India's Revolutionary Icons who followed the paths of The Buddha

India's Revolutionary Icons who followed the paths of  The Buddha
It all began with Buddha... and these are some of the great Torch Bearer's of Buddha's Dhamma.... This Blog is a Scholarly Blog created to provide insights into the life, services and Social contributions of some of the Greatest of Indian Scholars, Humanitarians, Saints and social activists about whom the vested interests and Rotten Indian media do not write. Nor there is a State or center policies to restore and protect the stunning stories of these great men and woman...let me walk you through the greatness..!!

Thursday, June 13, 2013

How long they will burn Dalit homes and get away?, how long?..

Great Scholar, Scholars & Humanitarian
the multiple voices, too many in numbers talking at the same time is the expression of pain, suffering and hope of  them that someone will listen and come forward to rescue them from this barbaric hindu casteists of Tamil Nadu, listen..

Monday, January 14, 2013

hindus myths and the Deadly Disease known as Caste system of hindus!

Great Scholar, Scholars & Humanitarians

Hindu Creation Myth and the Caste System
About the Document
The Aryan invasion of the subcontinent around 1,500 B.C.E. brought with it a new religion that featured a pantheon of gods that the Aryans worshiped through ritualism and with burnt sacrifices. Over the next thousand years, the religion matured, probably incorporating some elements of Harappan theology and certainly establishing a rigid social structure. Centuries later, Europeans would dub this five-tiered social structure "the caste system."
The caste system became a central element of both Hindu theology and Indian society. The brahman, or priest class, followed by the kshatriya, or warrior class, and the vaishya, or merchant class, were at the top of Indian society. The bulk of India's population were shudra, peasants and artisans. A fifth element of that society, one not even acknowledged in religious writings but certainly existing, were the pariahs, or untouchables. These menials labored at jobs considered demeaning or taboo for the four classes. To understand the future development of India and Hinduism, one must recognize and understand the caste system.

Around 500 B.C.E., Indians began to record their extensive oral religious traditions in what has become known as the Vedic literature. The oldest of the four Vedas is the Rig-Veda, and it is there that the Hindu creation myth and the basis for the caste system can be found. Another glimpse of the origins of the Hindu caste system can be seen in The Law of Manu, written around 200 C.E., viewed as a guide to proper behavior for Hindus. Selections from both texts are included below.
Read further here: http://wps.pearsoncustom.com/wps/media/objects/2426/2484749/chap_assets/documents/doc3_1.html

Wednesday, September 19, 2012

INDIA Exposed- Murder of Democracy

Indian Prime Minister, President and Ruling Congress Parties Sonia, Rahul must watch these videos. Tell us if India is a democratic country after watching this tragic stories of Dalits.
INDIA EXPOSED_part_1 - Murder of Democracy (must watch)



INDIA EXPOSED_part_2 - Murder of Democracy (must watch) 

 

Thursday, February 16, 2012

National Seminar On Locations of Caste?- Mumbai, India


UNIVERSITY OF MUMBAI

Dr. AMBEDKAR CENTRE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE

NATIONAL SEMINAR
on

LOCATIONS OF CASTE:
Social Memory and Social Change in Contemporary India


Venue: J P NAIK BHAVAN, ICSSR Western Regional Centre

FEBRUARY 20-22, 2012



DAY ONE: Monday, February 20, 2012

INAUGURAL SESSION : 10.00 a.m-11.15 a.m.

Welcome: Dr. Surendra Jondhale, Professor & Co-ordinator, Dr. Ambedkar Centre for Social Justice

Keynote Address: Prof. Uma Chakravarti, University of Delhi

Vote of Thanks

TEA BREAK: 11.15-11.30 a.m.


SESSION ONE :-- THEORISING CASTE: 11.30 a.m.-1.00 p.m.

Chairperson: Dr. Gail Omvedt

  1. Dr. Braj Ranjan Mani: Caste and Knowledge
  2. Dr. G Aloysius: Caste and Social Sciences
  3. Dr. Murzban Jal: The Silent Counter-Revolution


LUNCH BREAK: 1.00-2.00 p.m.


SESSION TWO:-- CASTE, GENDER & EMANCIPATION: 2.00-3.30 p.m.

Chairperson: Dr. Uma Chakravarti

  1. Dr. Padma Velaskar: Dr. Ambedkar’s Emancipation Discourse on Gender
  2. Dr. Rudolf Heredia: Caste Hierarchy, Feudal Patriarchy: Reservations for Women
  3. Dr. Wandana Sonalkar: Footloose Development, Segregated Settlement: Caste in
Formation of Urban Communities


TEA BREAK: 3.30-3.45 p.m.


SESSION THREE:-- CASTE IN HISTORY (a): 3.45-5.00 p.m.

Chairperson: Dr. Aravind Ganachari

  1. Dr. Sadanand More: Caste in Bhakti Literature
  2. Dr. Bharat Patankar: Caste and Exploitation in Indian History



DAY TWO: Tuesday, February 21, 2012

SESSION FOUR:-- CASTE IN HISTORY (b): 10.00-11.00 a.m.

Chairperson: Dr. Bharat Patankar

  1. Dr. Kancha Illaiah: Colonialism, Caste and Counter-Culture
  2. Dr. Umesh Bagade: Matanga Purana and Caste Consciousness


TEA BREAK: 11.00-11.15 a.m.


SESSION FIVE:-- EXPERIENCING CASTE: 11.15 a.m.-1.00 p.m.

Chairperson: Prof. Zaheer Ali

  1. Dr. Gopal Guru: Where is My Location in Caste Question?
  2. Dr. Ramesh Kamble: Locating & Memorializing Caste: The everyday ‘habitus’ of caste
  3. Dr. Gautam Gawli: Psychosocial Aspects of Social Memory of Caste


LUNCH BREAK: 1.00-2.00 p.m.


SESSION SIX:-- CASTE & REPRESENTATION: 2.00-3.30 p.m.

Chairperson: Dr. Ramaiah

  1. Dr. Badri Narayan: Dalit Identity Formation in North India
  2. Dr. C Lakshmanan: Caste Portrayals in Tamil Popular Cinema
  3. Dr. Ramesh Bairy T. S.: Studying the Brahmins: A Framework


TEA BREAK: 3.30-3.45 p.m.


SESSION SEVEN:-- RURAL-URBAN DALIT MOBILIZATIONS: 3.45-5.30 p.m.

Chairperson: Shri. Mahesh Gavaskar

  1. Prof. S Anandi: Dedicating Dalit Women: Gender, caste & cultural politics of development
Activism in Rural Tamil Nadu
  1. Dr. Edward Rodrigues: Dalit Assertion and Urbanism: Two contrasting modes of dalit mobili-
sation in Bombay/Mumbai
  1. Dr. Suryakant Waghmore: Caste Atrocities and Dalit Movement in Maharashtra: A study of
political inclusion/exclusion of dalits



DAY THREE: Tuesday, February 22, 2012

SESSION EIGHT: CHANGING SOCIAL STRUCTURE: CASTE & TRIBE: 9.30-11a.m.

Chairperson: Dr. Sudhakar Gaikwad

  1. Dr. P. G. Jogdand: Caste System in Changing Times
  2. Dr. B. S. Waghmare : Emergence of Dalit Middle Class in Globalising India
  3. Dr. Sanjay Kolekar: Interplay of Caste & Tribe: Case of Maharashtra


TEA BREAK: 11.00-11.15 a.m.


SESSION NINE: ECONOMY THROUGH CASTE PRISM: 11.15 a.m.- 1.00 p.m.

Chairperson: Dr. Ramesh Kamble

  1. Dr. Ramesh Dandge: Caste-based Occupational Discrimination & Their Implications
  2. Dr. Pradeep Shinde: Caste & Informal Sector
  3. Dr. Shailesh Darokar: Caste & Stigma: Scavengers & the Others


LUNCH BREAK: 1.00-2.00 p.m.


SESSION TEN: ANTHROPOLOGY OF CASTE IN RURAL M’SHTRA:2.00-3.00 p.m.

Chairperson: Dr. Gopal Guru

  1. Dr. Lee Schlesinger: Caste & Colour: Casual village conversations, visible contrast & diverse
classifications
  1. Dr. Girija Godbole: Everyday Life of Rural Dalit Women in Maval Tehsil, Pune


TEA BREAK: 3.00-3.15 p.m.


SESSION ELEVEN: POLITICS OF CASTE: 3.15-4.45 p.m.

Chairperson: S Anandi

  1. Dr. Gail Omvedt: Caste & Politics with regard to Anna Hazare
  2. Dr. Yeshwant Sumant: Idea of Justice in the Caste Debate
  3. Dr. Anand Teltumbde: How Anti-Caste are Caste-based Mobilizations?


VALEDICTORY SESSION

Chair: Dr. Uma Chakravarti

Dr. Gail Omvedt: In Response to Felicitation

Friday, December 30, 2011

The Battle of Bhima Koregaon

The Battle of Bhima Koregaon is the Ground breaking War between good humans and barbaric brhamins that only 500 of the Untouchable Mahars defeated the 30000 strong army. It is a symbol of Dalit pride, and a symbol of Human Rights Principles.

Saturday, November 5, 2011

Do the Americans and Westerner's Really Know who is the Real Gandhi? & his divine Masks?

Mr.Pramod Kureelji is tearing down the real face of gandhi during his recent visit to America. In the following interview, Kureelji presents the truth that only about 1%, the top 1% of the population of India to whom gandhi belongs and who time and again manipulated the whole nation and the social system. As much it is true, but also true is there are some among the 99% are rabid hindus, casteists who will die to keep the gandhi's name uphled because they never in their whole life made any effort to study and learn the background of real gandhi, it is a cult.
The bottom line here is times are changing, for the first time our Upper house representatives started voicing against this bigotry known as gandhi, yes gandhi is a bigot and gandhism is a bigotry, the grandest of all Indian bigotry, good work has begun to expose these mania.
Video from Facebook posting of Vaishali Ingle-Gholap
BSP MP Pramod kureelji exposing Gandhi in United States ! Hats off !!!
http://vimeo.com/31286061

IN INDIA, GANDHI IS HERO ONLY TO INDIA’S 1%: PRAMOD KUREEL, MEMBER OF UPPER HOUSE OF PARLIAMENT from Hall Powell on Vimeo.

Friday, November 4, 2011

Access To Insight- Readings in Theravada Buddhism, The Most Scholarly Website of Our time!!

Access to Insight: Readings in Theravada BuddhismGreat Scholars regard and respect the works of people behind the site "Accesstoinsight.org", the greatest scholarly online work on Buddhism or any religion for that matter, this is it. John Bullitt, who is behind this groundbreaking online work on Theravada Buddhism humbly accepts that it is not just him but there are so many people, monks, scholars and Theravada experts are behind this works, but I have to say John has done a tremendous job.

Like how I admire the works of erstwhile Ven Walpola Rahula's Book "What the Buddha Taught", along the lines, accesstoinsight.org is beyond doubt strikingly scholarly, knowledgeable, uptodate and as it is as Buddha would have told his story of life, mind and death to this world. Every Buddhist must go to this site, and most importantly, there is no such Theravada reference material as good as accesstoinsight, you are the Most Scholarly website of our time.

Saturday, September 24, 2011

I never called him Mahatma in my Whole Life, he does not deserve and he is not.

Mahatma Who?, he is not Mahatma, I never called him Mahatma in my whole Life
Dr.Ambedkar in this BBC interviews furious about the betrayal of gandhi to scheduled castes and the vision of Dr.Ambedkar to bridge the gap between hindus and scheduled caste from the deadly caste discrimination.
Dr.Ambedkar roars, I refused to call him Mahatma, I never in my life called him Mahatma, he does not deserve, not even in the morality point of view. He is not Mahatma, you see
I went to meet him, as an Opponent, I was not one of his devotee's so I can see him clearly and because I had my own views about him and his agenda, he opened up his fangs, his dressing and outside look is a great Deception that his devotee's could not see...


Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Impeach Jayalalitha and bring no confidence Motion for Killing 7 Dalits, a Deliberate State Terrorism!

Great Scholar, Scholars & Humanitariand
Upliftthem is the Most Vehement and Strongest critic of most dalit politicians of India, especially my own state of Tamil Nadu Dalit Politicians.
No where else you will see or read online or offline of such strong criticism. However, that is going to change, as a reality check on Dalit Politicians particularly Thol Thirumavalavan and others following the 9/11 Parakamudi police atrocity that was unleashed by the present JJ govt on dalits, Uplifthem's view took a slight change on dalit politicians based on the ongoing activities. Today after watching the following presentation of Thol, there is a Sea Change in Thol Thirumavalavan's Direction of his Dalit Politics, Upliftthem is inclined to Change the attitude towards Dalit Politicians and I am making this argument read or heard Openly on the Blog. This is a Public appreciation as well as praise the works they have been upto following the "Tamil Nadu Police Atrocity on Dalits"* though the dalit politicians have lots to do and long way to get real appreciation, any such positive change has to be acknowledged?). Good work Thol, (so do your partner Paswan, all the way came down to Tamil Nadu to record his voice against dalit abuse) keep up the good work. Do not STOP until Jayalalitha is accountable for the 7 lives of Dalits in Paramakudi.
Tamil Nadu Police's atrocity is a direct result of a impotent, inefficient, casteist and Racist Jayalalitha, the most barbarbaric Indian leaders of all just below Narendran Modi of Gujarat and L.K Advani of BJP party. India has been destroyed by this type of goons in the name of hindutva Politics. The september 11 killing of 7 dalits by the Tamil Nadu Police is a Open and deliberatly planned murder of innocent civilians and this is simply not possible without the direct involvement of Ammaa/Selvi barbaric Jayalalitha. The world must listen to an account given by VCK Leader and Member of Parliment Thol Thirvumavalan. It is a honest and painful account of the state sponsered Terrorism of Tamil Nadu.

Friday, September 16, 2011

அசுரன்: பசும்பொன் முத்துராமலிங்கத் தேவர் என்ற ஜாதி வெறியன்

அசுரன்: பசும்பொன் முத்துராமலிங்கத் தேவர் என்ற ஜாதி வெறியன்: chided

Initially Posted at Upliftthem Blog:
A Casteist and a Terrorist known as Pasumpon Muthuramlinga Thevar:

The following Post from a Blogger Asuran breaks down the real background and facts about the notorious killing spree of Pasumpon Muthuramalinga Thevar, a southern Tamil Nadu backward community caste man, the caste and the people are one of the southern India's upholders of Varnashrama and hindu pathology, the Caste System.

This guy Thevar is revered and celebrated almost like some kind of a godly personality only by his community people and the vested interest Tamil Nadu Politicians to get Thevar's vote. But, the Thevar community itself is without doubt and without exception one of the Most Dangerous racists of India. Both Muthuramalingam and his Thugs been involved in unaccountable and unimaginable number of killing in the Ramanathapuram district of Tamil Nadu during early 1950s. It is not too late even now for the judiciary and honest people to dig out all the crimes Thevar's been doing and punish them for the crimes against Humanity.

The Blogger wrote it in local Tamil language, when I get a chance I will translate to its entirety but for now those who can read Tamil language, here I am posting the brief story with link for my readers and the world to see.

பசும்பொன் முத்துராமலிங்கத் தேவர் என்ற ஜாதி வெறியன்

பசும்பொன் முத்துராமலிங்கத் தேவர் என்ற ஜாதி வெறியன் -இந்துத்துவத்துக்கு விளக்குப் பிடித்த திருமகன்
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இந்த கட்டுரையின் பின்னூட்டங்களை(Comments) மிக முக்கியமாக படிக்கவும்.
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தேவரின் காலடி மண்ணை எடுத்துக் கும்பிடும் கோடானு கோடி பாசாங்குவாதிகளின் காதில், தேவர் பற்றிய அவ்வளவாய் சொல்லப்படாத விசயங்களைப் போட்டு வைப்பதே இந்தக் கட்டுரையின் நோக்கம்.

முதலில் காமராஜர் குறித்து, முத்துராமலிங்கத் தேவர் உதிர்த்த பொன்முத்துக்களைப் பார்ப்போமா?

WESTERN BUDDHISTS TO LEARN FROM AMERICAN JEWS By PPLakshmanJi

I read with great interest "A Challenge to Buddhism" by Ven.Bhikkhu Bodhi that I was fortunate to read on the internet. 
We all know and revere Bhikkhu Bodhi. His talks and writings are always inspiring and  provocative. His distress evident in the above-mentioned article will be shared by all those who read it.
Of late we have been hearing a lot about the expression  "Engaged Buddhism". I find the expression mostly among the Mahayanists rather than among the Therawadis in the Western world. Mahayanists also use the expression "Humanistic Buddhism". To everyone who is not a Buddhist, it simply means Applied Buddhism or practical Budhism.
There has been  challenges to Buddhism in all eras. To my mind, there is no greater solution, no enduring remedy to the challenges in any era than the creation of Buddha's disciples known as Arhants who would advice and give lead to people to solve their problems as and when they arise, regardless of color, race, creed or nation. Whatever the problems - social problems like injustice or natural catastrophies like earthquake or global problems like climate change 
-  the cutting edges of weapons in Buddhist armory to counter them always lay in individuals in the first instance, and subsequently in their organizations, with or without the support of governments. Therawada Buddhism which I am more familiar with has had a monastic order in place since Buddha'.s time where trained monks are turned out in large numbers, year after year, in Therawada countries -  Sri Lanka, Myanmar (Burma), Thailand, Laos, Cambodia.  Many of the trained monastics become bodhisatvas (seekers of enlightenment), few if any become fully enlightened worthy ones known as arhants who are worthy to advice and lead. Finding arhants is like mining for diamonds.
Many of the social service organizations, Buddhist or other,  fail because of the absence of arhants, the fully enlightened ones, to lead them. The fully enlightened arhants emerge out of the multitudes of monks, worthy to advice and worthy to lead..  
 
There have been a plethora of institutions with long histories of social service like the CARE, the American Peace Core, Red Cross, YMCAs, and many others. Bhikkhu Bodhi has mentioned American Jewish World Service (AJWS) which is relatively a new organization like the Islamic Relief USA and others, all of which "aiming to alleviate suffering, hunger, illiteracy and disease, worldwide". On the other hand,  organizations with limited goals also take birth like the Armenian Relief Society with its limited goal of serving the humanitarian needs of the Armenian people worldwide, who still suffer from the effects of its underreported holocaust of early 20th century. I wonder what make AJWS exceptional. 

Has AJWS  tested its declared objective of social service on the soils of Israel's next door neighbors or in the  Arab sector inside Israel itself?  Some material on the internet gave me the impression that AJWS perhaps took birth out of cognitive dissonance among American Jews suffering from psychological conflicts between incompatible beliefs and attitudes.  
The highly efficient style of working of organizations like AJWS backed by media support can make favourable impression of them even if they do not have enlightened leaders and violate one or more of the five precepts that the Buddhists always practise in all their endeavours.
Social service is the objective of most organizations, but they have besides social service something which make them distinct. For instance, the U.S. after taking thousands of lives in Japan with their nuclear armory seek to create a better image of the U.S.with its Peace Core volunteers, YMCAs seek to spread Christian messages behind their altruism,  what if AJWS seeks to show Jewish presence in world service, no matter that the Jews are only 0.2 percent of a world population of 7 billion.   
 
I wish to draw the attention of my readers to an organization which I had in  mind when I wrote earlier in this piece about arhants and searching for them like mining for diamonds. 
The organization is called Fo Guang Shan (FGS), which means literally "Buddha's Light Mountain", and its organizer is Master Venerable Hsing Yun, born in mainland China in 1927. Master Venrable Hsing Yun founded FGS in 1967 in a remote quiet area in the hills of  Kaohsiung in southern Taiwan. It is a Mahayana Buddhist order promoting Humanistic Budddhism, a modern Chinese philosophy. Humanistic Buddhism aims to make Buddhism relevant in the world and in the people's lives and hearts. It is a monastic order and not a theoretical school of thought per se.
In May 1997, Hsing Yun got the gates of FGS closed to the general public in order to give a cloistered atmosphere to the temple residents.
But, following the plea of the public headed by the President of Taiwan, FGS reopened the gates in December 2000. In the last 40 years since its inception, FGS has been remarkably successful in extending its services beyond Taiwan,  setting up temples and organizations in 173 countries and encompassing more than 3,500 monastics. FGS also created an affiliate in 1992, Buddha's  Light International Association (BLIA),  
which has now over 100 chapters in the world.  The monastic order represented by Fo Guang Shan and Buddha's Light International Association has now over a milliom followers worldwide. It has been said  "In Master Venerable Hsing Yun, Buddhism has found a reformer, an innovator and an educator. Under his strong  leadership, Buddhism has extended beyond traditional temple life to integrate and further enrich the modern city dwellers."
 
 P.P.Lakshman
December 18, 2008
 
 

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