Ven. Akshay Kamble

:: 1. What is Religion? ::  1. The word " religion " is an indefinite word with no fixed meaning. 2. It is one word with many meanings. 3. This is because religion has passed through many stages. The concept at each stage is called Religion though the concept at one stage has not had the same meaning which it had at the preceding stage or is likely to have at the succeeding stage. 4. The conception of religion was never fixed. 5. It has varied from time to time. 6. Because most of the phenomena such as lightning, rain and floods, the occurrence of which the primitive man could not explain, any weird performance done to control the phenomenon was called magic. Religion therefore came to be identified with magic. 7. Then came the second stage in the evolution of religion. In this stage religion came to be identified with beliefs, rituals, ceremonies, prayers and sacrifices. 8. But this conception of religion is derivative. 9. The pivotal point in religion

What are the prospects of democracy in India? - by Dr. B.R. Ambedkar  The subject assigned to me is, “What are the prospects of democracy in India?” Most Indians speak with great pride as though their country was already a democracy. The foreigners also, when they sit at a dinner table to do diplomatic honor to India, speak of the Great Indian Prime Minister and the Great Indian Democracy. From this, it is held without waiting to argue that where there is a Republic, there must be a democracy. It is also supposed that where there is Parliament which is elected by the people on adult suffrage and the laws are made by the People’s Representatives in Parliament elected after few years, there is the democracy. In other words, democracy is understood to be a political instrument and where this political instrument exists, there is a democracy. Is there democracy in India or is there no democracy in India? What is the truth? No positive answer can be given unless the confusion ca

Sources and References: 1.Dr.B.R.Ambedkar Writing and speeches 2.Buddha and His Dhamma by Dr.B.R.Ambedka The Buddhist Way of Life    1. On Good, Evil, and Sin  2. On Craving and Lust  3. On Hurt and Ill-will  4. On Anger and Enmity  5. On Man, Mind, and Impurities  6. On Self and Self-Conquest  7. On Wisdom, Justice, and Good Company  8. On Thoughtfulness and Mindfulness  9. On Vigilance, Earnestness, and Boldness  10. On Sorrow and Happiness; On Charity and Kindness  11. On Hypocrisy  12. On Following the Right Way  13. Mix not True Dhamma with False Dhamma 1. On Good, Evil, and Sin 1. Do good. Be no party to evil. Commit no sin.     2. This is the Buddhist way of life.     3. If a man should do that which is good, let him do it again and again, let him turn the desires of his heart thereto. Happy is the heaping of good.     4. Think not casually of the good, saying, "it will not come to me." Drop by drop is the water pot filled. By little a