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Hello John Davish, this edit removed reliably sourced content without an explanation and your addition of "Ambedkar also refuted the four Aryan truths to be the real words of Buddha." appears to violate our WP:NPOV and WP:OR policies. Your next edit seems to reflect your personal opinion "...and explained properly several of its core beliefs and doctrines such as Four Noble Truths ..." and creates a WP:NPOV problem. Your third edit removes reliable sources without an explanation and introduces unsourced or poorly sourced (Pritchett´s website) content. JimRenge (talk) 00:38, 26 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Open main menu Wikipedia Search You have no notifications. Navayana Article Talk Language Download PDF Watch History Edit This article is about a contemporary era Buddhist tradition. For book publisher, see Navayana (publishing house).

Navayana Buddhist shrine with Ambedkar and The Buddha and His Dhamma book. The photograph is event of 50th Dhammachakra Pravartan Day. Navayana (Devanagari: नवयान, IAST: Navayāna) means "new vehicle" and refers to the re-interpretation of Buddhism by B. R. Ambedkar.[1][2] Ambedkar was born in a Dalit (untouchable) family during the colonial era of India, studied abroad, became a Dalit leader, and announced in 1935 his intent to convert from Hinduism to Buddhism.[3] Thereafter Ambedkar studied texts of Buddhism and explained properly several of its core beliefs and doctrines such as Four Noble Truths which were considered as pessimistic and "non-self" which appeared contradictory to Buddha's concept of rebirth in his book Buddha and his Dhamma. [4]This is known as Navayana, also known as Bhimayāna after Ambedkar's first name Bhimrao.[5] Ambedkar held a press conference on October 13, 1956, announcing his rejection of Theravada and Mahayana Buddhism, as well as of Hinduism.[6][7] Thereafter, he left Hinduism and adopted Navayana, about six weeks before his death.[1][5][6]

In the Dalit Buddhist movement of India, Navayana is considered a new branch of Buddhism, different from the traditionally recognized branches of Theravada, Mahayana and Vajrayana.[8] Navayana rejects practices and precepts such as renouncing monk and monasticism, karma, rebirth in afterlife, samsara, meditation, enlightenment and Four Noble Truths considered to be foundational in the Buddhist traditions.[9] It radically re-interprets what Buddhism is,[10] revises the original Buddha teaching to be about class struggle and social equality.[5][11][12]

Ambedkar called his version of Buddhism Navayana or Neo-Buddhism.[13] His book, The Buddha and His Dhamma is the holy book of Navayana followers. Followers of Navayana Buddhism are generally called "Buddhists" (Baud'dha) as well as "Ambedkarite Buddhists", "Neo-Buddhists", and rarely called "Navayana Buddhists".[14]

Origins Doctrines and concepts Edit In 1935, during his disagreements with Mahatma Gandhi, Ambedkar announced his intent to convert from Hinduism to Buddhism.[3] Over the next two decades, Ambedkar studied texts of Buddhism and concluded that several of the core beliefs and doctrines of mainstream Theravada and Mahayana Buddhism were flawed. And thus he decided to propound another reformed branch of Buddhism which he called as "Navayana" in which he tried to incorporate the original teachings of Buddha some of which are as follows:

Buddha's parivaja The Buddhist tradition believes that the Buddha one day saw a sick man, an old man and a dead body in sequence, then he left his princely life and sought insights and a way out of human suffering. According to Ambedkar, this was absurd. He proposed that the Buddha likely sought insights because he was involved in "making peace among tribes".[16]

Four Noble Truths Dr Ambedkar mentions in his introduction to his book Buddha and his Dhamma that Buddha's Dhamma can be alleged of being a pessimistic based on its Four Noble Truths in which first one is that world is full of suffering. This has been misinterpreted by many scholars who falsely propagate that Ambedkar believed that this core doctrine of Buddhism was flawed because it denied hope to human beings. In fact he explained the four noble truths very comprehensively in his book Buddha and his Dhamma.[17]

Anatta, Karma and Rebirth These are other core doctrines of Buddhism. Anatta relates to no-self (no soul) concept. Ambedkar has also explained how according to Buddha there can be rebirth without soul and it's transmigration[18]

Bhikshu According to Dr Ambedkar if Bhikshu just seeks his selfish pursuit then he is of no use to propagation of Buddhism but if he works as a social servant he may prove to be instrumental in propagation of Buddhism[19]

Nirvana According to Navayana, nirvana is not some new concept. It is state free from all kinds of suffering - "cessation of dukkha".[19]

Conversion Scripture and practice Reception Status in India Festivals See also References Further reading External links Last edited 7 minutes ago by John Davish RELATED ARTICLES Dalit Buddhist movement Modern sociopolitical movement among Dalits

Gautama Buddha in Hinduism avatar of the god Vishnu

Buddhist modernism New movements based on reinterpreted Buddhism

Wikipedia Content is available under CC BY-SA 3.0 unless otherwise noted. Terms of UsePrivacyDesktop John Davish (talk) 02:16, 26 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Please refrain from making unconstructive edits to Wikipedia, as you did with this edit to Navayana. Your edits appear to be vandalism and have been reverted or removed. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Repeated vandalism can result in the loss of editing privileges. Thank you. Iwilsonp (talk) 02:26, 26 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]