Tao Te Ching
B.R. Ambedkar
(Babasaheb)
1891 – 1956 CE
While Gandhi unjustly holds international fame and respect; Ambedkar remains almost unknown outside India. Unlike Gandhi who supported the caste system and held deeply racist and anti-feminine views, Ambedkar campaigned for the Dalts (Untouchables), the rights of women, and labor. Independent India's first law minister, main writer of the first Constitution, and considered by many a true Bodhisattva, he criticized Hinduism as being the foundation of the caste system and began a Buddhist revival. When he formally became a Buddhist in 1956, 500,000 at once followed in his footsteps. In 2012 almost 20 million people voted him the “Greatest Indian.”
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Annihilation of Caste
Quotes by B.R. Ambedkar (11 quotes)
“A great man is different from an eminent one in that he is ready to be the servant of the society.”
Chapters:
66. Go Low
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“Cultivation of mind should be the ultimate aim of human existence.”
Chapters:
44. Fame and Fortune
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“The religion of Buddha has the capacity to change according to times, a quality which no other religion can claim to have…”
Chapters:
12. This Over That
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“The sovereignty of scriptures of all religions must come to an end if we want to have a united integrated modern India.”
Chapters:
65. Simplicity: the Hidden Power of Goodness
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“The teachings of Buddha are eternal, but even then Buddha did not proclaim them to be infallible.”
Chapters:
38. Fruit Over Flowers
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“In the Hindu religion, one cannot have freedom of speech. A Hindu must surrender his freedom of speech. He must act according to the Vedas… He is not supposed to reason. Hence, so long as you are in the Hindu religion, you cannot expect to have freedom of thought”
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“The Hindus criticize the Mohammedans for having spread their religion by the use of the sword. They also ridicule Christianity on the score of the Inquisition. But really speaking, who is better and more worthy of our respect?… if the Mohammedan has been cruel, the Hindu has been mean; and meanness is worse than cruelty.”
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“The Hindus criticize the Mohammedans for having spread their religion by the use of the sword. They also ridicule Christianity on the score of the Inquisition. But really speaking, who is better and more worthy of our respect?… if the Mohammedan has been cruel, the Hindu has been mean; and meanness is worse than cruelty.”
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“The Hindus criticize the Muslims for having spread their religion by the use of the sword. They also ridicule Christianity on the score of the Inquisition. But really, who is better and more worthy of our respect—the Muslims and Christians who attempted to thrust down the throats of unwilling persons what they regarded as necessary for their salvation, or the Hindu who would not spread the light, who would endeavor to keep others in darkness, who would not consent to share his intellectual and social inheritance with those who are ready and willing to make it a part of their own make-up? I have no hesitation in saying that if the Muslim has been cruel, the Hindu has been mean; and meanness is worse than cruelty.
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from Annihilation of Caste
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“To the 'Untouchables', Hinduism is a veritable chamber of horrors.”
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“History shows that where ethics and economics come in conflict, victory is always with economics. Vested interests have never been known to have willingly divested themselves unless there was sufficient force to compel them.”
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