Hindus built resistance agaist Islamic invasions at social and regional levels but Buddhists couldn't. Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh were all Buddhist majority regions which are now Islamic countries. 🙏

As a longtime Buddhist I can say without prejudice that Hinduism predated Buddhism. The Buddha himself was from a Hindu family. He didn't "invent" Meditation. He may have developed his own additional techniques but meditation was already in Hinduism long before him. So Buddhism was more of an "offshoot" if we're to correctly categorize it. Just as Protestantism is an offshoot of Catholicism. If you take Hinduism and "simplify" it -- take away deity propitiation and just focus on meditation -- what you end up with is Buddhism. So there's Buddhism "in" Hinduism. Therefore Buddhism didn't decay in India. All Hindus practice Buddhism within Hinduism.

My name is sugatha. It’s a Buddhist name but I am Hindu. When Buddhism forgot it roots and started abusing sanatana dharma without realising the depth of sanatana dharma its had to leave India. If they were accommodating in their thought they would have still be here in India.

I m from bihar. Gautam buddha had came to my village. There is temple for him. We also worship Buddha.

Buddhism declined in India because of Adi Sankara. He revived Advaitavad in Northern India.

Buddhism declined and saved India from Islam.. thanks to Adishankaracharya 🙏

Full respect to Monk Rinpoche. Dharma is one.

Sir you absolutely nailed it...there is nothing like Hinduism, Buddhism, jainism, or sikkhism...all are Sanatan

I am a Hindu . The tenets of Buddhism are embedded in Hinduism… Buddhism is like a branch of Hinduism/ Sanatan Dharma.

It's not that Buddhism disappeared, it is simply assimilated in Hinduism. Hinduism doesn't have some fixed principles. It is dynamic and always keep changing with time. India has a tradition of following Enlightened people or Gurus or yogis. When Buddha was born, people were captivated by his teachings, so they spread quickly. In a way Indians were following Buddhist teachings at that time, but that doesn't necessarily means that they were thinking of Buddhism as an exclusive religion. Their children would not exclusively follow these teachings but would also learns new teachings from wandering Gurus or Yogis or Naths etc. Even after Buddha dies, new Gurus came and spread their teachings. We had many famous gurus like Adi Shankaracharya or Nagarjuna. Their disciples would wander around India and spread their teachings. It was a tradition for Indian kings to invite such Gurus or Yogis, listen to their debates and following the practices of Gurus who won the debates. There are widely available records of such debates happening in courts of Indian kingdoms. Even today we have some gurus like Sadhguru etc whom people follow. So in a way Hinduism is dynamic and always changing. Buddhism was just a phase which was popular at that time. People haven't forgotten those teachings. Those are assimilated in Hinduism, while people still kept seeking new ways to approach God and Spirituality. I mean Hinduism have Vedic Philosoply, Buddhism, Vedanta, Puranic, Shavism, Vaishanvism, Stories of gods spread by devoted poets like Tulsidas spreading Ramayana or spread of Bhagvad Gita, teachings of Krishna. In each era, we had Gurus which gave their teachings about how to approach God and Spirituality and they kept assimilating in Hinduism. Although, I would like to say that current so-called Gurus can't really be compared to old Gurus. Old gurus used to abstain from material attachment, living in hut, wearing minimal clothes, eating minimal food. They also used to meditate in secluded forests or mountains. And in such a way, they used to found new teachings. Nowadays Gurus just package old teachings in a complicated way and present it as their teachings. They enjoy all things that can be bought from money and are increasingly more political. So in a way, I think this new age of Social media is really bad for traditional ways of Hinduism. Rather than following Gurus, now it is better to read the already compiled teaching in Hinduism. In a way, we should close the lore of Hinduism and should not allow any further addition.

One word answer: Adi Shankaracharyaji

Actually, I don't know if he is aware of or not, but it happened in around late 8th century. So In India we used to practice a system of Shastratha (More like a debate on interpretation of the teachings). Buddhism was on peak after Maurya and Ashoka empire, coz no Hindu priest or guru was able to defeat Bhuddist monks in Shastrath. The rules of these debates were that if you loose in the debate you whole heartedly follow the philosophy of the winner and make him your guru. That's how Buddhism rose in India and everywhere else. Its similar to how in Japan Dojo masters system used to be. If other Dojo defeat the master of another Dojo they used to go under the umbrella of the winning master. This was similar just instead of fight here it was a debate of their philosophies and teachings. So Buddhist defeated many Hindu monks for centuries and became the most practised belief in South Asia. Until, Adi Shankaracharya was born in 788. He obtained Hindu knowledge at a very young age and became a Vedic scholar and his interpretation gave birth to the new form (Interpretation/Darshan) of Vedic philosophies its called Adwait Vedanta. No Buddhist monks were able to defeat him in Shastratha and when defeated they became his disciples. He travelled throughout the region what is now called India and Pakistan and defated all the monks which led to decline of Buddhism in India & Pakistan.

As i santani or so called hindu. I always believe so called jainism, so called buddhism, so called sikhism and so called hinduism are one for me. I have everything inside me. They are not religions. They are teachings.

Buddha and his teaching always lives inside us

I appreciate that you mentioned, that initially Hinduism and Buddhism were unnamed .That's just because the concept of dharma ,common to the both, is very different than the abrahamic concept of religions...for sure its an enforced identity....and I would like to add that the above statement also implies that there was no actual line seperating Hinduism and buddhism....the core buddhist principles are 70-80% similar to the samkhya tradition in Hinduism...also the mahayana buddhist practices like tibetian-tantra and diety worship are common to Hinduism too.... So in my opinion there is no actual division between hinduism and buddhism ,and if still people claim it to be so....then there are further more possible divisions that could be made in them....the reality is , all the religions that originated in the indian subcontinent are one under the laws of dharma-karma-moksha....

I am a Buddhist scholar from South East Asia. I have studied Hindu philosophies as well. Like revered Rinpoche said, "Hindu-ism", "Buddh-ism" are just invented and imposed names by Westerners. First and foremost to understand why Buddhism never took great hold in India we must acknowledge the fact that in India Baudha-Dharma is just another branch of philosophy in "Hindu" thought (Darshana). There are many darshanas in India that pre-date Buddhism. For example - Samkhya, Yoga, Jaina etc each with its own enlightened sage just like Buddha. Even today, there are spiritual men in India who are followed literally by millions and they have their own philosophies and they may go on to become as impactful as Buddha in a thousand years making themselves very distinct from what we call "mainstream Hinduism" now. So when you have like a dozen competing darshanas that can give you salvation, for Indians to take up Buddha-dharma en-masse made no sense. They could merrily be Krishna and Vishnu followers (Vaishnavas), Shiva followes (Sahivaites), Shakti followers, Advaita followers etc each with its own guru like Buddha, and texts, philosophies in abundance. Also, like revered Rinpoche said, Islamic invasions played a huge part in uprooting whatever Buddhism existed in India too. While the Hindu dharmic traditions through existing social structures were able to organize and resist the imposition of Islam and fight against the destructions, unfortunately the Buddists, Jains, and some other Indian dharmic religions could not stand up to the onslaught.

Sir, Actually From Iran, Afghanistan, Tibet, China, Malaysia, Indonesia etc.., used i be Buddist counntries. Buddism doesn't have any method to stand up against the violent invasions. All the buddist countries that were invaded by Muslims, they very very quickly took them over and converted to islam. It is super easy to kill, kick out Buddist because it has NON-VIOLENCE written all over. Just an example Afganistan taliban govt. demolished a big Budda statue,because in Isalam it is HARAM to have idols. That just shows that Islamic expansion invasions DOES have a lotnof role to play for Buddism not surviving in India.

The core reasons for the decline are destruction of Nalanda and Adi Shankaracharya reviving Hinduism. There were various schools of philosophy at the time, and there are differences in what Hinduism and Buddhism see as the nature of reality. But regardless of which ism we follow, both these eastern philosophical approaches are similar in a lot of ways and ultimately address the cessation of suffering or nirvana. Let us try not to create rifts between the two, whether one is contained within the other or derived from another is not important. Following them diligently and embodying the teachings are important..

Hinduism is like a big sponge. It will absorb any idea with out loosing its shape fully. I remember my son in Christian School brings a small nice picture of baby Christ and Mary. My old mother (80+) saw the picture and put it in our puja room shelf next to that of baby Krishna. That's our Hindu culture.

The main true reason is Islamic Invasion of India. Hinduism allow Violence to Protect Dharma while Buddhism has no focus on violence. Example ? Afghanistan was a buddhist country.

Budhism is very iherent and deeply ingrained in Indians. Every Sanatani is a Budhist, Jain and Sikh simultaneously

I feel sorry for him ...he didn't touch the main reason Adi Shankaracharya.. Closing eyes not to see truth...shunyata to purnayata..

As a Hindu we have Buddha Bhagwan's Statue and we do offer him flower and worship like how we do for our gods. I do pray to Buddha everyday and recently got connected to Tara maa. We don't consider Buddha as a Decoration piece kept on Shoe keeping box at the entrance of house. This is how modern people are literally treating a God. Breaks my heart everytime I watch it online

Buddhism is not a different religion in India.Buddhism is the part/Sampraday of Greater Sanatan Dharma/Hindu Dharma.Buddhism is a philosophy of India which is inspired by Sankhya,Yoga,Vaisheshik darshan of Vedic Philosophy. Siddharth Gautam Buddha were one more great Rishi/Sant/Gyani/enlighten person of Bharat.Dharma is essance of every Sampraday of Indic religion and philosophy. Dharma above all 🙏🏼🚩

The biggest misconception is to think that Budhism was a seperate religion. People made it so later, but when it was there it was just another stream of diverse thinking like the other streams. Else nothing can explain Chanakya being a teacher of Chandragupta. In this land, the main culture is pretty strong and was flourishing so it continued. You could actually see many ancient temples with both Budhist and Hindu sculptures. But in other lands like China there was no strong and societal culture so the Budhist stream took over.

Buddhism is a internal part of every Hindus, the philosophy is so similar

Gautama the Buddha has already been a part of the Lord's 10 most important avatars. I adore Buddha a lot. Buddhism, Jainism, and even Sikhim are all branches of Sanatan Hindu Dharma. Buddha and Mahavira and Guru Nanak are Bharat's gifts to the world and without Shiva we're nothing. Jay SriRam ☝🏾🌹🚩💥🕉🌺🔥🙏🏽

Buddhism was never a different religion in Bharat.Buddhism is one more Sampraday/part of Sanatan Dharma.🙏🏼🚩

National Emblem of India is a representative seal of the Republic of India that is adapted from the 'Lion Capital of Ashoka Pillar'. Ashoka- The Great who was a Buddhist.

The biggest and most obvious answer to this quesion, which all Tibetans intentionally shy away from and are purposefully blind to, is that in India Buddhism intermixed so much with other "Hinduistic" beliefs, that it became virtually indistinguishable as something separate, of its own. This can be clearly seen today in the case of Vajrayana "Buddhism" where very obviously the vast majority of its practices and teachings have nothing to do with the historical Buddha, but rather have come from so many other Indian spiritual beliefs and traditions that got woven into and incorporated into "Buddhism" over the centuries

Shankaracharya - Adi Shankar watching this from a corner and smiling.

👉Hindus, Buddhist, Sikhs, Jains are basically majorly ONE. 💛🧡

The Buddha like Guru Nanak is revered as avatars of Vishnu by most in India. The practice of Buddhism fractured into multiple sects much like hinduism. The simple answer is we love all our avatars.

This is an interesting take. It may totally have been the case in India, but we can also see how Buddhism has evolved and adapted into a social thing in Thailand, Cambodia, China etc

This man has understood the most important thing in Indian history. Most Indians and non Indians have not understood this simple truth that Hinduism and Buddhism were not different religions as Abrahmic people understand it.

I am hindu and love both religion Hinduism and Buddhism

In India, Buddhism survived due to Royal Patronage, once the Islamic era began, there was no such patronage. Jainism was supported by Merchants, Brahminic ritual trade helped Hinduism survive... Buddhism was the intellectual thought process, considered to be extravagant... and Buddhism really survived a lot of hostility. From China to Japan, they were in direct conflict with Taoism and Shinto.

4:46 I respectfully disagree with the monk. I am an Indian Zen Buddhist from Bodhidharma lineage, and Buddhism has always had social responsibility from the beginning from the time of Buddha. The fact that Buddha went and taught the masses proves he believed in social responsibility. The problem is that many people haven't read the oldest Buddhist scriptures, the Nikayas, where Buddha gave clear instructions on how to create a Buddhist society not just for monks but also for layperson.

It's happened bcz in Bharat and as a sanatani(hindu) we didn't think Hinduism and Buddhism is different religion.

An Indian Hindu. To be honest, most of India sees the Buddha-the ninth incarnation of Lord Vishu-as a god unto himself, and we enjoy applying his teachings to our daily lives. When I first asked my grandmother what Buddhism was, she told me that it was a sister religion to Hinduism. Although the names are different, the core principles are the same-love, respect, and the belief that everyone can learn from everyone.

In Indian subcontinent, to follow Dharma is to be as close as possible to the Vedas. The further away you are from Vedas and Dharma, you won't survive long. The various sects within Hinduism like Vaishnavism and Shaivism are close to Vedas, Buddhism and Jainism are farther. Today, Indian Christians and Muslims suffer because of this fact too. This is my opinion.

Very glad sir,,,,it's obvious that there was neither hindu or buddhist But only SANATANA that's Buddha talk on Dhammapada

I don't understand how Hinduism and Buddhism is different. Since childhood I have been visiting both hindu and Buddhist temples with my mother in the village on various occasions.

It doesn't matter whether Indians are buddhist or Hindus because the underlaying principles and philosophy of both religion is almost same

How hard it is for him to make us understand the answer.

The guy is nuts ...simple amd plain....😅 cheers

I am Theravada Buddhist from India 🇮🇳☸️🙏

Why nobody's talking about Islamic invasions?? Invasions were the prime factors which caused decline of Buddhism.. I am from Bangladesh which is a 90% Muslim country , but during ancient times, the region was predominantly a Buddhist one.. In Afghanistan, Taliban destroyed the bamiyan budhha.. Hinduism and Buddhism are so similar that Buddhism gradually merged into Hinduism.. Buddhism didn't really decline in India.. Number of "Buddhists" did.. We Hindus still respect and practice buddhism

Truth is Yogic science (Meditation and Physical exercise) is the root of Eastern/Dharmic Philosophies (Hinduism, Buddhism Jainism and Sikhism). Abrahamic intervention for more than 1000 and years screwed everything and gave birth to -ism business in india. All of this talks about concepts of Karma, Dhyana, Moksha (Nirvana in Buddhism) and many. I wish one day all this philosophies join together and helps people.

Historically speaking,because people just slowly rejected it due its impractical nature,stress on monastic lifestyle and also their collaboration with foreign invaders due to politics.The Kushan empire that came right before the golden age Guptas were Buddhists from Bactria.Also the Hun invasions and the Buddhist reaction to it had a huge impact on the common man.But because both were dharmic religions,there was limited bloodshed between the two,if at all and both the kushans and Gupta respected the others religion during their rule.It continued to thrive in centers of learning like Nalanda and was generally respected and accepted as a nastika philosophy.Buddhism was not destroyed by Hinduism,contrary to what western universities today teach to create a separation between the two.Later Islamic invasions did the rest.

👍👌🙏🙏 Rinpoche Guru touched my cords. As a Sanatani we worship Buddha and have his idol in our local temple. I think Buddhism again became a part of Sanatani Dharma 🙏🙏

Cunningham was British military engineer. But he was architect as well. Most of the buddhist sites like Bodh gaya, sarnath, kushinagar and lumbini were excavated by him.

He hasn't answered the question though. 1.The indic religions, Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism, are at its core principally the same. I would go to the extent of calling each sect(s) of the other; 'philosophy' is probably a better word than sect / religion in this case though. One can argue which one is which but the concept of Aum (Om) is at their core. 2. Royal patronage - depending on which school of philosophy a certain empire belonged to - that sect received royal patronage. From BC through the first millennium AD, these religions saw crests and troughs in their following based on royal patronage they received. 3. Most importantly - Adi Sankaracharya from modern day Kerala and his philosophy of Advaita ( non duality) ; that everything that exists is 'one' with the universe (Aum), and there is no separate God but oneself, helped re-establish Hinduism. Note that most of North India was Buddhis or Jains at this time, and converted to this advaitic Hinduism circa 8-9 century AD. 4. Bhakti movement: later Bhakti movement established the concept of personal gods and almost annihilated other sects. This movement preached a personal connection with the 'supreme'. Basically saying it doesn't matter what and whom you worship - it's your personal belief system that matters as long as it is within certain ethical / moral boundaries. This struck a chord with the masses. The argument presented in this video that several gods in Hinduism and Karma in Buddhism was a factor in Buddhism not being present in numbers it should otherwise have in India is an extremely lazy one. Several buddhistic sects are polytheistic with several million gods, and more importantly, Hinduism has the concept of Karma as it's core philosophy. Essentially, Buddhism and Hinduism are not very different. The people at that time didn't see anything unique or different that Buddhism could offer. From atheism, monotheism, henotheism to polytheism Hinduism covered a large 'real estate' of belief systems and considered Buddhism to be an extension (sub set) of Hinduism. So, while one can argue that Buddhism doesn't have followers in India; it can also be counter argued that all hindus are also buddhistic, and therefore 80% of India's population.

Yes there is no such thing as hinduism and Buddhism ❤ from India

I have a sweet answer to this - Because we Indian Hindus never treated Buddhism separate from Hinduism, but just an another way (sect) to reach to God. So people tried it. When other great scholars of Hinduism like Adi Shankar, Madhavacharya showed new ways, people turned back to those again in Hinduism ✌️

Becoz buddism is not community. It is group of Sants and monks who truly walk on way of buddha.

Rinpoché Thanks for your superwise AND humorous Teaching . ❤Manasvini from France this moment

I say the following in a very non-judgmental way. In India there is no Buddhism of Buddha . All the buddhists in India follow buddhism of Baba Saheb Ambedkar. It is more about the politics and less about the religion and I don't intend to say that in any negative way. It is what it is.

Many Buddhists in Indian subcontinent converted to Islam. About 40% population of Indian subcontinent is Muslim. Muslims have two castes: Ashraf(Upper caste) and Ajlaf(Lower caste). Almost all of the Ajlaf people are converted to Islam from Buddhism.

Buddha and his dhamma written by Dr ambedkar is revolutionary in bring a secular version of Buddhism, not only challenged Hinduism but also contemporary Buddhist beliefs and values….

"Wherever the Buddha's Teachings have flourished, either in cities or countrysides, people would gain inconceivable benefits . The land and people would be enveloped in peace. The sun and moon would shine clear and bright. Wind and rain would appear accordingly and there would be no disasters. Nations would be prosperous and there would be no use for soldiers or weapons. People would abide by morality and accord with laws . They would be courteous and humble, and everyone would be content without injustices. There would be no thefts or violence. The strong would not dominate the weak and everyone would get their fair share. Namo Amituofo 🙏🙏🙏

perhaps another reason may be that buddha as such did not say much that was not already known, examined and kept aside... when buddha came on the scene, bharat was in a severe decline spiritually and there was a vacuum. plus buddha was a prince preaching down to the masses and not debating with scholars and it caught on fast. but soon, buddhism needed to talk to scholars from other streams and soon enough interpretations of what buddha said needed to be made. but to be fair to buddhism, it was ready to do so, and thus came into being the various paths like sautrantika, vaibhashika, vijnanavada, sunyavada, and a collation of many or all of the above then some into tibetan buddhism. buddhism failed in india when it could not win the debates with non dualists. buddhists were holding their own or trying well with the dualists like nyaya vaiseshika, dualists vedantins, yoga, jains etc. most of them had their own dualistic interpretation of the upanishads. but the non dualistic vedanta in its pure form was revived by Adi Sankara and then buddhism simply crumbled in the debates with the the non dualist vedantis. the path of buddhism that is nearest to non dual vedanta might be tibetan buddhism, which incorporated many thoughts of buddhism like theravada, vijnanvada, shoonyavada etc... it comes close, but it still hesitates to take the crucial last step becuase then ti will stop being buddhism and become non dual adviata vedanta. this could be the major reason for decline of buddhism in india. i object to the usage of the word decay. it is not a decay, it is a decline. advaita vedantists dont disrespect or reject buddhism.. they use the thoughts of the schools like vijnanavada , shoonyavada etc as stepping stones to the final destination which is non dual advaita...

I am from odisha and Hindu but we follow budhism

I think it's Totally a wrong question if it means Buddha Dharma declined in india .. actually in india ( Bharat ) Their were so many ways to realise self or called Buddha so it was just one way among other many ways to self realisation which we today call as Buddhism .. India had many many ways to self realisation so it was just a part of it as one method only ..

Thank you Buddha ji. Buddhism never declined in India we merged into one and we carry his legacy too. I am a proud Sanatani "Hindu" and I love buddhas teachings because the ethics, morals, values are same but intellectual philosophies about the source of reality and consciousness are same yet different flavours/prespectives. these are all good and richness of Asian civilizations or Sanatana dharma. true enlightened beings unite people instead of dividing people by creating new religions. the less divisions the less friction and more peace and unity. why should be divide just because of intellectual wrestlings? we should only be divided on philosophical intelletual level but on rest levels there must be harmony. We love Dalai lama, other lamas and buddhas, when time will come and we get opportunity then we won't hesitate to even sacrifice our life for our dear Buddhists as a Kshtriya warrior varna myself. don't fall in a political saperatist or oppressor and oppressed political traps in the name of anti-brahminism or anti-vedism propaganda. The next time when you are asked same question tell them in India hindus and Buddhist merged.

Simply Superb! Great insights and accurate explanation. But there is a lot of respect for Buddha/Buddhism (as it is also part of Hinduism - so called Buddhism and Hinduism) in India. So it is never reduced as perceived. A lot of people were converted into Muslims during the invaders times.

He’s totally wrong abt the number of gods. We have abt 22-33 KINDS of gods or should i call them enhanced or powerful enlightened beings. There are classes and types which will help you or you can invoke them for particular issues or stages in life. We know and believe in 1 god only and in 1 ultimate god. Everything and every other kind is a form or “ansh” of this god or someone who has mastery over a particular aspect of god or his particular power. In the end and beginning and at the top of it all, we Indians totally believe in 1 god only!

Jai Adi Shankara Har Har Mahadev

As a Jain, let me answer this question in simpler way. As we all know "Sanatan Sanskriti" (the main mother of indic religions) has 2 paths 1st Shraman Sanskriti (Jainism & Bhudhism) & 2nd Vedic Sanskriti (Hinduism) Now there was a time when Shraman Sanskriti (Jainism & Bhudhism) was prominent in Indian subcontinent, but then came Aadi Shankaracharya ji (a Vedic Sanskriti guru) who by all means did everything to spread the 2nd Stream of sanatan (Vedic Sanskriti aka Hindusim), due to which Jainism & Bhudhism started decreasing in the subconscious. I hope it answers your questions.

Thanks Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche Guruji.

In the 1990s in the south Indian state of Kerala, there were 92 people who were associated with Buddhism, but today unofficially there are more than 1 lakh. In my district, in a small way, a Dhamma class under the leadership of Triratna Bouddha Maha Sangh is being implemented..there are about 15 people. But they all come with fear..

Thank God Buddhism and it's Non Violence was decimated by Adi Shankara in India. Otherwise India would have been converted to Islam . Hindus took weapons to defend themselves. Also for any King,Non violent religion is Dangerous. Where will the Army come from?? Vedas have always kept Kshatriyas as important part of Society. Buddhism due to its non Violence approach , was bound to fail.

Only one answer adi guru shankaracharya ❤❤

first thing no big Buddhist monastery survive in India which can give recode how people view Buddhism.

Yup , his last statement very well relate with the growth of neo buddhist movement in Indian urban soceity or Zen Buddhism in the form of Nichiren Daishonin's Buddhism of Diasoku Ikeda .....My whole paternal family except few members are its lifetiy members ...But their philosophy is only 30% of original Buddhist philosophy ...Their book & their teachings doesnt have many of Gautam Buddha's teachings or original buddhist teachings

Destruction of Buddhist universities by Islamic invaders led to the decline of Buddhist ideas. Both Hindu and Buddhist ideas are Dharmic. Adwaita and Buddhist ideas are quite similar. Adi Shankaracharya, the chief revivalist of Adwaita philosophy is called as Hidden Buddhist.

We have kept buddhism alive,our flag has a dharmchakra which is inspired by Ashoka,and he was a hundu and later became buddhists

If this is a Buddhist monk, he is then no different than a Hindu Rishi. It is so pleasant and refreshing to know that a Buddhist is not in competetion with anybody, they are but in competetion within his own self, own mind for betterment or realization. Hindus should re-learn this and get back to their Sanatan way of thinking and be happy within. God bless this man, his presence is healing.

We are trying to find our righteous dharmic path. That's what matters. Our buddhist past still lives on with us through tantra and our sadhana techniques. Scientific pursuit too is just also a way of following dharma in my opinion. That's why so many of us from the Dharmic fold( Hindu, Buddhist, Sikh, Jain) excel in the fields of academics, especially mathematics, science and languages.

I don’t know what the reason but still teaching of budha is still very much there in every indian .We subscribe to all ideas common in both but try to think deeply on differences. We call ourselves hindu bcoz other dont subscribe to the idea of having a way of life with beliefs and without calling it religion. Early days budhism used to be considered as SECT in hindu or indian culture but now it is considered as different religion with many things in common with differences but no hate.

Buddhism didn't decay in India. Millions of Hindus go to Buddhist temples and pray to Buddha and they are still hindus.. We coexist here.

"Buddhism is not directly involved in social engagement, apart from spiritual concentration" - I like to agree with that.

You don't understand the basic thing. Buddhism flourished and will flourish in India and Nepal became Hindu believes Buddha a 9th incarnation of Hindu God Vishnu. West sees the difference, but we don't.

Buddha is One of Dasha Avatara from Hinduism. So, Buddha's teachings are just another "branch" or addition to what existed. Could it be that Buddhism or better said Buddha's teachings or his experience & technique he offered to end suffering was challenging the strong caste system of that time & it was not in the interest of the elites that such a technique would be spread among lower casts specially & empower them? that would make sense that higher cast like Brahmin would not be at all interested in such a movement growing because socially it could mean big changes.

It hurts to know that Buddhism is declining in INDIA. Buddhism is a great philosophy & religion .

I am hindu, from India (bihar) and I respect budhdh so much there is no difference bw budhdhisim, hinduism jainism and sikhs❤

Sanatana Dharma = Hinduism + Buddhism + Jainism + Sikhism I don't understand why the WEST or the people living OUTSIDE India, Nepal, Bhutan, Srilanka & other Asian countries present it like a different religion. I don't understand why the WEST see it as different religion. Our core values were always same or you could say, you can easily see similarities between all the above mentioned religions. You can see culture similarities, language similarities, mantra and shloka similarities, and the region where everything is originated is also same. I mean you can see it is somehow related to each other. You can easily find similarities in all the holy books of these above mentioned religions. The common thing found in all these holy books is to promote peace, protect the weak, help everyone, respect your teachers and elders respect the nature, animals and humanity. Sanatana Dharma is not a religion. It's a way of living life. Different texts give different lists of the duties, but in general sanatana dharma consists of virtues such as honesty, refraining from injuring living beings, purity, goodwill, mercy, patience, forbearance, self-restraint, generosity, and asceticism. There are many ways to get moksha, mukti, samsara ( liberation from the cycle of Death and Rebirth ). Just like "Siddhartha or Gautam Buddha also known as Shakyamuni" followed one of many methods of Sanatana Dharma to get out from the cycle of Reincarnation. People those who followed him were called boddhis. When their strength or number of followers practicing the same method increased. The West started calling them Buddhism. Same thing happened with the other religion as well. People living In this region that we call south asia, worship all the gods and goddesses found in Sanatana Dharma. But we do also have a family god / godess or guardian that we worship on special occasions. ( Kul Dev / Kul Devi / Isht Dev / Ishta Devata) Let's make a Hypothetical situation with an example what Western Countries did: My family god is shiva and my friends family god is Vishnu and someone else family god might be durga maa. We live in a community where my whole community is of 100 people who worship shiva. After 500 years the community population increased to 100k ( 1 lacs ) so will people start calling us Shivaism, Vishnuism and Durgaism? We are always and will be forever be called the people who follow "Sanatana Dharma". No matter what you call yourself today, the roots will always tell you what fruit you will bear. That's it. Jai shree Ram Jai shree krishna Jai shree Buddha Jai shree Adinath Jai shree Mahavira Jai shree Waheguru We are following the principle that were taught to us. We are following our Dharma. Not the today's meaning of Dharma (religion) but spiritual dharma ( Kartavya - duties, commitment, role, responsibility, obligations). And yeah! Not only we worship gods, we also worship humans (parents, teachers & elders) animals, trees, mountains, rivers, sun, moon, planets, stars and Universe. After all, sound of the Universe is Om, Aum, 🕉️. Scientifically proven. Sanatana Dharma is not a religion. I'm saying this because a religion is always with a founder concept (a human figure). Sanatana Dharma does not have a founder. Nobody knows when and who started it. Only thing we know it is the oldest. We follow the teachings that was provided to us in Bhagwat Geeta, Ramayan, Mahabharat and the 4 Vedas and Upnishad. You will find people practice multiple concepts in Sanatana Dharma. In Sanatana Dharma :- - people those who believe in multiple gods. - people those who believe in single god. - people those who believe there is no god. - people those who believe god is male. - people those who believe god is female. - people those who believe god is both half male and half female. - people those who believe in no god but understands the Universe follows the concept of karma and dharma. Everything is depended on the actions you took in your past life, that will affect your present and decide your future life. - people those who believe in no god but there is a supreme being that is guiding & protecting everything. In the End, We All are the followers of Sanatana Dharma.

Interesting take on how the diversity of deities is too appealing for Sanatanis to consider switching to more austere Buddhism. Also interesting comment about the contemporary mindfulness stuff as being "shallow Buddhism." For me the greater appeal of Advaita Vedanta is the recognition that only purusha (spirit) is real. That makes more sense to me than the Buddhist anatta teachings. However, I have heard that the Buddhist "not-self" concept has arisen through misinterpretation of the original texts, and that Buddha actually didn't teach that idea.

Both hinduism+Buddhism inspired me more.....❤❤ Lovely❤❤❤

Buddhism is child of Sanatan Dharma . It just went outside its home nothing else ❤

Still, this doesn't explain why Jainism still survives in India as a significant minority (lot of very affluent businessmen are Jains).

Actually when Sankaracharya emerged he found the pathetic state of Hinduism and in order to salvage it he did two things, one he declared Buddha as a Hindu Avatara (reincarnation) and withdrawn the monkhood of the ladies which Buddhism had granted. As a result of that those who had migrated to Buddhism started coming back to Buddhism and it started to decay.

7:17 The name of the big reason was *Adi Shankaracharya*

Many generalizations in this programme, we need an in-depth discussion on this Hinduism -Buddhism-Jainism continuum.

I am Indian Buddhist. People love Hinduism more than anything else. So many people did cultural revival. My ancestors were Hindus, then they converted to Buddhism.

The actual reason for this is the way the Vedas was interpreted by Buddha. Until 1000 years ago, Jainism and Buddhism was popular amongst kings and masses, cause the vedic rituals of animal sacrifice and sacrifice during prayer and yagna was seen as cruel and barbaric and people were moving away from Sanatana Dharma in the hope for find a non violent equivalent of the path. However, this is where Adi Shankara came in to the scene, and with his Bakthi movement, reinterpreted the vedic rituals to be much more representative than actual, aka, use of kumkum in place of blood etc. and help spread work of advaitham, aka thou art God, God is within. With this there was a literal revival of Hinduism amongst kings and general population, which led a reconversion of population back to practicing Sanatana Dharma from Jainism and Buddhism.

Wonderful response esp. since complex historical situation was clearly explained in Indian subcontinent.

Nowadays, india is walking on path of great Buddha. But now yes, Buddhist ideology is raising now. Love & harmony ❤🙏 Hinduism started in 10th century, its branch of Buddhism. But We all are brothers and sisters.

It is not just Buddhism, entire code of Morality, decency , honesty has deteriorated in India.

Buddhism is a branch of Sanatan Dharmma which includes Hinduism, Budhism, Jainism & Sikhism.. Hinduism is a cluster of various schools of thoughts such as dwaitha, adwaitha, saiva, vaishnava, tantra, Ganapatya, shakteya, sankhya, yog etc. etc... Hindus consider Buddha as 9th incarnation of Lord Vishnu.