tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1012277645322483593.post3661729637076170397..comments2024-03-27T23:37:20.556-07:00Comments on dhamma musings: One Way To Help OthersShravasti Dhammikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06246408068143301108noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1012277645322483593.post-76502502040463849682010-01-28T23:54:33.694-08:002010-01-28T23:54:33.694-08:00Thank you, Bhante.
Today my eyes fell on this titl...Thank you, Bhante.<br />Today my eyes fell on this title: "11,000 people convert to Buddhism in Ahmedabad"<br /><br />http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=42,8883,0,0,1,0<br /><br />It says:<br /><br /> «Ahmedabad, India -- Cose to 11,000<br /> people, including those from the<br /> Koli and Kshatriya communities as<br /> well as Christian families,<br /> embraced Buddhism at a function in<br /> Saijpur Bogha here on Sunday.<br /> Buddhist monks from Bhante<br /> Pragnyasheel administered the<br /> pledges to the new converts. The<br /> Ahmedabad district collector,<br /> however, said no conversion could<br /> be effective unless an official<br /> permission was granted.<br /><br /> «"Five Hindu Dalit families that<br /> had earlier converted to<br /> Christianity also converted to<br /> Buddhism at the function," said<br /> Balkrishna Anand, convenor of the<br /> Bauddh Dhamma Deeksha Angikar<br /> Abhiyan (Gujarat). "We were<br /> working on the event for the last<br /> few months, touring many districts<br /> and conducting meetings to<br /> mobilise people," he said, adding<br /> that in all, 350 meetings were<br /> held to spread the message<br /> across the state.<br /><br /> Maintaining that nearly 11,000<br /> people converted to Buddhism at<br /> the function, Anand said the<br /> neo-converts had come from<br /> places as far as Patan,<br /> Surendranagar, Rajkot, Vadodara,<br /> Junagadh and Mehsana. Renowned<br /> Buddhist leader Kalpana Saroj<br /> was the chief guest at the<br /> function, which was presided<br /> over by five Buddhist monks<br /> from various parts of the<br /> country.»<br /><br />I don't know much about buddhism in India, so I don't know what to think about this. Since you ordained in India, do any of the names that appear on this piece of news tell you something? Are we to believe these "convertions" true and deeply thought out and motivated, or should we think that these people tomorrow could as easily convert to Islam, or become Jainists, re-convert back to Christianity or whatever?<br /><br />With kind greetings,Alessandro S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09143290602945068445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1012277645322483593.post-24109365793826488072010-01-28T15:41:12.903-08:002010-01-28T15:41:12.903-08:00Dear Alessandro,
This is Samyutta Nikaya, volume f...Dear Alessandro,<br />This is Samyutta Nikaya, volume five, page 364. Without knowing it, you have given me a subject for tomorrow’s post. Thanks,Shravasti Dhammikahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06246408068143301108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1012277645322483593.post-49024546369963134572010-01-28T10:58:55.285-08:002010-01-28T10:58:55.285-08:00Yes, it's me again with the same kind of quest...Yes, it's me again with the same kind of question: is S.V. the collection of the Sutta Vibhanga from the Vinaya?Alessandro S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09143290602945068445noreply@blogger.com