When once the Blessed Lord☸ was staying in Shravasti the almsmen came and informed him that they were constantly harassed by the Deva who disturbed them in their meditations.
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After hearing their stories of harassment the Blessed Lord☸ gave them the following instructions:—
“He, who is skilled in his godness, who wishes to attain that calm state, should act thus:
🟢he should be able, upright, near perfectly upright, of noble speech, gentle & humble
🟢“Contented, easily supportable, with few duties, of light livelihood, controlled in senses, discreet, not impudent, not greedily attached to families.
🟢“He should not pursue anything trifling such that other wise men might censure him.
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He should wish,
🟢‘May all beings be happy and secure; may their hearts be wholesome.’
🟢“Whatever living beings there be—feeble or strong, tall, stout and medium, short, small or large, without exception;
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🟢“Seen or unseen, those dwelling far or near, those who are born, or who are to be born, may all beings be happy.
🟢“Let none deceive another, nor despise any person whatsoever in any place, let him not wish any harm to another, out of anger or ill-will.
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🟢“Just as a mother would protect her only child at the risk of her own life, even so let him cultivate a boundless heart towards all beings.
🟢“Let his thoughts of boundless love pervade the whole world, above, below and across without any obstruction, without any enmity.
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🟢“Whether he stands, walks, sits, lies down, as long as he is awake, he should develop this mindfulness, this they say is the noblest living here.
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🟢“Not falling into error (self-illusion), being virtuous and endowed with insight, by discarding attachment to sense desires never does he come again for conception in a womb.”
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🟢In short, he told them “Love your enemies.”
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Among the Provinces of India which came Under Muslim domination,
Sind was the first.
It was ruled by a Shudra king.
But the throne was usurped by a Brahmin who established his own dynasty which naturally supported the Brahmnic religion at the time of the invasion of Sind by Ibne Kassim in 712 A.D.
The ruler of Sind was Dahir.
This Dahir belonged to the dynasty of Brahmin rulers.
Heuen Tsang had noticed that the Punjab was in his time ruled by a
Kshatriya Buddhist dynasty.
This dynasty ruled Punjab till about 880 A.D.
In that year the throne was usurped by a Brahmin army commander by name Lalliya who founded the Brahmin Shahi dynasty.
As to the conversion to the faith of Islam by the Buddhist population as a cause of the fall of Buddhism☸, there can hardly be much doubt.
In his Presidential address to the early Medieval and Rajput section of the Indian History Congress held at Allahabad in 1938,
Prof. Surendra Nath Sen very rightly observed that there were two problems relating to the Medieval History of India for which no satisfactory answers were forthcoming as yet.
He mentiond two:
1️⃣one connected with the origin of the Rajputs and the
2️⃣ other to the distribution of the Muslim population in India.
The Muslim invasions of India commenced in the year 1001 A.D.
The last wave of these invasions reached Southern India in 1296
A.D. when Allauddin Khilji subjugated the Kingdom of Devagiri.
The Muslim conquest of India was really not completed by 1296.
The wars of subjugation went on between the Muslim conquerors and the local rulers who though defeated were not reduced.
But the point which requires to bear in mind is that during this period of 300 years of Muslim Wars of conquests, India was governed all over by princes
who professed the orthodox faith of Bramhanism.
Bramhanism beaten and battered by the Muslim Invaders could look to the rulers for support and sustenance and did get it.
Buddhism beaten and battered by the Muslim invaders had no such hope.
POLITICAL REFORM MUST PRECEDE SOCIAL REFORM: Bodhisattva Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar (1932)☸💙🧘♀️📿
By establishing Bahujan Samaj Party i.e. BSP🐘🇮🇳 as the third front in Indian Politics, Manywar and Behenji have very well brought Babasaheb's dream mission forward.
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It was well advised by Babasaheb (1948) that, “Political power is the key to all social progress...", so BSP is not just a political movement but it is actually a Mission to transform the society at every levels.