaz-20]

"Yeah Muslim destroyed Buddhist statues in Pakistan or it was Afghanistan several yrs ago" thats because of heresy upon them and "Everyone's God-given human dignity must be respected, regardless of his or her faith, race, ethnic origin, gender, or social status (ref. Qur'an, 17:70)"

[@user-so-v9o]

@@LuqmaanRifaz-20 I'm just saying, like the Muslim wants people to respect their religion & don't want people burning their religious book,than they have no right disrespecting other people religion.

[@LuqmaanRifaz-20]

@@user-so-v9o wdym like its right there We respect and do not disgrace

[@LuqmaanRifaz-20]

@@user-so-v9o The main reason the Taliban according to them destroyed Buddha statues is beacause a monk claimed Buddha is Allah and according to the Quran we must destroy any idols that resembles Allah

[@user-so-v9o]

@@LuqmaanRifaz-20 Still because a Monk supposedly said something that's no excuse! What goes around comes around.I guess this explains why some people burn the Quran from time to time and speak ill towards Muslims & the Quran

[@skipper2594]

Sri Lanka s total attempts of hundreads of years to preserve buddhism in maldives become useless after 1000 AD.😢.. When all other buddhist countries had a seperate temple architecture , 🇱🇰 Sri lanka had the most simple architecture and stupa styles. Typically cant see in any other country.but maldives has ruins of stupas of exact sri lankan style.

[@shehan117]

It's not about temples, it's about us, Sri Lankans, we stopped spreading the dharma. that's why we lost Indonesia, Malaysia and the Maldives. What a tragic faith...

[@skipper2594]

@@shehan117 lanka was the distributer of dhamma during 5th century bce to 1000 AD , then lanka had to put spreading it away and use all the energy to protect it inside lanka , as from indian hindu invaders , dutch , portugese and british ,during that time thailand took that place for lanka, respect for thailand

[@shehan117]

@@skipper2594 Very true! But what about now? Buddhism in Sri Lanka is slowly dying. dhamma drohi are corrupting our history and culture...Look at the education system in Sri Lanka.

[@skipper2594]

@@shehan117 its inevitable . the world is moving towards the kaliyuga step by step, so the shine of buddhism will also fade away over time. its buddha varsha 2567 going on according to buddhist calender . we have already came more than half the way to the end of gautama buddha s buddha saasana

[@shehan117]

@@skipper2594 It is not! It's our sacred duty to protect the dhamma! Hindus are already doing it! look at ghar wapsi.

[@gihanchathuranga3802]

Maldives was a not only a buddhist kingdom..It was a Sinhalese Buddhist Kingdom..

[@NissaraKandy]

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[@farrightsocialistatheist845]

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[@dilipaweeratunga]

Whatever makes you happy mate👍