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Member of European Parliament envisages converting Tamils to Buddhism
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Dauntless
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 1 Aug 2008 02:50:19 GMT Report for Abuse
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| This Idiot must be crowned in pucblic as the king of fools for making this sorta utter retardish statements... what a dumba$$ |
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Frequently now I wonder whether Sri Lanka would have been a much more peaceful and much more homogeneous place if say 40% or so of the Tamil speaking population had been Buddhists and not exclusively Hindu or Christian
Idiot does not know that there was no 40% of Tamil speaking population in the Modern history of Sri Lanka. |
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| Magha, its 40% of the 'Tamil Speaking' population in Sri Lanka, not 40% of the 'whole' population. |
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This is probably one of the most ignorant rants I have heard from a politician in recent days.
Bhuddism, and Hinduism are both Dharmic religions, and like all other Dharmic religions (such as Jainism, Sikhism, etc) are highly plural, and inclusive. To clarify this, they do not hold a 'either one or the other'. All Dharmic religions allow and encorage its followers to understand and respect other relgions as equals. They also allow us as individuals to learn from and even follow other faiths in addition to our 'faith of birth', without coercion or restriction.
This does contrast sharply with Abrahamic religions (Judism, Chrisitanity, Islam, etc) who adopt a strict exclusivity (strictly forbidden to follow any other, other than the religion one follows).
As such Dharmic religions promote 'Inclusion': the act of adding to ones belief from other belief. At the same time, they demote the act of 'conversion' (Changing ones belief totally to another). Abramic Religions on the other hand promote conversion, and demote inclusion.
As such, the fact that Tamils are largely hindu, and Singhalese are largely Buddists is completely irrelevant, in the context that Hindus respect Buddists, and vice versa. His comments are very xenophobic, and as such, promote intolerance, making the largely 'false' divisions even larger.
Nirajanis highly ignorant to not |
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Buddhism originated as an alternative to Hinduism. Cast system is part and parcel of Hinduism. Buddhism condemns the cast system.
I personally know a Lot of low caste Hindus convert to Buddhism and Islam to evade the discrimination. |
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It is true before 1505 AD where Portugees came to south of sri lanka we did not have other other religions except buddhism and Hindu. Even now cathelic and christian population together is less than 10% of the population. In some aras like Polonnaruwa and A'pura it is hard to find christians or cathelics?. But we respect all religions equally. All the religions are part of our culture and heritage
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Middleman,
I concur with your post largely. Please explain to me as to why the Sri Lankan constitution projects the Buddha Sana as supreme?
Is Buddhism under threat in Sri Lanka? |
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Shanta,
I personally know a Lot of low caste Hindus convert to Buddhism and Islam to evade the discrimination.
I also do loath any forms of cast system, however, please tell me as to, are the Sinhala Buddhists free from cast based systems? |
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'(Buddhism originated as an alternative to Hinduism.)'
Strange !!
When Buddhism was preached by Lord Buddha, there were only two Yoga systems in India. One was Kaamasukallikaanu Yoga and the other was Atthakilamathaanu Yoga.... LUXURY/COMFORTS vs TORTURING THE BODY.
These were two extremes. Hinduism as practiced today did not exist then.
Buddha rejected both those extremisms.... and he introduced, with absolute facts, Middle Path, or Madayama Prathipadaa.
In Buddhism, there are No Gods,No Creators, No Aathmas,
In fact Man created God for his Protection.
Man created Aathma, for his Preservation.
Both these concepts are psychologically implanted in all human beings.
Edited By - withane - 3 Aug 2008 10:12:28 GMT |
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| It would be natural for Hindu people to accept the Buddhist religion,just as the Jews to accept Christianity.It would be wise for Niranjan Devadhti to convert some of the key Sinhalese Political leaders to true Buddhists,people like Mervin Silva and even the members of the leading family,who are hell bent on plundering the country,violence etc.Then convert the others.I think we should put our own house in order and shall we say the MR and the likes of him must embrace the true concepts of this great religion and live a humbler life and set an example to others,but all we see is waste,extravagance and arrogance of power regardless of consequences to the suffering people of the country.VP too should be converted to Buddhism as he too is no better than the leaders of the south.We could see if killinorchi's pavements are paved in gold or there's milk and honey flowing in wanni under his rule.They are all the same,corrupt to core. |
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