Silicon Valley Monk: From Metaphysics to Reality on the Buddhist Path by J. A. Kempf

Author:J. A. Kempf
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: travel india, hard core dharma, buddhism without beliefs, silicon valley, meditation experiences

"Even though the constitution explicitly forbids discrimination against the dalits," Shantum says, "Ambedkar became convinced that the Hindu majority would never manage to muster the commitment to social justice necessary to treat the dalits as equals. In the 1950's, Ambedkar converted to Buddhism because Buddhism lacks any caste distinction and immediately 500,000 of his caste brothers did so as well."

"So that's what those monks were that I saw in the Mahabodhi Temple!" I exclaim, "I couldn't place them. They had on robes like Thai monks but they were from Bihar."

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