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Dr Ambedkar Library in India receives
books from Windhorse Publications
As a part of helping to make the Dharma accessible, Windhorse
Publications was very proud to provide the Dr BR Ambedkar Library
in Pune, India with copies of many of our titles.
Here we see Dh Jnanaraja, Librarian (right) and Dh Jnanadut,
Asst Librarian, unpacking and classifying these new additions
to their holdings.
The library provides a vital resource for people eager to
learn about the Dharma, particularly those from some of the
most disadvantaged sectors of Indian society. Read
more about Dr Ambedkar, the first Law Minister of independent
India and peaceful revolutionary who led thousand of his fellow
Indians to Buddhism, in the books listed below.
We are grateful for all the work that the Dr Ambedkar Library
does and for all workers in the Dharma. |
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Ambedkar and Buddhism is the remarkable and stirring
story of India's first Law Minister, Dr B.R. Ambedkar, who
started the most important social revolution occurring in
India today: the conversion to Buddhism of millions of Indians
wishing to escape the degradation of the caste system.
Sangharakshita, the author, knew Ambedkar personally, and himself
played an important part in the mass conversion movement that Ambedkar
set in motion.
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Jai
Bhim! means 'Victory to Bhimrao Ambedkar!'. With
this greeting and parting, millions of new Buddhists in India
recall and remind themselves and each other of the non-violent
revolution Dr BR Ambedkar led in India in the 1950s - for
them. For Dr Ambedkar, a member of the Dalit community, asked
his people to find dignity, strength and prosperity for themselves
not through violent struggle but through the peaceful means
of Buddhism.
Travelling around the Buddhist localities, in city slums and
remote villages, meeting and living with Ambedkar's contemporary
followers, Terry Pilchick gained an intimate impression of their
extraordinatry world, and of the unique revolution they are building.
In a colourful, moving and sometimes humourous account, he takes
us into that world, allowing us to the witness the revolution
for ourselves.
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