PUBLISHED

12/15/2013

An Appeal for reviving Buddhism


There are very few Buddhists in Bangladesh and ethnologically have different types of cultures and traditions. For example; Barua, Rakhain, Marma, Adibassi, Cakma etc. Among them recently there are number of Adibasi(aboriginal) peoples in North-Bengal of Bangladesh following Buddha-Dhamma encouraged from their ancient tradition and culture. They used to claim that we are the most ancient Buddhists. But chronologically sometimes because of poverty, sometimes war, disaster, political crisis caused them to go with such a bad situation.  Buddha dhamma was being flourished long ago during the life time of the Buddha supported by King Ajatasattu, Sometimes King Asoka, sometimes king Dharmapala, Devapala when Buddha dhamma was in it is pinnacle in different periods of kingdom. That is why the region; North-Bengal of Bangladesh is a kind of root of a tree in a sense. The ground of sowing seed of Buddha-Dhamma is more fertile than other region of Bangladesh. If we are not concern about the root of Buddha dhamma in Bangladesh  the root may die and in the future there will not have Buddha-Dhamma. But the question may appear how and who may revive the Buddhism in North-Bengal? There are many scholars in the past and as well as recently there are some enthusiastic monks and lay devotees working for the propagation of the Buddha Dhamma particularly in North-Bengal of Bangladesh. But as of its concern that Bangladesh is a country of Muslim majority where there is religious discrimination badly although officially to be written non-communal that is why not only by building new temple but supporting to those ignored, uneducated, poor peoples have to be organized by means of giving them  the essence of the Buddha-Dhamma. Thus the peoples will be educated culturally, mentally and materially rich.










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