“If the younger generation of the Buddhist countries are not able to appreciate that Buddhism supplies a way of life which is better than what is supplied by the Communist way of life, Buddhism is doomed.”
“……I have been a student of politics; I have been a student of economics, I was a professor of Economics, and I have spent a great deal of time in studying Karl Marx, Communism and all that, and I have also spent good deal of time in studying the Buddha’s Dhamma. After comparing the two I came to the conclusion that Buddha’s advice with regard to the great problem of the world, namely, that there is Dukkha, that Dukkha must be removed, that the Buddha’s method was the safest and the soundest.
Thus, do I advice the younger generation of the Buddhist countries to pay more attention to the actual teachings of the Buddha.”
“……Do not be allured by Communist successes. I am quite confident that if we all become one tenth as enlightened as the Buddha was, we can bring about the same result by the methods of love, of justice, and good will”.
- Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
(At the 4th Conference of the World Fellowship of Buddhists, Kathmandu, Nepal, on 20th November 1956.)
