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Ven Bhikkhu Bodhi, prominent scholar& #Theravada monk with several publications to his credit,corrects @robertwrighter, author of best seller Why #Buddhism is true,on an oft-repeated misconception about belief systems prevalent during the #Buddha's time.#Dhamma #Buddhist #History
Asmīti Māna — The Concealed 'I am':
Imagine a garment that has been washed thoroughly. Although it is clean, a faint residual fragrance remains.
Similarly, even after abandoning the identification of the five aggregates as self, the underlying feeling of 'I am' can persist.
I, Me, Myself:
What we call a 'being', or an 'individual', or 'I' [self], according to Buddhist philosophy, is only a combination of ever-changing physical and mental forces, which may be divided into five groups or aggregates (pancakkhandha).
- Ven. Walpola Rahula
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Greatest Illumination:
While the physical lights of the moon, sun, and fire dispels physical darkness, the Buddha, in Aloka Sutta, declares that the light of wisdom is supreme. Because the illuminating wisdom permanently penetrates and dispels the inner darkness of ignorance.
Seekers From Andhra And Chola Land:
Hidden within the hoard of Buddhist idols and ritual objects recovered from Kurkihar, lies the fascinating story of monastics and pilgrims travelling all the way from peninsular India to Bihar in the 9th century CE.
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In Aggañña Sutta, the Buddha offers a social-contract narrative for the word Khattiya. It links Khattiya to khetta (field in Pali). And Khattiya as someone chosen by the people.
"Khettānaṃ adhipatīti kho,vāseṭṭha, 'khattiyo,khattiyo' tveva dutiyaṃ akkharaṃ upanibbattaṃ."
The study of Buddhism from the Hindu view would be a study of Hinduism and not of Buddhism.
- Prof Joshi
Are Indian communists hindoo coded?
Pali Khattiya≠Brahmanical Kshatriya.
Gotama belonged to the Khattiya Sakyan clan.
Khetta (Agricultural land) + Adipati (Lord) = Khattiya
Buddysattva retweeted
“O MN 22, oferece uma série de argumentos contra a idéia de um eu, culminando com a declaração do Buda de que ele não vê nenhuma doutrina de um Eu que não conduza à tristeza, lamentação, dor, angústia e desespero.”
~ Introdução ao Majjhma Nikaya. Bhikkhu Bodhi.
Saddharmaratnāvaliya:
The Saddharmaratnāvaliya is a major thirteenth-century Sinhala Buddhist prose work attributed to the monk Dharmasena Thera. It is largely an adaptation and expansion of the fifth-century Pāli Dhammapadaṭṭhakathā, the commentary on the Dhammapada.
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Although based on an earlier Pāli commentary, the text is not simply a literal translation. Dharmasena expanded, altered, and localized the stories, adding details that reflect the society and cultural world of thirteenth-century Sri Lanka.
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Lhabab Duchen:
Similar to the Prabarana of Theravada, Tibetan Buddhists on 1st November 2026 are commemorating Śākyamuni’s return to the human world after spending three months in Trāyastriṃśa where he taught the devas and his mother, Māyādevī. And it is called Lhabab Duchen.
Lord Of Shambhala At Amravati:
"The Kalacakra Tantra was, according to its own tradition, preached by Sakyamuni Buddha at the Dhanyakataka stupa in Andhra Pradesh at the request of king Sucandra of Shambhala. The Dhanyakataka stupa was later called Amaravati.."
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The Artistry Of Amravati:🧵
The Amravati school of Buddhist art emerged in the 2nd century BCE, flourishing in the lower valleys of the Krishna and Godavari rivers under the patronage of the Satavahana rulers. This distinctive art form is renowned for its naturalism,
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Idea about an unjust creator on first panel of the meme was originally formulated by Buddhists.
"If he is master of the whole world, Brahmā, lord of the many beings born, why in the whole world did he ordain misfortune? Why did he not make the world happy?"
- Bhūridatta Jātaka
Trads Shun Falsehood:
Prajñāpāramitā Text—criticizes non-Buddhist doctrines.
Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra—criticizes external realism,materialism,and permanent self.
True Dhamma does not disappear so long as a counterfeit of the true Dhamma has not arisen in the world.
- Samyutta Nikaya
Turk Buddhism:
Chinese sources indicate that Buddhist missionaries were active among the Turks already in the sixth century, during the First Turk Empire. Sources record that Xiao Min Di, founder of the Northern Zhou built a Buddhist temple for the Turks in the Chang’an capital.
Demolish Dubious Doctrines:
"Lord of Lanka, this is the realization of the great Yogins:
to destroy the discourses advanced by others, to crush mischievous views in pieces, to keep themselves properly away from ego-centered notions.."
- Lankavatara Sutra
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Buddhism, Sufism, And Ibrahim Ibn Adham:
It is in early Islam—particularly its monastic branch, Sufism—that we recognize positive signs of Buddhist influences coming westwards. The life and associated legends of one of the earliest Sufis for eg, Ibrāhīm ibn Ādham,
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Tradition Of Non-duality And Non-self; From Buddha To Rumi:
The immutable nature of Love is the focus of Rumi’s lyrical poetry. In this way, Rumi’s thought resembles that of profound non-dualist traditions emphasizing the realization of a selfless and egoless reality.
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shows definite Buddhist origins: Ibrāhīm ibn Ādham was born in 730 AD in Balkh, one of the most famous centres of Buddhist learning in Central Asia. He later became an important Islamic mystic,but of an ascetic leaning more typical of Buddhism than of Islam at this time.
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