Buddhism is returning home to India after a long exile of a thousand years and, like the proverbial prodigal son, is being received with open arms. Religious tolerance of the average Hindu partly explains the warm reception. But a more important reason is the fact that Buddha and Buddhism form an intimate part of Hindu consciousness. Buddha was a Hindu. Buddhism is Hindu in its origin and development, in its art and architecture, iconography, language, beliefs, psychology, names, nomenclature, religious vows and spiritual discipline.... Hinduism is not all Buddhism, but Buddhism forms part of the ethos which is essentially Hindu


Buddhism vis-a-vis Hinduism (1958)

Ram Swarup Quotes

Buddhism is returning home to India after a long exile of a thousand years and, like the proverbial prodigal son, is being received with open arms....

Buddhism is returning home to India after a long exile of a thousand years and, like the proverbial prodigal son, is being received with open arms....

Buddhism is returning home to India after a long exile of a thousand years and, like the proverbial prodigal son, is being received with open arms....

Buddhism is returning home to India after a long exile of a thousand years and, like the proverbial prodigal son, is being received with open arms....