One reason why Buddhism and Jainism failed as religions - they spent more time trying to troll Hinduism than attempting to create a solid religious corpus.
https://twitter.com/RainaNibbana/status/1315680736515555329
Forgot to take a screenshot of the previous image. A Buddhist translation of Gayatri Mantra. 
And Karpatri Maharaj on Jain Ramayanas
https://twitter.com/Hiranyareta/status/1321546347519102977?s=20
And BA Salatore on Hoysala conversion from Jainism to Srivaishnavism
One of the greatest Jain scholars of the last century. A disaster.
Back to Buddhism. This is the first verse of a famous Buddhist work Dharmapada.
"One does not become a Brahmin by matted dreadlocks, clan, or birth; but having expelled small and large wrongs in every way, an expeller of wrongs is someone called a Brahmin."
"One does not become a Brahmin by matted dreadlocks, clan, or birth; but having expelled small and large wrongs in every way, an expeller of wrongs is someone called a Brahmin."
Another good bit on the topic.
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