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344 [DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES]
There is another and a more general reason why it must be held that the Buddha could not have preached such a doctrine.
The basis of the Hindu doctrine of past karma as the regulator of future life is an iniquitous doctrine. What could have been the purpose of inventing such a doctrine ?
The only purpose one can think of is to enable the state or the society to escape responsibility for the condition of the poor and the lowly.
Otherwise such an inhuman and absurd doctrine could never have been invented.
It is impossible to imagine that the Buddha who was known as the Maha Karunika could have supported such a doctrine.