Tag: Dr Ambedkar

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Celebrating Ambedkar's birthday - April 14th

By lokabandhu on Sat, 13 Apr, 2013 - 05:25

Celebrating Ambedkar's birthday - April 14th

By lokabandhu on Sat, 13 Apr, 2013 - 05:25Tomorrow - April 14th - sees the 122nd anniversary of the birth of Dr. Ambedkar, inspiration to many millions of India’s ‘Dalits’ and leader of their mass conversion to Buddhism in 1956. As our way of celebrating this important date in Triratna’s calendar, we’re delighted to offer you this link to ‘Ambedkar’, the 2000 movie by Jabbar Patel. It’s the story of his life, struggles, and ultimate conversion to Buddhism - and winner of three India National Awards...
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Ambedkar Day celebrated across Triratna Buddhist Community

By lokabandhu on Sat, 13 Oct, 2012 - 06:05

Ambedkar Day celebrated across Triratna Buddhist Community

By lokabandhu on Sat, 13 Oct, 2012 - 06:05We bring this week’s stories of India to a close with news of some of the celebrations planned, past and present, around the Triratna Buddhist Community in honour of tomorrow’s ‘Ambedkar Day’ - anniversary of the October 14th 1956 conversion of Dr. Ambedkar to Buddhism.

In Sheffield they’re planning an Ambedkar Day on Saturday 27 October featuring talks, practice, food and a film; in London Priyadaka and Manjusiha are co-leading a day retreat at the...
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Dharmachari Amitayus and the gift of the Dharma

By Andrea@Karuna on Fri, 12 Oct, 2012 - 06:05

Dharmachari Amitayus and the gift of the Dharma

By Andrea@Karuna on Fri, 12 Oct, 2012 - 06:05We continue our ‘India week’ on Triratna News with a profile of Amitayus, a young Indian Order Member living and working in Amaravati, a busy city in Maharastra, central India. He’s one of over 450 Order Members in India.

Like many others, Amitayus’ grandfather’s job was ‘untouchable’ work, to carry dead animals away from the village. His grandparents often had no food except the flesh of rotting animals. With no land of their own, they were forced...
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A week of celebration: Ambedkar and the new Indian Buddhism

By lokabandhu on Sun, 7 Oct, 2012 - 09:17

A week of celebration: Ambedkar and the new Indian Buddhism

By lokabandhu on Sun, 7 Oct, 2012 - 09:17Next Sunday sees major celebrations across India as up to ten million new Indian Buddhists celebrate the conversion to Buddhism in 1956 of their great leader Dr. Ambedkar. In recognition of his extraordinary contribution to modern Buddhism, we’re devoting the whole of next week’s stories on Triratna News to exploring aspects of his legacy in India - a significant part of which has been carried forwards by the work of the Indian wing of the Triratna Buddhist Community and its...

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