| Author: | B.R.Ambedkar | ISBN: | 1230001863871 |
| Publisher: | Kar Publishing | Publication: | September 9, 2017 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | B.R.Ambedkar |
| ISBN: | 1230001863871 |
| Publisher: | Kar Publishing |
| Publication: | September 9, 2017 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
Buddha or Karl Marx by Dr. Ambedkar
A comparison between Karl Marx and Buddha may be regarded as a joke. There need be no
surprise in this. Marx and Buddha are divided by 2381 years. Buddha was born in 563 BC and Karl
Marx in 1818 AD Karl Marx is supposed to be the architect of a new ideology-polity a new
Economic system. The Buddha on the other hand is believed to be no more than the founder of a
religion, which has no relation to politics or economics. The heading of this essay " Buddha or Karl
Marx " which suggests either a comparison or a contrast between two such personalities divided
by such a lengthy span of time and occupied with different fields of thought is sure to sound odd.
The Marxists may easily laugh at it and may ridicule the very idea of treating Marx and Buddha on
the same level. Marx so modern and Buddha so ancient! The Marxists may say that the Buddha as
compared to their master must be just primitive. What comparison can there be between two such
persons? What could a Marxist learn from the Buddha? What can Buddha teach a Marxist? Nonethe-less
a comparison between the two is a attractive and instructive Having read both and being
interested in the ideology of both a comparison between them just forces itself on me. If the
Marxists keep back their prejudices and study the Buddha and understand what he stood for I feel
sure that they will change their attitude. It is of course too much to expect that having been
determined to scoff at the Buddha they will remain to pray. But this much can he said that they will
realise that there is something in the Buddha's teachings which is worth their while to take note of.
Buddha or Karl Marx by Dr. Ambedkar
A comparison between Karl Marx and Buddha may be regarded as a joke. There need be no
surprise in this. Marx and Buddha are divided by 2381 years. Buddha was born in 563 BC and Karl
Marx in 1818 AD Karl Marx is supposed to be the architect of a new ideology-polity a new
Economic system. The Buddha on the other hand is believed to be no more than the founder of a
religion, which has no relation to politics or economics. The heading of this essay " Buddha or Karl
Marx " which suggests either a comparison or a contrast between two such personalities divided
by such a lengthy span of time and occupied with different fields of thought is sure to sound odd.
The Marxists may easily laugh at it and may ridicule the very idea of treating Marx and Buddha on
the same level. Marx so modern and Buddha so ancient! The Marxists may say that the Buddha as
compared to their master must be just primitive. What comparison can there be between two such
persons? What could a Marxist learn from the Buddha? What can Buddha teach a Marxist? Nonethe-less
a comparison between the two is a attractive and instructive Having read both and being
interested in the ideology of both a comparison between them just forces itself on me. If the
Marxists keep back their prejudices and study the Buddha and understand what he stood for I feel
sure that they will change their attitude. It is of course too much to expect that having been
determined to scoff at the Buddha they will remain to pray. But this much can he said that they will
realise that there is something in the Buddha's teachings which is worth their while to take note of.
