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THERE IS DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE AHIMSA PREACHED BY BUDDHISM AND JAINISM
Extracts from the speech delivered by Dr. B. R. Ambedkar at a meeting held at Buddha Vihar under the auspices of the Mahabodhi Society of India, New Delhi on the 5th February
Any religion that cannot provide an anwser to Communism will not survive. The only religion, in my view, that can serve as an antidote to Communism is Buddhism.
I do not agree with those who believe in every faith and pick up something from every where. Such an attitude is in evidence in India. One should make one’s choice and stick to it.
One faith can be different from another. There is a great difference between the Ahimsa preached by Buddhism and the Ahimsa preached by Jainism. The latter has taken Ahimsa to the highest degree.
I have full faith in the rebirth. I can prove it to scientists that rebirth was logical. In my view, it is the elements that changed and not the man.
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