I Wish For Buddhism To Come Back Home To Hinduism Where It Belongs. Do You Agree With Me???

Question

Why can't Buddhists feel proud that they share the same religion as Hindus???
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Answer 1

I do not wish the children to get back into the womb of their mother . That would be regressive . I want the dynamic world to be progressive for ever.

Answer 2

Hinuism is not and was not a formal religion in true sense of the word. Buddha was the first man (Hindu), to try to organise the religion on mental scale. He condemned the religion as institution. His main teachings include (1) There is no God. (2) There is no reincarnation.
Ironically his followers institutionalised the same and proclaimed Buddha as God.
Buddhism in original form is the most rational. There is no denying that he drew inferences from Hinduisms only. As such he and all followers can easily be called Hindus.
I am inclined to accept defination of Hinduism given by late Savarkarji. "Jiski pitru bhumi, karma bhumi aur punya bhumi Bharat hei woh sabhi Hindu hai". This definition includes Muslims also. But they are keeping an artificial distance, deligently.
God bless them.

Answer 3

Bhuddhism does not accept in Brahmam----sri.Vedha Vyaasa followers,sarva sri.Acharyas Sankara, Ramanuja,Madwa and 12 others who have written gloss on sri.Vedha Vyaasa's Brahma Sootram(Vedhantham ) feel Ultimate reality of Vedic religion (Hindu0 is Brahmam only.Secondly Buddhists do not agree on Meemaamsam (Hindu Rituals) also.So the question of Buddhism returning back to Vedic religion(so called Hinduism) does not arise.

Answer 4

Buddhism had never gone anywhere out of Hinduism, it continues to get its inspiration from Hindu tenets. I happened to visit a Buddha temple in Singapore with a huge statue of Buddha meditating and when we took a parikrama of the statue, lo and behold there were idols of all major Hindu deities. I would recommend you to visit a few Buddha temples and then come to a conclusion whether Buddhism had truly gone out of the Hindu fold. I strongly recommend you to read 'Siddhartha' by Hermann Hesse and try to understand it, I am sure you will reach Nirvana like I have.

Answer 5

It doesn't matter as far as both Hindus and Buddhists are following their respective religions devotedly.
Only those who follow their own religion sincerely would have Divine vision to see how these two religions are ONE AND SAME! And none of the two religions are required to mearge with another!
Let Buddhists talk of Buddhism being greatest and independent religion, let Hindus talk of Hinduism being greatest and oldest religion, but you observe both sincerely and enjoy benefits of both the religion.


Sounds like a plan?

Answer 6

The Buddha taught that the Middle Way or Noble Eightfold Path is the means to ending suffering to attain peace and happiness:

Start out by understanding the Four Noble Truths & the Noble Eightfold Path of Buddhism:


The Buddha's way to Presence was through the problem of suffering.

What is suffering, he asked. How does it arise?
Can it be ended? How do we end it? When other spiritual teachers and philosophers asked
The Buddha to describe his teaching - he answered: "I teach one thing and one thing only -
Suffering and the End of Suffering."

The Buddha formulated in his first teaching
the Four Noble Truths: suffering, the origin of suffering, the cessation(end) of suffering, and
the Path to cessation. The Four Noble Truths
of The Buddha are in fact based on a simple
problem-solving model:

What is the problem?

What is the root of the problem?

Is there a solution?

How do you put the solution into effect?


As you may already know, the Middle Way or The Noble Eightfold Path is the Solution and it in itself teaches How to put the Solution into
effect.

Suffering takes place from emotional reactivity.
Is it possible to disengage from reactivity?
Yes. Reactive patterns within humanity have been in place for a long time. To dismantle these patterns we must take apart our lives. Attention works to dismantle patterns the way the energy
of the sun melts ice. The direct energy of attention dissolves the structure of unwholesome patterns, releasing the energy locked in them. We experience the freed energy as awareness and presence.

To Cultivate and apply Attention, we travel the Eightfold Path: Skillful Speech, Skillful Action,
Skillful Livelihood, Skillful Effort, Skillful Mindfulness, Skillful Attention, Skillful View and Skillful Cognition. The Best means to cultivate Attention is through mindfulness meditation: as we daily walk the Noble Eightfold Path with wisdom and compassion.

Respectfully, reading "Eight Mindful Steps to Happiness" by: Bhante Henepola Gunaratana AND reading "Wake Up to your Life: The Buddhist Path of Attention" by: Ken McLeod may be quite encouraging toward your experience of living in the here and now-with mindfulness and presence.

To Learn the 4 Noble Truths and the Noble Eightfold Path of Buddhism, more in detail:

http://www.parami.org/buddhistanswers/four_noble_truths.htm

http://www.parami.org/buddhistanswers/index.htm

Below is the free Book "What Buddhists Believe"

http://www.budsas.org/ebud/whatbudbeliev/main.htm

To Learn how to practise Buddhist Mindfulness Meditation daily read the free Book Below:

http://www.budsas.org/ebud/mfneng/mind0.htm


With Metta (loving-friendliness; loving-kindness).

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Answer 7

Hinduism is not a religion. It is a culture, custom, tradition, rite and ritual. It divided humanity in 4 categories (varnas) and thousands of castes therein. Not included in these 4 are the Untouchables, worst and dirtiest than animals. A Hindu always belongs to his caste. Castes are quite absolutely unchangeable. A Hindu attains perfection (moksha) by attending the job of his caste, he born in by nature. If he adopts any other job, he is a sinner. Only Brahmins are licenced to read, study, self educate, recite sacred words and verses, attend temples, be priests, etc. If a Shudra (4th category-varna) listens the vedas and sacred verses then boiling lead is to be poured into his ears, if looks at them then red hot rods to be inserted into his eyes, if recites them then his tongue is to be cut, as taught and guided by Upanishadas.

The Indian Central and State governments' all rules, laws, acts, notifications, orders, directions, clarifications, explanations and the Supreme Court's & High Courts' several judgements always confirmed that Hindus' castes can never be changed. If possible, one from higher caste would have changed to some lower caste to avail of the government benefits and facilities given to lower caste people.

Answer 8

I agree with you up to a point. When Buddhism spread to the Far East eg Thailand, Cambodia, Laos it took with it much of Hinduism too. Personally I think they are both very good religions.

Answer 9

Buddism evolved as a reformation of hinudism, and it was against the attrocities commited in the name of caste...
even though the caste is becoming slowly irrelevant in india, it is better if buddism remain as buddism,
Rather the christians and muslims whose ancestors were converted either forcefully, coerceively or without understanding the truth of dharmic religions, can come back to either of the dharmic religions(hinduism, buddism mainly)

Answer 10

All branches of Hinduism became enemies of Hindus. They are proved that way. Buddhists killed 200000 Hindu tamils in srilanka as against their promoter Asoka killled 100000 people in war before he was converted to Buddhism.