Extreme ways of penance, far from comfort zones of practicality. Lifestyle centering non-violence, concept of Ahimsa seen too far. Budhism: Shift from language from Pali to Sanskrit ( Hinayana to Mahayana) ~ got distanced from masses.

Top 12 Causes for the Decline of Buddhism in India

• Corruptions in Buddhist Sanghas: In course of time, the Buddhist ‘Sangha’ became corrupt.
• Reform in Hinduism: Buddhism had dealt a heavy blow to Brahminical faith.
• Division among the Buddhists:
• Use of Sanskrit Language:
• Patronage of Brahmanism:
• Role of Hindu Preachers:
• Rifts in Buddhist Order:
• Buddha Worship:

Ikhtiar Uddin Muhammad Bin Bakhtiyar Khilji

Shashanka is reported to have destroyed the Bodhi tree and ordered the destruction of Buddhist images. Hindu nationalists appear to think that many Muslim monuments were once Hindu temples, but partisans of Buddhism are inclined to the view that Hindu temples were often built on the site of Buddhist shrines.

Buddhists made up roughly 7% of the world’s population in 2015, but they are expected to decrease to roughly 5% by 2060. This is because Buddhists have relatively low fertility rates compared with other religious groups, and they are not expected to grow significantly due to conversions or religious switching.

Every situation is unique and calls for a unique response; ultimately we can’t base our actions on rules from a book. As a rule, Buddhists are prohibited from killing. The extremely aggressive frame of mind that leads to that act, and the great harm that you’re doing, makes the karma of it very negative.

Buddhists with this interpretation usually follow a lacto-vegetarian diet. This means they consume dairy products but exclude eggs, poultry, fish, and meat from their diet. On the other hand, other Buddhists consume meat and other animal products, as long as the animals aren’t slaughtered specifically for them.

Of all the moral precepts instilled in Buddhist monks the promise not to kill comes first, and the principle of non-violence is arguably more central to Buddhism than any other major religion.

Buddhists have no practice like the Christian Sacrament of Marriage. Buddhist marriages are governed by the laws and customs of the country where a Buddhist lives. This includes the right to marry a non-Buddhist, where the law permits of course.

The idea of unconditional love is essentially what Buddhism teaches. Buddhist text do not delve too deeply into the idea of marriage because Buddhism leaves the decision to marry up to each individual person. In Buddhism, marriage is not a religious obligation, a means for procreation, or a romantic notion of love.

Thus, Muslim men are prohibited from intermarrying, for instance, Hindus, Sikhs, Jains, Buddhists, etc., as well as pagans or atheists, unless the woman converts to Islam. If they did, however, convert, it would no longer be considered intermarriage, but a marriage between Muslims, and thus not prohibited.

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Buddhists monks choose not to marry and remain celibate while living in the monastic community. Monks do not have to spend the rest of their life in the monastery – they are completely free to re-enter mainstream society and some only spend a year as a monk.

Most Buddhists accept divorce and remarriage because: there is no religious content to a marriage in between Buddhists and so ‘undoing’ that marriage is not a religious problem. an unhappy marriage may cause suffering, therefore Buddhists may feel divorce is the best option to avoid further suffering.

Although Buddhists don’t believe in heaven, in very simple terms, this is the Buddhist equivalent of trying to reach a form of paradise in the Buddhist afterlife.

Legal developments Thus polygamy became illegal in India in 1956, uniformly for all of its citizens except for Muslims, who are permitted to have four wives and for Hindus in Goa and along the western coast where bigamy is legal. A polygamous Hindu marriage is null and void.

Most Buddhists do not believe in God. Although they respect and look up to the Buddha , they do not believe he was a god but they worship him as a form of respect. By doing this they show reverence and devotion to the Buddha and to bodhisattas .

Most Indian gods have only one wife. As the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krishna shows both examples – as Krishna He has 16.108 wives and as Rama He has only one wife. Also Vishnu has only one wife.

United States: Polygamy is illegal in all 50 states however in Utah, in February 2020, the law was significantly changed in the House and Senate to reduce polygamy to the status of a traffic ticket.[4] It is still illegal federally according to the Edmunds Act.

“In the case of polygamy, there is a universal standard – it is understood to be a sin, therefore polygamists are not admitted to positions of leadership including Holy Orders, nor after acceptance of the Gospel can a convert take another wife, nor, in some areas, are they admitted to Holy Communion.”

Save for Turkey and Tunisia, all Muslim nations allow polygamy but place restrictions on a man’s right to have multiple wives.