Neo-Buddhism is a modern Buddhist revivalist movement in India. As a popular movement, Neo-Buddhism began on October 14, 1956 when B. R. Ambedkar, the 20th century's most prominent Untouchable converted to Buddhism along with nearly 400,000 of his followers. Neo-Buddhism - Origins. At the beginning of the 20th century, Buddhism was all but dead in India, the land of its origin. Certain tribal groups in Bengal continued to follow Buddhism, as did peoples in Ladakh and Sikkim where Tibetan culture was influen ...

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• Neo-Buddhism - Origins
• Neo-Buddhism - 22 Vows
• Neo-Buddhism - Distinctive interpretation
• Neo-Buddhism - Buddhism in India after Ambedkar
• Neo-Buddhism - S. N. Goenka
• Neo-Buddhism - Recent developments

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Ambedkarite Buddhists espouse an eclectic version of Buddhism, primarily based on Theravada, but with additional influences from Mahayana and Vajrayana. On many subjects, they give Buddhism a distinctive interpretation. Of particular note is their emphasis on Shakyamuni Buddha as a political and social reformer, rather than merely as a spiritual leader. They point out that the Buddha required his monastic followers to ignore caste distinctions, and that he lambasted racialist justifications for social inequality that existed in his own time. ...

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Neo-Buddhism, Neo-Buddhism - Origins, Neo-Buddhism - 22 Vows, Neo-Buddhism - Distinctive interpretation, Neo-Buddhism - Buddhism in India after Ambedkar, Neo-Buddhism - S. N. Goenka, Neo-Buddhism - Recent developments

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After receiving ordination from Buddhist monk Bhadant U. Chandramani, On 14th October 1956 at Nagpur, Bodhisattva Dr. B. R. Ambedkar gave Dhamma Diksha to his followers. An important part of the ceremony was 22 vows to all new converts after Three Jewels and Five Precepts. On 16th October 1956 he repeated another mass religious conversion ceremony at Chanda where he gave only 22 vows to all the people gathered there: 1) I shall have no faith in Brahma, Vishnu and Mahesh nor shall I worship them. 2) I shall hav ...

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Neo-Buddhism, Neo-Buddhism - Origins, Neo-Buddhism - 22 Vows, Neo-Buddhism - Distinctive interpretation, Neo-Buddhism - Buddhism in India after Ambedkar, Neo-Buddhism - S. N. Goenka, Neo-Buddhism - Recent developments

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The Buddhist movement was somewhat hindered by Ambedkar's death so shortly after his conversion. It did not receive the immediate mass support from the Untouchable population that Ambedkar had hoped for. Division and lack of direction among the leaders of the Ambedkarite movement have been an additional impediment. The Buddhist revival remains concentrated in two provinces: Ambedkar's native Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh. According to the 1991 census, there are currently 6.4 million Buddhists in India, at least 5 million of whom are Buddhist ...

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Neo-Buddhism, Neo-Buddhism - Origins, Neo-Buddhism - 22 Vows, Neo-Buddhism - Distinctive interpretation, Neo-Buddhism - Buddhism in India after Ambedkar, Neo-Buddhism - S. N. Goenka, Neo-Buddhism - Recent developments

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At the beginning of the 20th century, Buddhism was all but dead in India, the land of its origin. Certain tribal groups in Bengal continued to follow Buddhism, as did peoples in Ladakh and Sikkim where Tibetan culture was influential, but these groups were on the margins of Indian society. Historical research and increased contact with the rest of the Buddhist world, however, led to renewed interest in Buddhism. Thinkers such as Iyothee Thass, Brahmananda Reddy, and Dharmananda Kosambi began ...

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Neo-Buddhism, Neo-Buddhism - Origins, Neo-Buddhism - 22 Vows, Neo-Buddhism - Distinctive interpretation, Neo-Buddhism - Buddhism in India after Ambedkar, Neo-Buddhism - S. N. Goenka, Neo-Buddhism - Recent developments

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