Genocide of buddhists by brahmin hindus in ancient india

[magra]

Buddhism and hinduism are both dharmic religions but yet they are different from each other.

I repeat that there was no concept of 'religion' at the time in the subcontinent. Just various schools of thought. Prince Sidharth Gautam, born a Hindu, gave up his royal life and embarked on his own spiritual journey. Later he taught his disciples his way of reaching God. He came to be known as Buddha and his followers later came to be known as Buddhists. Intermarry between Hindus and Buddhists are fairly common and without any controversy. They are only technically different religions but have far too many similarities.

The empire of ashoka the great was the biggest one in the history of this region.

Emperor Ashok, disgusted by the violence he did to win Kalinga, renounced unnecessary violence. Thats when he and his children started following Buddhism. It does not mean that all his subjects automatically turned Buddhists overnight. He sent emisseries, inclulding his own children, to various countries to spread Buddhist philosophies.

 

[gulli]

If you are a Hindu, better mind your own business instead of trying to prove Lord Buddha as an avatar of Vishnu.

Pig eating buddha as avatar of Vishnu?? Stop kidding..

 

[SecularNationalist]

Prince Sidharth Gautam, born a Hindu, gave up his royal life and embarked on his own spiritual journey. Later he taught his disciples his way of reaching God. He came to be known as Buddha

Yea by same logic kaaba was once a hindu temple.
Keep getting better and better.

 

[magra]

Yea by same logic kaaba was once a hindu temple.
Keep getting better and better.

I am talking about the subcontinent, not middle east.
People of the subcontinent were referred to as Hindus by Persians and everyone else beyond Sindhu.

 

[KedarT]

Later he taught his disciples his way of reaching God. He came to be known as Buddha and his followers later came to be known as Buddhists.

As far as I know, God wasn't even the central concept in Buddhist philosophy. So basically it's 'He taught is disciples his way of attaining nirvana/moksha'. He observed that any human goes through a lot of suffering and wanted to find a solution to that. He came to the conclusion that desire is the root cause for all suffering. When he attained enlightenment, Siddhartha Gautama came to be referred to as Lord Buddha or the 'Enlightened One'. There's no mention of God in the Four Noble Truths nor in the Noble Eightfold Path which is the way to attain nirvana/moksha.

@Buddhistforlife correct me if I'm wrong anywhere.

I repeat that there was no concept of 'religion' at the time in the subcontinent. Just various schools of thought.

Agree to this.

Emperor Ashok, disgusted by the violence he did to win Kalinga, renounced unnecessary violence. Thats when he and his children started following Buddhism.

Some say he had converted to Buddhism before the Kalinga war.

From Wiki:
On the other hand, the Sri Lankan tradition suggests that Ashoka was already a devoted Buddhist by his 8th regnal year, having converted to Buddhism during his 4th regnal year, and having constructed 84,000 viharas during his 5th–7th regnal years.[92] The Buddhist legends make no mention of the Kalinga campaign.[94]

Based on Sri Lankan tradition, some scholars – such as Eggermont – believe that Ashoka converted to Buddhism before the Kalinga war.[95] Critics of this theory argue that if Ashoka was already a Buddhist, he would not have waged the violent Kalinga War. Eggermont explains this anamoly by theorising that Ashoka had his own interpretation of the "Middle Way".[96]

 

[Kambojaric]

@Kambojaric you were damn right.

Studying history through the lens of a modern day political ideology is always going to be problematic. The very purpose why such individuals study history is not to learn from the past but rather for the past to reaffirm their preconceived modern opinions and biases. After discussing history with such individuals for more than a decade (on PDF and elsewhere) I can easily say it's a futile experiment as there is little intellectual honesty involved.

 

[fitpOsitive]

Mihirakula which killed 30 m Buddhist in current Punjab and KPK was a hindu Shiva devotee

It led to fall of Gandhara Civilization

And hence rise of Islam. Let's pay our tribute to Mr Mihirakula for great service.

 

[Buddhistforlife]

And hence rise of Islam. Let's pay our tribute to Mr Mihirakula for great service.

Mihirakula made great service by killing Buddhists?

Similarly I pay tribute to Queen Isabella, Genghis khan for destroying Abbasids and Andalusia.

And hence rise of Islam. Let's pay our tribute to Mr Mihirakula for great service.

You have no empathy man supporting killing of human beings. Now if someone calls Muslims as bigots then you will call him islamophobe.

 

[fitpOsitive]

Mihirakula made great service by killing Buddhists?

Similarly I pay tribute to Queen Isabella, Genghis khan for destroying Abbasids and Andalusia.

We too. We were also sick of these guys. Thank you Isabella and Ganghis Khan too. Your services will never be forgotten.

 

[Buddhistforlife]

We too. We were also sick of these guys. Thank you Isabella and Ganghis Khan too. Your services will never be forgotten.

 

[KedarT]

And hence rise of Islam. Let's pay our tribute to Mr Mihirakula for great service.

This is another POV:


Xuanzang tells us that initially Mihirakula was interested in learning about Buddhism, and asked the monks to send him a teacher; the monks insulted him by recommending a servant of his own household for the purpose. This incident is said to have turned Mihirakula virulently anti-Buddhist.[22]

Historian Upinder Singh has raised some questions over the anti-Buddhist reputation of Mihirakula while considering these episodes of violence:-

Was this reputation based on actual religious persecution? Or was Mihirakula cast into the role of a cruel anti-Buddhist king because one of his arch political opponents, king Baladitya of Magadha (sometimes identified with a later Gupta emperor Narasimhagupta), at whose hands he apparently suffered a crushing defeat, was an ardent patron of the Buddhist sangha? The interesting thing is that ninth- and tenth-century Jaina texts describe Mihirakula as a wicked, oppressive tyrant who was anti-Jaina. Are the textual references evidence of active political persecution and violence? Or are they merely expressions of resentment at a lack of royal patronage and support? Are they recastings of political conflicts into religious molds?[23]

It is possible that Mihirakula, who from one of his inscriptions and the symbols on his coins seems to have been inclined toward Shaivism (although his coins also have representations of other deities such as the goddess Lakshmi), was inimical toward both Buddhists and Jainas.[24]

She concludes that:-

Even if the extent of the persecution of kings such as Mihirakula and Shashanka (king of unified Bengal polity; circa. 590 CE - 625 CE) was exaggerated, it is significant that such perceptions of violent royal persecution and oppression on religious lines existed. But Mihirakula and Shashanka are exceptions to the general trends of royal religious policy of that period.[25]

Mihirakula being defeated by Yashodharman:

 

[fitpOsitive]

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Thanks for your services on PDF.

 

[Maira La]

Mihirakula which killed 30 m Buddhist in current Punjab and KPK was a hindu Shiva devotee

It led to fall of Gandhara Civilization

30 million is just massive for that age. Probably almost the entire Buddhist population in those region. No wonder Buddhism didn't survive in Pakistan.

 

[Juggernaut_Flat_Plane_V8]

Opinion: Why it’s essential for school students to learn about religious violence in ancient India

Historian DN Jha’s ‘Against the Grain’, which challenges the Hindutva depiction of Indian history, could serve as a model for tackling this in textbooks.

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LOL Indian media is not reliable according to PDF
I would not mind Buddhism gaining supremacy over Hinduism and galvanizing Indians against foreign forces....Most important is an Indian ideology triumphy over foreign ideology

 

[Srinivas]

Opinion: Why it’s essential for school students to learn about religious violence in ancient India

Historian DN Jha’s ‘Against the Grain’, which challenges the Hindutva depiction of Indian history, could serve as a model for tackling this in textbooks.

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You should check about Adi Shankara who convinced Buddhists and royals at that time to convert back to Hinduism, through dialogue. There is no genocide of Buddhists by Hindus.

one of the main reason of disappearance of Buddhism is Adi Shankara who convinced people of India.