from my FB post of your article:
Amir Ali Gadhvi wrote:
Great tribute! Juan Cole's puzzled about the Buddhism conversion. Buddhism came from India, it was in India that the Buddha gained enlightenment and Buddhism is completely common in the Himalayan areas of India but prbably only 1% of the population call themselves "Buddhist". Since the Tibetan monks have come over it has spread some more in India. The Dalai Lama lives in India too. And many Hindus do not call themselves "Buddhists" - The Buddha was a Hindu too...Ashoka the Great was an Indian emperor (300 BC) who converted to Buddhism by Hindu Brahmin gurus too.
from my FB post of your article:
Amir Ali Gadhvi wrote:
Great tribute! Juan Cole's puzzled about the Buddhism conversion. Buddhism came from India, it was in India that the Buddha gained enlightenment and Buddhism is completely common in the Himalayan areas of India but prbably only 1% of the population call themselves "Buddhist". Since the Tibetan monks have come over it has spread some more in India. The Dalai Lama lives in India too. And many Hindus do not call themselves "Buddhists" - The Buddha was a Hindu too...Ashoka the Great was an Indian emperor (300 BC) who converted to Buddhism by Hindu Brahmin gurus too.
Thanks for stringing these together. He's a loud mouth (& a liar) and many people overlook his allegiance to Israel.
@P.Studge, my thoughts, exactly!
Looks good.