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Basic postulates of dhamma

Whatever is there in buddhism is logical, and if its not logical, its not buddhism. Buddha's dhamma is not about god or soul, or about life after death or about rituals. The basic postulates of buddha shift focus of religion from supernatural to man, and from divine good to good felt by the person. The basic postulates are:
1. The center of dhamma is man, and the relation between man and man in his life on earth.
2. There is a lot of miseries, poverty and sufferings in this world and it is the sole task of dhamma to remove these sufferings, and if dhamma does not undertake such tasks, it is no dhamma at all.
3. All sufferings, miseries and conflicts can be ceased and continue to remain ceased if one follows the path of purity, path of righteousness and the path of virtue.

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Why Buddhism (for the social)

Buddhism is a very wonderful religion to follow, just like honey whose taste we can only know after we have tasted it. Today, there are a number of reasons for promoting Buddhism in India: * it is a lost tradition of India which has a lot of historical importance * ground of buddhism in India is empty * it was first religion to preach against casteism and gender inequality * since its ground is empty, a caste free religion can be set up and it can be used as a force and means to drive towards end of casteism in India * it is very much compatible with the scientific values and since its ground is empty, scientific temper can be promoted through this and a drive against superstitions can be made * it is a religion very similar to hinduism and hence will be easy to propagate in India * in historical times after its coming, it had forced the reduction of casteism in hinduism, but after it was lost and as its influence decreased, casteism in hinduism became rigid again, hence it wil...