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Ram Sharan Sharma Quotes

1919–2011 India

Ram Sharan Sharma (26 November 1919 – 20 August 2011), commonly referred to as R. S.

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The most explicit statement of immigration into the Subcontinent.

Obviously tantricism arose as a result of the large-scale admission of the aboriginal peoples in brahmanical society.

Tribal rituals, charms, and symbols […] were distorted by the brahmanas (sic) and priests to serve the interests of rich patrons.

For their riches the monasteries came to be coveted by the Turkish invaders. They became special targets of the invaders’ greed. The Turks killed a large number of Buddhist monks in Nalanda, although some of the monks managed to escape to Nepal and Tibet.

The Study of ancient Indian history, therefore, is relevant not only to those who want to understand the true nature of the past that some people want to relive but also to those who want to appreciate the nature of obstacles that hamper the development of the country.

We find that in the beginning every religion is inspired by the spirit of reform, but eventually it succumbs to rituals and ceremonies it originally denounced. Buddhism underwent a similar metamorphosis. It became a victim to the evils of brahmanism against which it had fought in the beginning.

Arun Shourie (2014)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Ram Sharan Sharma (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.