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[Omar1984]

This is how Buddhism spread

Now members here are going to suggest that the Mauryan empire is not Indian

Then how come most of you Indians are not Buddhists.

Percentage of cultural/nominal adherents of combined Buddhism with its related religions (according to the highest estimates).

Buddhism by country - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia



The 2001 census reported the religion in India with the largest number of followers was Hinduism, with over 800 million (80.5 percent) of the population recording it as their religion. Other religious groups include Muslims (13.4 percent), Christians (2.3 percent), Sikhs (1.9 percent), Buddhists (0.8 percent), Jains (0.4 percent), Jews, Zoroastrians and Bahá'ís.[174]

India - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[Nair saab]

Buddhism is a separate religion from Hinduism. For Buddhists, Buddha is their God. Hinduism has many gods. And Buddhists are allowed to eat cow's meat. Among many differences between the two religion.

Omar dont talk stupidity if u dont know anything about a religion...Buddhist in reality should be Pure vegetarian... but now diferent buddhist school teach different thought about the diet & buddha is considered as a Avatar of Vishnu...& buddhism spread around the world during the time of Ashoka the great...
here is the photo of spread of Buddhism...

 

[Water Car Engineer]

Then how come most of you Indians are not Buddhists.

Most Indians are not Jains and Sikhs too. Iranians are not Zoroastrians either. Most Chinese dont practice Taoism and Confucianism, and?

 

[tallboy123]

What difference does it make if he was Hindu or not?

The point is, that he was not an Indian. He was born in what is now Nepal.

Being an Indian and being a Hindu are not the same thing. Nepal has a lot of Hindus too.

how can u say he was not indian and nepalese????

He was from mauryan dynasty.....
He was not indian nor nepalese...

he was born in mauryan dynasty.....present day nepal..
his death in kushinagar ..present day..
hope u understood...

and yes,buddhu belong to hinduism which exists in india and nepal

next time dont twist the facts

 

[justanobserver]

Then how come most of you Indians are not Buddhists.

The 2001 census reported the religion in India with the largest number of followers was Hinduism, with over 800 million (80.5 percent) of the population recording it as their religion. Other religious groups include Muslims (13.4 percent), Christians (2.3 percent), Sikhs (1.9 percent), Buddhists (0.8 percent), Jains (0.4 percent), Jews, Zoroastrians and Bahá'ís.[174]

India - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Using this logic of "maximum" followers. Islam can be thought to have come from Pakistan rather than Saudi Arabia

 

[tallboy123]

Then how come most of you Indians are not Buddhists.

Percentage of cultural/nominal adherents of combined Buddhism with its related religions (according to the highest estimates).

Buddhism by country - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia



The 2001 census reported the religion in India with the largest number of followers was Hinduism, with over 800 million (80.5 percent) of the population recording it as their religion. Other religious groups include Muslims (13.4 percent), Christians (2.3 percent), Sikhs (1.9 percent), Buddhists (0.8 percent), Jains (0.4 percent), Jews, Zoroastrians and Bahá'ís.[174]

India - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

bad logic...

pakistan has the 2 nd largest population of muslims and indonesia has 1st ,then did islam originate from pakistan and indonesia?????????????
can u answer this...??

 

[Water Car Engineer]

how can u say he was not indian and nepalese????

He was from mauryan dynasty.....
He was not indian nor nepalese...

he was born in mauryan dynasty.....present day nepal..
his death in kushinagar ..present day..
hope u understood...

and yes,buddhu belong to hinduism which exists in india and nepal

next time dont twist the facts

Buddha was not born in the Mauryan empire. He was born in his father's kingdom. When India was many kingdoms.

Ashoka the Great did put stupas in the place where Buddha was born, where he achieved enlightenment, etc, etc.

 

[Nair saab]

& buddhism is not a religiom...Its a way of life like Hinduism...& statue of buddha is kept for respect not for workshipping & buddhist even workship Mahavishu ,devis & even lord Shiva...

 

[tallboy123]

Buddha was not born in the Mauryan empire. He was born in his father's kingdom. When India was many kingdoms.

Ashoka the Great did put stupas in the place where Buddha was born, where he achieved enlightenment, etc, etc.

small mistake:buddha was from shakya clan empire..born to suddodhana and maydevi... present day nepal
attained enlightment in India
Died is Kushinagar,present day india

 

[Omar1984]

Using this logic of "maximum" followers. Islam can be thought to have come from Pakistan rather than Saudi Arabia

Both Pakistan and Saudi Arabia are Muslim majority popolutions. While India has only 0.8% of its population following Buddhism and you are claiming Buddhism as yours. Then why not most of you Indians follow Buddhism if you claim it an Indian religion. Why only 0.8% of your population follow this religion and Im assuming that 0.8% population belong to the areas disputed with China.

China has a much larger population of Buddhist followers than India. both population number-wise and population percentage-wise.

 

[tallboy123]

& buddhism is not a religiom...Its a way of life like Hinduism...& statue of buddha is kept for respect not for workshipping & buddhist even workship Mahavishu ,devis & even lord Shiva...

yes,hinduism and buddhism is not a religion,its a way of life....

 

[Jackdaws]

Both Pakistan and Saudi Arabia are Muslim majority popolutions. While India has only 0.8% of its population following Buddhism and you are claiming Buddhism as yours. Then why not most of you Indians follow Buddhism if you claim it an Indian religion. Why onlu 0.8% of your population follow this religion and Im assuming that 0.8% population belong to the areas disputed with China.

China has a much larger population of Buddhist followers than India. both population number-wise and population percentage-wise.

Hindus consider Buddha a God.

 

[Omar1984]

Hindus consider Buddha a God.

Yep and so do you Hindus consider a cow a god. Does that make Hinduism and Buddhism one religion?

Buddhists eat cow meat, they dont worship cow.

And Buddhists dont have a caste system like Hindus have.

Hindus have many gods, not only one.

 

[Water Car Engineer]

Both Pakistan and Saudi Arabia are Muslim majority popolutions. While India has only 0.8% of its population following Buddhism and you are claiming Buddhism as yours. Then why not most of you Indians follow Buddhism if you claim it an Indian religion. Why only 0.8% of your population follow this religion and Im assuming that 0.8% population belong to the areas disputed with China.

China has a much larger population of Buddhist followers than India. both population number-wise and population percentage-wise.

So what if its a small % of the Indian population? Jainism and Sikhism is also a small % of the population in India. If some other nation surpassed China in number and percentage wise of Taoists in the country, China cant claim it still? Load of sh*t.

Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, Jainism are all eastern Indian religions, period.

 

[Jackdaws]

Yep and so do you Hindus consider a cow a god. Does that make Hinduism and Buddhism one religion?

Buddhists eat cow meat, they dont worship cow.

Hindus don't worship cows for crying out loud.