If scriptures of Buddhism say, everything was impermanent… nowhere it is spelt out that state of enlightenment, the end stage was impermanent. After 12 years of tapasya (practice of absolute celibacy) human beings finally reached stage of kaivalya jnana (stage of Nirvikalpa Samadhi). Once a bud becomes a flower, it could never become a bud again. Once a […]
The prime reason for decline of Buddhism in India was non-acceptance of existence of soul atman. The existence of soul atman was integral to Hinduism. With coming of Adi Shankaracharya, Buddhism got a direct hit and went in background. In Hinduism not in hundreds but thousands reached stage of enlightenment, moksha salvation in their lifetime. Buddhism evolved behind teachings […]
India is the spiritual citadel of world. Anything perceived untruthful vanishes with time. Since advent of Gautama Buddha, the teachings of Buddhism diluted to its extreme. So much so that people, masses primarily lost faith in Buddhism in India. Buddhism Dharma primarily contained teachings of Gautama Buddha, the one and only preceptor who reached stage of enlightenment in his lifetime. […]