Bangalore: Just as everything in India is getting Brahminised or hinduised, Budhism is also facing the same problem.
Brahminical forces have fully infiltrated Budhism and introducing all sorts of perversions like meditation (Vipassana), idol worship, vegetarianism, belief in fate and all sorts of superstitions. DV had a long Debate on these Brahminical bid to mislead the Dalits.
Because Babasaheb embraced Budhism, Dalits all over India are also rushing into it which may reduce the Hindu to a minority. This is the secret of the Brahminical fear. They have employed hundreds of “missionaries” to subvert Babasaheb’s Budhism. In Bangalore, the Brahminical Mahabodhi Society has many captive Dalit Budhists to corrupt Babasaheb Budhism. They are invited by innocent Dalits to perform marriages as per Budhist rites in which they mischievously introduce mangal sutra which the bridegroom ties round the neck of the bride to sanctify the wedlock.
Mangal sutra is strictly Brahminical compelling the wife to be the life-long slave of the husband. Under Budhism such a custom is prohibited but some unthinking Budhists have printed booklets quoting Babasaheb recommending such a practice.
Budhism resembles Hinduism: At the time of Budhist mass conversion of Dalits, the monk invariably makes it a condition that the lunch served must be vegetarian. So much so, Budhism has started resembling Hinduism much to the delight of its enemies.
Here is yet another authoritative warning from a noted Budhist monk on vegetarianism.
Both Budha and Babasaheb were meat-eaters. From where did this vegetarianism come?
AJAHN BRAHMAVAMSO
Since the very beginning of Budhism over 2,500 years ago, Budhist monks and nuns have depended on almsfood. They were, and still are, prohibited from growing their own food, storing their own provisions or cooking their own meals. Instead, every morning they would make their day’s meal out of whatever was freely given to them by lay supporters. Whether it was rich food or coarse food, delicious or awful tasting, it was to be accepted with gratitude and eaten regarding it as medicine. The Budha laid down several rules forbidding monks from asking for the food that they liked. As a result, they would receive just the sort of meals that ordinary people ate — and that was often meat.
Budha ate meat
There are many places in the Budhist scriptures which tell of the Budha and his monks being offered meat and eating it. However, there are some meats which are specifically prohibited for monks to eat: human meat, for obvious reasons; meat from elephants and horses as these were then considered royal animals; dog meat — as this was considered by ordinary people to be disgusting; and meat from snakes, lions, tigers, panthers, bears and hyenas — because one who had just eaten the flesh of such dangerous jungle animals was thought to give forth such a smell as to draw forth revenge from the same species.
Monks and nuns may eat meat. Even the Budha at meat.
