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Which varna are 'Hindu' Buddhists part of?
There are a lot of our scriptures mentioning Gautam Buddha as one of Vishnu's avatars. You can see this Wikipedia post for the list
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gautama_Buddha_in_Hinduism
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Why did Gautam Buddha marry his cousin , when cousin marriage is banned in Hinduism? [closed]
Siddharth was born in a Hindu family.
Siddharth Gautam Marriage was arrange marriage with his cousin.
But as much as i know cousin marriage is banned in Hinduism
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Is yoga a religion?
Is Yoga a form of religious Hinduism? Are beliefs such karma, reincarnation or gods needed to practice it? Is appropriate to practice yoga if you are agnostic, atheist or believer in other religions ...
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The concept of Shunya (Void) by Dattatreya
I came across a question quoting a verse from Avadhoota Gita:
Some seek nonduality, others duality. They do not know the Truth, which is the same at all times and everywhere, which is devoid of both
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Arguments: Re-birth
Is there any argumentative way to establish that rebirth exists?
In shatdarshanas, it seems like a lot of them - samkhya, yoga, etc don't believe in rebirth. Although Yoga Sutras of Patanjali talk ...
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Elites saying "Buddhism is a child of Hinduism."
Experts and Elite Personalities of Sanatana Dharma knows that Buddhism is born from Hinduism but do not agree with some teachings of Hinduism.
Swami Vivekananda is an elite personality states this ...
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Is distinguishing Body from Atman as Non Self and using terms like Anatma a Buddhist influence on Hinduism?
Prof Peter Harvey writes "Both Buddhism and Hinduism distinguish ego-related "I am, this is mine", from their respective abstract doctrines of "Anatta" and "Atman". ...
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Where are the bodhisattvic principles in Hinduism? [closed]
It is said that the Buddha reached the Enlightenment for the welfare of all human beings and to free them from the bondage of Samsara.
Where are the most significant passages of the bodhisattvic ...
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Are Siddhis Illusory and part of Maya?
When Buddha and some other ascended masters attained enlightenment were gifted with special abilities or Siddhis. Buddha was even able to recall his previous lives and his and other people's karmas ...
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Is the word &/or notion of "jāti" found in the Vedas?
In Buddhism, the word "jāti" is doctrinally very important. The fully enlightened Arhat Buddhists declare upon enlightenment: "Jati has ended".
In Hinduism, "jati" is said to have the following ...
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Have any prominent gurus explained the Buddha avatar as Maitreya instead of Gautama?
The common explainations of Buddha being Gautama or someone before us, have some problems.
For starters the date of Buddha is given in the Bhagavata as the start of Kali Yuga. This would either be ...
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Why cant Hinduism accept Guna Based Flexible Varna system as Buddhism?
Buddha says "While the differences between these species are defined by their birth,the differences between humans are not defined by their birth.In individual human bodies you can’t find such ...
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Where does the baDabanala tantra recognize vajravarahi as a Buddhist diety originally? [closed]
From the article "VajravArAhI" at the Kamakotimandali website:
BhagavatI bimbAmbikA recognizes the fact that the deity is Buddhist in origin, as does baDabAnala tantra, and both prescribe ...
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Is there a Hindu equivalent of the Buddhist Dukkha?
I really like the Buddhist teaching on suffering-unsatisfactoriness (Dukkha), a characteristic of existence and how to get rid of it.
I was wondering if there was a Hindu equivalent? A similar ...
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Is Ganesha created based on Gautama Buddha?
Is Ganesha created based on Gautama Buddha? I have read in many articles from several social platforms that the concept of Ganesha is derived from Buddhism.
Various names such as vighnaharta and ...
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Hevajra & Nairātmyā are Lord Siva & Ma Parvati respectively?
Three major branches of Buddhism along with their percentage of practitioners are
Mayāyāna - 53.2%
Theravad - 35.8%
Vajrayana - 5.7%
My interest is Vajrayana here. As you can see through the link, ...
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How can portions of Vedas get 'lost'?
This is not a duplicate question. The question isn't how much of it has been lost, but how it was lost.
Vedas had oral tradition and has been preserved by pure memory for thousands of years. How can ...
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How does Advaita Vedanta assert and prove the eternality of cognition of Non dual Atman?
This article [1] says
Śāntarakṣita has however refuted the Upanishadic non-dualism in the
Tattva Sangraha’ chapter 7, section 5. In his refutation of the
Upanishadic view he has referred to the ...
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Difference between Hinduism and Buddhist Tara maa
A Shakti worshipper worships the 2nd mahavidya , Tara maa , which resembles the one present in Tara pith temple . This is a Hindu perception, but in Buddhism also there is mention and strong practice ...
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What is the meaning of contrasting (even conflicting) nature of various avatars of Vishnu? [closed]
You know for instance take the last 4 forms of lord Vishnu. There is Parshuram who is violent and slayer of his enemies meanwhile there is lord Budha who says no to harming others who try to harm us. ...
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Do any Hindu schools of thought ascribe to the efficacy of prayer wheels?
Prayer wheels are commonplace in Tibetan Buddhism. According to their lineage texts regarding prayer wheels, spinning such a wheel will have much the same meritorious effect as orally reciting the ...
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How to refute the article claiming Buddhism influenced Upanishads
Especially Part 4-It claims Buddhism influenced Upanishads and they are post-Buddhist and lists many contemporaries of Upanishadic Sages during Buddha's time.
http://bps.lk/olib/wh/...
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Green Tara and Parvati
What are the correlations between Green Tara in Buddhism and Mother Parvati in Hinduism?
Are these Goddess connected?
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Which commentator interprets Gaudapada's word Chitta as Chaitanya?
In this lecture, Swami Paramarthananda, an Advaitin, discusses Adi Shankaracharya's refutation of Yogachara Buddhism in his Brahma Sutra Bhashya. He says that Yogachara Buddhism and Advaita may seem ...
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Hinduism and Buddhism [duplicate]
We all know Bhagwan Buddh was the incarnation of Great Lord Vishnu.
Vaishnav worship Lord Vishnu. Why did then Lord Vishnu created another Dharma? Why did not he rectified Hinduism?
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Are Buddhists really a type of Hindus? [duplicate]
Gautama Buddha was the 9th avatar of Lord Vishnu. Buddha himself was a Kshatriya and he was the founder of Buddhism. But he was a Hindu and he had created his own religion. So, does this mean ...
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Is there any merit to the claim the Gita was written as a repsonse to Buddhism? [closed]
Ambedkar, author of the Indian Constitution, was a student of theology, approaching it from his lower caste experience.
He argued that the Gita was compiled as a philosophical defense of Hinduism for ...
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Is Buddha or Buddhism mentioned explicitly in Mahabharata?
In the famous Mahabharata translation of Kisori Mohan Ganguli, he remarks at the start of Shanti Parva
The Santi Parva is a huge interpolation in the Mahabharata, in the
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Is post-Vedic Hinduism copied from Buddhism?
Is Hinduism copied from Buddhism?
https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/a/2043
For example, as this answer says, and a lot of others in the same thread, "Hinduism" didn't exist in its present-...
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Why do the Buddhists in India claim that Diwali is a buddhist festival?
I am not sure whether it is a question to be asked on this forum but I have come across a lot of Navayani Buddhist online who claim that Diwali was a festival started by Mauryan Emperor Ashoka as ...
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Did buddhism and jainism decline because they are anti ritualistic and contrary to what brahmin hindus propagate? [closed]
Also, can someone tell me where to start from for Indian philosophy and culture like some map which covers all Philosophies?
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Balance of strength between Asuras and Devas
Here is an extract from a Buddhist scripture (the Caturdevarājasūtra) that directly connects the balance of strength between the Asuras and the Devas with Humanities morality:
During the monthly ...
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What was Swami Vivekananda's opinion on Nagajurna and Abhinavagupta?
What was Swami Vivekananda's opinion on Nagajurna? Did he ever talk about Abhinavgupta or Nagajurna at any one of his talks?
I know he has talked about Buddha, Jainas and others but never saw him ...
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Did Nyaya defend itself and refute Buddhist works
I heard Nyaya was refuted by Nagarjuna. Did any Nyaya scholars defend their works and refute Buddhism in turn?
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Reference Request: Nadis, Chakras in Hindu (or preferably Indian) nomenclature
Consider this question as a reference request.
Nadis are branch points corresponding to nerves in the physical body. The branch point of Nadis is called Chakra. Primary nadi involves - Sushumna Nadi ...
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Why do some claim that madhyamika is compatible with vedanta,when consciousness is not a cause in madhyamika?
https://archive.org/details/IndianPhilosophyACriticalSurvey claims sunyavaada is compatible with Upanishadic ideas.
but in madhyamika,the 5 elements(earth,water,fire,air and Consciousness) are ...
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Is Valmiki Ramayana copied from Dasharatha jataka? [duplicate]
The stories of Ramayana and Dasharatha jataka are very similar. As we all know that valmiki was of dwapar yug, so valmiki Ramayana should be older than Dasharatha jataka. But there is no clear ...
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Why Jainism, Buddhism and Sikhism require to do blasphemy against our dharma and God like shri ram,hanuman and shri krishna to promote their faith? [closed]
I have respected Jainism, buddhism and Sikhism from childhood, but now, I only tolerate them (due to current law)because their scriptures are blasphemous against shri hari and mahadev avtars.
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If Ayodhya Ram temple is so dear to Hindus, why don't we see lord Krishna ever visiting ayodhya/talk about his last avtar ? (500 years dream of hindus [duplicate]
Heard that avatars concept is fabricated at the time of Buddhism.
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Between Daśaratha-Jātaka and Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa which is older?
One of the fundamental differences between the Buddhist Daśaratha-Jātaka and the Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa is that Sītā is portrayed as Rāma's half-sister in the Jātaka:
Once upon a time, at Benares, a ...
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