Comments on: What The Ancients Did For Us: The Indians

By: ksh ammo

ksh ammo — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 22:05:00 +0000

Dear Zen baba,
What exactly are you trying to say ?? That hindus/Indians destroyed buddhist structures, and not the invaders??You are a little unfair in saying that this is xenophobia.
King Harsha was follower of some Hindu gods, and mainly a Buddhist, and this is the golden period of Indian History.Ashoka,his motifs adorn the current indian symbols,be it political or military.

Have you been to Ajanta and ellora,countless other caves and viharas..?? or Jain sites of Shrawan begauda..or Mount Abu..>>?? i guess not. Nothing is destroyed. And there were stupas and caves or monasteries (viharas) for buddhist patronage not temples then.

and when you say there are no buddhist in India,its not due to force, it happened gradually from 700~to 1200 AD..it was for practical and reasons of day to day affairs. The monastic approach,pennance and enlightnment did not fit in the peoples want to work, earn a living,have a family or similar to that. Hinduism in these times had become practical, and straightforward.

and If you study the pattern of muslim conquest you will see the the gradual increase of force from the west , and decline of buddhism.( this is my theory that to uphold their respective empires, a faith was required that could bind. the people.their way of life/culture and their patriotic passion together.and since buddhism/their followers in those times was very peace loving/non violent) [ a parallel can be drawn

see the pattern of destruction of the somnath temple ,and you will noticce how the raiders grew in strength.

People have come to india from around India and far for a long time,be it conquest or migration and its the Indian way of life to accomodate everyone,because once they come they become part of India and its legacy.Kambhojas,huns the Scythians,greeks etc etc

But never before the muslim conquest or english for that matter the indian subcontinent had to live with the religion/way of life originatining very far from the subcontinent and totally different to what existed here at those times.

SO YOUR POINT OF TRYING TO GET A COMPARABLE IN DECLINE OF BUDDHISM with ‘unrealistic’ xenophobia is totally unjustified.

To stress my total neutral assessment of the whole scenario, I unedrstand History is cruel and unforgiving.To know it and accept it is the only way forward.Maybe you disagree with many things I say, but to conclude I will say….

That the beauty of our country in accomodating many many foreign people, like I mentioned above ,also muslims,parsis, even pportuguese,english or the french. who came for trade conquest or whatever and Making all of them belong to the land not foreigners anymore is ODE to India..

To each his own is our underlying way of thinking.

advaita,dwaita,artha,nirvana,ekomkar,pak..

There are temples mosques stupas,jain temples,churches,(few synagogues),gurudwaras, fire temple,there are gujratis,punjabis,bengolis,nagas,tamils..oh ….

how can we be anything but impressed with this holy union or belief,philosophy expression and life.

I glad to be born in India, if I get a next life, I dont mind being born as hindu muslim ,a tree or even a moth..hope its in India.

Cheers
K

By: Rishikant Brahmpuria

Rishikant Brahmpuria — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 12:56:00 +0000

For all those that think britishers helped india with railways postage and new technology look here —-> CHINA , britishers were never here, do they lack the new technologies ?!?!??!
Britishers helped with nothing, they looted india.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 03:23:00 +0000

Dear Shettre..
Why cling onto textbook induced xenophobia?? there was no democracy , kings where absolute powers whether moghals or not..some were tyrants some weren’t .. ever wondered how buddhism vanished from India?? and who destroyed all those wonderful buddhist temples? since the 8th century india has been under the rule of moslem dynasties and yet 12 centuries later india is still primarily Hindu.. ever wondered why?? let not the limits be set on our mind by the system that surrounds our nurture…

By: Nishith Shetty

Nishith Shetty — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 08:30:00 +0000

Templess ? Most Beautifull Temples Demolished By Moghals Buddy

By: rkarthi

rkarthi — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 13:03:00 +0000

One request to know more about india please dont read foreign authors book. Please read Swami Vivekannada lecture Kolambu to almora . You can know more about india not only in religion.

By: rkarthi

rkarthi — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 12:55:00 +0000

Indian paid for these for there varnasarama dharma. On this they lost everything expect religion. Because india living religion(hindu) of love . one more thing india learned little from 1000 year roles of foreigner.

By: Praveen Kapur

Praveen Kapur — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 21:48:00 +0000

Please get the history straight. Yes the British gave us all you said, but they also left the country poor by looting it for their own good and also separating it. And yes there would have been many states as you say if it were not for Sardar Patel, who forced the kings to give in…Something that was done a 1000 years ago by Chanakya (and no Sardar Patel was no Chanakya).

By: Hemant Bansal

Hemant Bansal — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 09:52:00 +0000

One more addition.. .which was used throughout documentary but not mentioned… its soothing music which acts directly on soul. Because music is not materialistic, its comparison and appreciation by all is almost impossible.

By: Didi M. Littlejohn

Didi M. Littlejohn — Sun, 14 Aug 2011 18:03:00 +0000

If most of the African countries were allowed to develop alone outside of the effects of colonialism and the “apartheid”/racist caste systems create whilst Europeans invaded these countries… these countries general populations would be a lot more prosperous today. To add to that , because of the white supremacy attitudes and black inferiority propaganda spread to this day… in addition to exclusionary global trade policies against African countries , African countries and many other developing countries fates are intertwined with European interests and disinterests. You can say they were” primitive” but they are richest in resources & assets and could have chosen to participate in modern advances on their own.

By: SAJITH BABU

SAJITH BABU — Sun, 15 May 2011 10:48:00 +0000

HI THE CASTE SYSTEM WAS ABSOLUTELY RIGHT, ONLY THING NOBODY BELONGED TO A PARTICULAR CASTE BY BIRTH BUT ONLY BY KARMA-WHEN A CHILD WAS BORN THE MOM WOULD SHOW THE FATHER THE FATHER THE GURU ( CALLED PARAMHAMS-NOT THE FALSE ONES YOU FIND TODAY) AND THE GURU WOULD GUIDE THE CHILD TO GOD-THATS THE GURUKUL SYSTEM – HENCE THE GURU WOULD AFTER SOME PERIOD DETERMINE THE BRAHAMINS ( THE LEARNED ), KHSATRIYAS (KINGS OR KNIGHTS), VAISHYAS( BUSINESS CLASS ), SUDRAS( WORKING OR COMMON CLASS) BUT LATER ON THE BRAHAMINS AND KHASTRIYAS CLEAVERLY CONVERTED IT INTO BY BIRTH-HENCE DUE TO THEIR ATROCITIES CAME BUDDHISM,JAINISIM,CHRISTINATIY, ISLAM AND OTHER RELIGIONS-

By: Prateek Panchal

Prateek Panchal — Mon, 09 May 2011 09:47:00 +0000

That is such a beautiful documentary…….i love indian temples….cheers!!

Ancient Mysteries

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 20:36:00 +0000

@ Siddu
I suppose letting thousends starve to death while the British took all the rice and grane was good for India? When the British stopped slaving in Africa they went straight to India for slaves. You have a lot of people of Indian decent in the west indies, decendents of slave brought there by the British (that was great for Indians) Ghandhi stood up to the British Empire because he had nothing better to do. Right

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 16:28:00 +0000

The most important things Indians did for us is that even though they were ruled by muslims for over 700yrs they faced atrocities and paid a tax known as Jizya,only hindus were required to pay for it.but they somehow retained their culture and religion otherwise jus imagine we would have 120crs + extra muslims in this world.

The entire Iran became muslim in just 14yrs and egypt in just 3yrs and other host of countries that embraced islam but somehow Indians resisted it

By: siddhu

siddhu — Sat, 12 Feb 2011 06:44:51 +0000

Its unfortunate how people demonize British Rule on India. At least they had left few positive legacies , they were able to wipe out the Barbaric Islam rule. It is nomadic Muslims from Middle East that plundered India,butchered the natives, forcibly converted Hindus to Muslims. I can name a lot of mosques,Dargas and other monuments which were once Hindu temples.
So,its not Britishers that one has to demonize but its the nomadic, barbarious,evil Muslims from harsh Arabian Deserts that raped India.

By: pat

pat — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 14:37:06 +0000

background music is in nepali