As we all know, Buddhism was born in the ancient Indian civilization circle, but today, Buddhism is no longer the mainstream belief in Indian society. Many countries, including China, India, and Southeast Asia, have very different attitudes towards Buddhism, so why should India suppress Buddhism? Is Hinduism and Buddhism really feuding? Can Modi's "theocracy" plan succeed? Why are there frequent incidents of "exterminating Buddha"? How did Buddhism come to be another village in China? Let's talk about these questions with you today.
First, Pakistan and Bangladesh, which believe in Islam, parted ways with India, and then India sent people to "commit crimes across borders" and arrogantly went to Canada to assassinate Sikh leaders.
India's 200 million followers of Islam are now living in fear, and Buddhists and Sikhs are in even worse condition.
Now it seems that it cannot be ruled out that Modi Laoxian wants to rely on 1 billion Hindus to re-co-opt other sects and finally achieve "theocracy". In a country of 1.4 billion people, if "theocracy is united", considering that there are many "** teachings in Hinduism", it is a nightmare that the neighbors will not be able to sleep.
Buddhism is a birth religion that respects the equality of all beings. Hinduism advocates the caste system, believing that people are divided into three, six, nine and noble and low, and the vast majority of princes and nobles believe that they are "sons of God", and their rule is the will of God.
Taoism has similarities with Hinduism, for example, "Tao" is similar to "Brahman"; The Sanqing Zun God is similar to the Three-Phase God; Both do not eat beef, etc.
There are many reasons for this, including the fact that Buddhism does have a "selfish" side, for example, in order to pursue the so-called "Elysium", individual Buddhists give up love, give up struggle, and no longer bear the responsibilities of a husband, a man, or even the whole society and the country.
The four large-scale "extermination of Buddha" movements in the history of our country occurred in the Taiyuan period of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the Taiping Zhenjun period of the Northern Wei Dynasty, the Huichang period of Wuzong of the Tang Dynasty, and the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty. To sum up, the ancient rulers believed that Buddhism was a foreign cult, inconsistent with orthodox Confucianism and Taoism, not only disregarding family and social responsibilities, but also not paying taxes and not serving, and even enjoying preferential treatment and subsidies, wasting the wealth and resources of the state and society, and hindering the progress of the country and society.
In fact, when Buddhism was first introduced into China, it would suffer from all kinds of secular interference, and after suffering countless heavy blows, Buddhist monks began to realize that they must make changes and adapt to the local environment, for example, they tried their best to maintain the rule of the authorities, and they also began to salute the people, take the initiative to redeem and educate the people, etc., and even a new word called "political monk" is popular in the Buddhist circles today.
For example, the popular term "Buddhism" today, many people understand that "Buddhism" may be no desire and no desire, peace with encounters, indifference, everything is according to fate, not progressive, etc., but in fact, the real Buddhism is not to teach people to give up struggle, compromise with life, or decadence, on the contrary, "Buddhism" is to teach people to be low-key and calm and calm, positive and kind, and optimistic life.
Taking the life of the "Buddha as a Buddha" as an example, from the heir to the king to a monk, preaching teachings everywhere for decades, in that era, his perseverance and difficulty can be imagined, it can be seen that the life of the Buddha is not "Buddhist" at all, but very inspirational.
There is a theory that Buddhism did not originate in "India", but in the area of present-day Nepal, and that the ancient India where the ancient monks learned the scriptures was not the present-day India, but the ancient India of the Indus Valley and Kashmir - the area of present-day Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Kashmir.
In fact, I want to say that the source is not so important, just like the source of the Yangtze River and the Yellow River, it is not a trickle, what is important is how we can absorb the beneficial parts of the society and the people from the Buddhist culture with an open mind, and carry it forward to benefit more people.
The Qing Dynasty regarded itself as the "first country", closed off the country, and finally came to the end of the road after suffering humiliation; In contrast, after Xuanzang retrieved the Buddhist scriptures in the Tang Dynasty, all the people celebrated, and the imperial court also attached great importance to it, and even allocated special funds to translate the scriptures, etc., which shows the open-mindedness and courage of the Tang Dynasty.
Today, history is strikingly similar, with India doing everything it can to exclude dissent, and Hinduism oppressing other sects; In contrast, in our country, Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism each take their own strengths and use them for our own use. Who is right and who is wrong, I believe everyone has their own answers.