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Sources:
The Forest People, by Colin M Turnbull, 1961
The Old Way: A Story of the First People, by Elizabeth Marshall Thomas, 2006
The Evolution of God, by Robert Wright, 2009

Additional Reading:
"Evolutionary origin of religions," Wikipedia
The Dawn of Belief: Religon in the Upper Paleolithic of Southwestern Europe, Chapters 4~7, by D Bruce Dickson, 1990
The Elementary Forms of Religious Life, by Émile Durkheim, 1915

Script adapted from here:
http://www.macrohistory.com/h1/ch00.htm

Narrator:
http://www.matthewkendrick.com/

Soundtrack:
https://soundcloud.com/four-tet/angel-echoes-jon-hopkins-remix

We will look at the Indian lawyer, economist, politician, and tireless advocate for social justice Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, his career and influence, and in particular his development of a new Buddhist path in so-called "Navayāna" Buddhism or "the New Vehicle". We will see how it differs from traditional early Buddhist belief and practice, and how it is aimed at improving the situation of the most impoverished in India and around the world.

☸️ Free mini-course at the Online Dharma Institute: onlinedharma.org.

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This Black Buddhist lecture “Buddhism for the New Black Generation” is the result of Anthony “Amp” Elmore’s 49 years of Buddhist practice. Elmore presents Buddhism and it teachings inclusive of Black history culture and language. Elmore makes clear that “Buddhist Wisdom” or enlightenment is never, never, never outside of your life, Elmore in an earlier lecture used the story of the “Wizard of Oz” as the example how Dorthy got back home or found that happiness was always inside of herself. The scarecrow represented wisdom, the Tin man represented compassion and the Lion represented Courage.
Anthony “Amp” Elmore in this lecture explains that finding enlightenment or Buddhahood means clearly looking inside yourself for enlightenment. Elmore notes that while Asians, Whites, and Black trained by Asians and Whites do not make Black Buddhist history a part of their Buddhist teachings and practice are not only “delusional” such practices support the concepts of racism and White supremacy. In plain and simple language Elmore make clear how could Black people accept Whites and Asians as your Buddhist masters when they themselves suffer for delusion. It is the case of the “Blind leading the Blind.”

Elmore encourages Black Buddhist to use 21st century technology to learn not only the truth of Buddhism Elmore encourage those who study Buddhism to learn truth and adopt science as a means of accepting any teaching, Philosophy or Religion. Elmore in this lecture makes clear that enlightenment is not about some Asian on a mountain meditating, instead Elmore explains that enlightenment means coming to the realization of truth, facts and science.

Elmore presents evidence of racism and White Supremacy and how White Supremacy Racism is a part of our society whereas we have 1. Structural 2. Institutional 3. Individual racism. Elmore explains that we Black people face unique challenges in our society and our Buddhist practice inclusive of our Black history, Culture and Language will help us to become enlighten and change regarding White Supremacy a major part of delusion in our society.
Elmore in this lecture points out that all of the poplar forms of song and dance in America were created by Black people and Black people should use this culture to promote peace in our world via using sounds of our voice to spread the Lotus Sutra. Elmore notes that Nichiren Shonin the 13th Century Black Japanese Sage explains in his writings that we attain enlightenment via hearing the Lotus Sutra or the title.

For more information visit the website; www.proudblackbuddhist.org . Most important visit the Anthony Amp Elmore video channel on YouTube to experience about 500 videos. Contact Anthony Elmore via email: anthony@proudblackbuddhist.org .

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Many people come in to Buddhist belief and practice through Zen, but not many people have an appreciation for its history. In this video we'll take a look at both its more and less legendary history, as well as the internal strains that led to the development of the two major schools of Zen.

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This documentary is extracted from a series of films make by NHK and France 5 TV channels covering the history of the cultures of the Eurasian landmass and the silk roads that run through it.

This film focuses of Gandhāra, which straddles what is now Pakistan and Afghanistan (around the Swat and Kabul Valleys) and the emergent Buddhist culture that arose there just before the Common Era.

The film covers the rise and the fall of the religion in the area it covers, and has some interesting interviews with academics working on the material and remains, including Prof. Richard Salomon, an expert of the Gandhārian language.

We also see something of the Shöyen collection, one of the largest collections of Gandhāran texts in the world, and see how computer imaging is helping to reassemble the texts, while preserving the originals.

The film shows how the meeting of the Greaco cultures in Bactria and the Indian cultures represented by Buddhism gave rise to the first Buddhist statues, and a truly cosmopolitan culture that stood at the centre of the transmission of Buddhism.

The narration is in English, and is evidently a translation of either the French or the Japanese version, but unfortunately the interviews have no sub-titles, so unless you know the languages used part of the film will be lost.

Buddhism is one of the most important Asian spiritual traditions. During its roughly 2.5 millennia of history, Buddhism has shown a flexible approach, adapting itself to different conditions and local ideas while maintaining its core teachings. As a result of its wide geographical expansion, coupled with its tolerant spirit, Buddhism today encompasses a number of different traditions, beliefs, and practices.
During the last decades, Buddhism has also gained a significant presence outside Asia. With the number of adherents estimated to be almost 400 million people, Buddhism in our day has expanded worldwide, and it is no longer culturally specific. For many centuries, this tradition has been a powerful force in Asia, which has touched nearly every aspect of the eastern world: arts, morals, lore, mythology, social institutions, etc. Today, Buddhism influences these same areas outside of Asia, as well.
The origin of Buddhism points to one man, Siddhartha Gautama, the historical Buddha, who was born in Lumbini (in present-day Nepal) during the 5th century BCE,. Rather than the founder of a new religion, Siddhartha Gautama was the founder and leader of a sect of wanderer ascetics (Sramanas), one of many sects that existed at that time all over India. This sect came to be known as Sangha to distinguish it from other similar communities.
The Sramanas movement, which originated in the culture of world renunciation that emerged in India from about the 7th century BCE, was the common origin of many religious and philosophical traditions in India, including the Charvaka school, Buddhism, and its sister religion, Jainism. The Sramanas were renunciants who rejected the Vedic teachings, which was the traditional religious order in India, and renounced conventional society.
Siddhartha Gautama lived during a time of profound social changes in India. The authority of the Vedic religion was being challenged by a number of new religious and philosophical views. This religion had been developed by a nomadic society roughly a millennium before Siddhartha’s time, and it gradually gained hegemony over most of north India, especially in the Gangetic plain. But things were different in the 5th BCE, as society was no longer nomadic: agrarian settlements had replaced the old nomad caravans and evolved into villages, then into towns and finally into cities. Under the new urban context, a considerable sector of Indian society was no longer satisfied with the old Vedic faith. Siddhartha Gautama was one of the many critics of the religious establishment.

An introduction to Siddhartha Gautama Buddha and Buddhism.

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In which John relates a condensed history of India, post-Indus Valley Civilization. John explores Hinduism and the origins of Buddhism. He also gets into the reign of Ashoka, the Buddhist emperor who, in spite of Buddhism's structural disapproval of violence, managed to win a bunch of battles.

Resources:

Awesome comic book about Ashoka by Anant Pai: http://dft.ba/-ashoka He did a huge series of comics about Indian history and religion: http://dft.ba/-AnantPai

India: A History by John Keay: http://dft.ba/-IndiaHistory

The Bhagavad Gita: http://dft.ba/-gita

The Bhagavad Gita, Upanishads, and Rig Veda, all-in-one edition: http://dft.ba/-India

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