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- In the Dalit Buddhist movement, Navayāna is considered an independent new branch of Buddhism native to India, distinct from the traditionally recognized branches of Theravāda, Mahāyāna, and Vajrayāna —considered to be foundational in the Buddhist tradition. [b] It radically re-interprets what Buddhism is, [c] revising parts of the original teachings of the Buddha to be more concerned with class struggle, social equality, and right to education, taking into account modern problems.
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Navayana rejects practices and precepts such as renouncing monk and monasticism, karma, rebirth in afterlife, samsara, meditation, enlightenment and Four Noble Truths considered to be foundational in the Buddhist traditions.
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In the Dalit Buddhist movement, Navayāna is considered an independent new branch of Buddhism native to India, distinct from the traditionally recognized branches of Theravāda, Mahāyāna, and Vajrayāna [8] —considered to be foundational in the Buddhist tradition. [9][b] It radically re-interprets what Buddhism is, [10][c] revising parts of the ori...
Mar 12, 2022 · B.R. Ambedkar and Navayana Buddhism. The origins of the term Navayana are ambiguous, but often identified with the Ambedkar social revolution in India, dating from 14 October 1956. On that date, B.R. Ambedkar, the father of the Indian Constitution and the most prominent Dalit (formerly ’untouchable‘) of his time, publicly converted to Buddhism.
Navayana (Devanagari: नवयान, IAST: Navayāna) means "new vehicle" and refers to the re-interpretation of Buddhism by Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar; it is also called Neo-Buddhism, Ambedkarite Buddhism, and Bhimayāna (after Ambedkar's first name, Bhimrao).
His main objection to Hinduism was that it sanctified inequality and Untouchability through its doctrine of Chaturvarnya. Buddhism, on the other hand, rejected Chaturvarnya and supported equality. He commends Buddhism for rejecting god and soul and for emphasizing morality.
Jan 30, 2014 · As Ambedkar gained recognition as a founding father of the Republic of India and principal draftsman of its Constitution, his Navayana Buddhism came to be identified as a form of socially engaged Buddhism, paralleling movements for self-determination and economic justice in Tibet, Vietnam, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, and Thailand.
Aug 18, 2015 · If we are to briefly indicate how Navayana Buddhism is such a religion of reason, or how reason works when it is not a civil religion but a refuge, perhaps we should attend to Ambedkar's rendering in The Buddha and His Dhamma of the moment when Siddhartha Gautama takes the oath of parivraja or wandering mendicancy and starts on the path that ...
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