*INDEX* {*DISCLAIMER*} [*EDITOR'S INTRODUCTION*] *AUTHOR'S UNPUBLISHED PREFACE* *INTRODUCTION* *PROLOGUE* BOOK ONE: SIDDHARTH GAUTAMA ? HOW A BODHISATTA BECAME THE BUDDHA *Part I ? From Birth to Parivraja* *Part II ? Renunciation for Ever* *Part III ? In Search of New Light* *Part IV ? Enlightenment and the Vision of a New Way* *Part V ? The Buddha and His Predecessors* *Part VI ? The Buddha and His Contemporaries* *Part VII ? Comparison and Contrast* BOOK TWO: CAMPAIGN OF CONVERSION *Part I ? Buddha and His Vishad Yoga* *Part II ? The Conversion of the Parivrajakas* *Part III ? Conversion of the High and the Holy* *Part IV ? Call from Home* *Part V ? Campaign for Conversion Resumed* *Part VI ? Conversion of the Low and the Lowly* *Part VII ? Conversion of Women* *Part VIII ? Conversion of the Fallen and the Criminals* BOOK THREE: WHAT THE BUDDHA TAUGHT *Part I ? His Place in His Dhamma* *Part II ? Different Views of the Buddha's Dhamma* *Part III ? What is Dhamma* *Part IV ? What is Not Dhamma* *Part V ? What is Saddhamma* This Portable Document Format file is Created by Praful Deshbhratar to spread the Dhamma as seen by The Bodhisatta Dr. B. R. Ambedkar, see Disclaimer for details. BOOK FOUR: RELIGION AND DHAMMA *Part I ? Religion and Dhamma* *Part II ? How Similarities in Terminology Conceal Fundamental Difference* *Part III ? The Buddhist Way of Life* *Part IV ? His Sermons* BOOK FIVE: THE SANGH *Part I ? The Sangh* *Part II ? The Bhikkhu: the Buddha's Conception of Him* *Part III ? The Duties of the Bhikkhu* *Part IV ? The Bhikkhu and the Laity* *Part V ? Vinaya for the Laity* BOOK SIX: HE AND HIS CONTEMPORARIES *Part I ? His Benefactors* *Part II ? His Enemies* *Part III ? Critics of His Doctrines* *Part IV ? Friends and Admirers* BOOK SEVEN: THE WANDERER'S LAST JOURNEY *Book Seven, Part I ? The Meeting of those Near and Dear* *Book Seven, Part II ? Leaving Vaishali* *Book Seven, Part III ? His End* BOOK EIGHT: THE MAN WHO WAS SIDDHARTHA GAUTAMA *Book Eight, Part I ? His Personality* *Book Eight, Part II ? His Humanity* *Book Eight, Part III ? His Likes and Dislikes* *EPILOGUE* {*SOURCES*} {*ABOUT THE AUTHOR*} {*DETAILED SECTION MAP*} This Portable Document Format file is Created by Praful Deshbhratar to spread the Dhamma as seen by The Bodhisatta Dr. B. R. Ambedkar, see Disclaimer for details. Disclaimer: I Praful Deshbhratar created this Portable Document Format (PDF) file of the book ?The Buddha and His Dhamma ? by Dr. B. R. Ambedkar, with an intent to spread the Dhamma as seen by The Bodhisatta Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar. The source of the text for this electronic version was: Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar: Writings and Speeches, Vol. 11 (Bombay: Education Department, Government of Maharashtra, 1992). However I obtained this text from the Columbia education website link http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00ambedkar/ambedkar_buddha/index.html. The objective was to make this online text available to offline book readers and for the easy share abilities. I have added some pictures with my signature on it (including the cover picture) in the document wherever I could, to make the story easy to visualise and interesting to read & understand. I?ve also added a section ? About the Author? to make readers aware of the work and accomplishme nts of the author, for those who are not aware of him already. A complete list of sources of Dr. Ambedkar?s study about the Buddha and Buddhism is however mentioned in the book with the links already but some of sources I?ve included in the document as pictures (instead of link) depicting references for his study, if the readers want to know about the complete list of sources then they have to connect to internet and follow the links as mentioned in the Sources section. I?ve added the bookmarks in each section of the book to enhance the navigation throughout the book. The sections which are created by me are enclosed in curly bracket { } and are included under the index at the bottom. I personally like this book because the author has written a very genuine observation of Buddha?s life and one can say he? s not biased because he had no bounding responsibilities towards any religion which would or could have been there if the writer were a religious person or a Buddhist Monk, author gave his honest opinion while studying life of the Enlightened one, which I am sure will very much sync with yours too while reading about Siddhartha? s life. One more specialty of this book is that, the whole story is divided into certain books and each book has Buddha?s life presented in the form of numbered points by the author, which makes it easy to read and understand. The credit of creating this document goes to the portal www.columbia.edu more than me as they allowed the content to be able to be copied for public but I hope you?ll not ignore my effort too in bringing this document to you. Read this most practical and genuine observation of the life events of Siddhartha Gautama and his journey to become the ?Enlightened one? ?The Buddha? , This book beautifully describes how and what all challenges he goes through, how his family tries to make him a household, how his enemies eventually bow down to him and become his followers, and his quest to the search of truth, through the eyes of another legend Dr. B. R. Ambedkar. There is no copyright restrictions to this document so do share it to spread Dhamma and Dr. Ambedkar?s one of the best creation, around the world. Praful Deshbhratar e-mail: [email protected] Bhopal 07-07-2014 This Portable Document Format file is Created by Praful Deshbhratar to spread the Dhamma as seen by The Bodhisatta Dr. B. R. Ambedkar, see Disclaimer for details. EDITOR'S INTRODUCTION By Frances W. Pritchett, Columbia University The source of the text for this electronic version was: Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar: Writings and Speeches, Vol. 11 (Bombay: Education Department, Government of Maharashtra, 1992). Our site also makes available, from the same series, Vol. 11 Supplement: Pali and Other Sources of The Buddha & His Dhamma with an Index, by Vasant Moon. The original publication was by Siddharth College Publications, Bombay, in 1957. This electronic version has retained every word of the source text. Only the most obvious typos have been corrected. Punctuation, however, has not only been corrected where it was faulty, but has also sometimes been rearranged for greater ease of reading. Every word added by the editor is contained within square brackets. Only a small amount of standardization of spelling for a few key terms has been imposed: for example, where Dr. Ambedkar sometimes has "Gautama" and sometimes "Gotama" for the name of the Buddha, the former has been used throughout. This very light editing means that many obvious errors of all kinds remain: for example, "It is he at whom the people are gazing at." [I,2,2,3]. Sometimes "you" and "thou" forms have been used in the same sentence. Sometimes the grammar shifts midway in a sentence, so that it doesn't work properly. These and many other small problems have not been fixed. Apart from one or two words, spelling of Pali terms has not been normalized, though it changes considerably from one part of the book to another. Word choice also changes: "bhikkhus," "monks," and "alms-men" all occur, as Dr. Ambedkar incorporates the language of different translations of different texts. The reader should remember that Dr. Ambedkar compiled this book in haste, during the last years of his life, when he was chronically ill and also very busy. It was published posthumously. This has been a fascinating text to work with. In places, it is eloquent and tremendously moving. If it is uneven, that is hardly surprising. It remains a testament to its author's love not only for the figure of the Buddha, but for social justice, humane values, and a clear-eyed honesty in looking at life. Image sources: The Great Stupa at Sarnath has been adopted as the image source for this ebook. Here is where the particular images come from: Cover image: Source: http://members4.clubphoto.com/candy296599/Sarnath__India_2000/ (downloaded June 2001) Photographer: Candy Lai "unpublished preface" image: Source: http://www.harappa.com/hawkshaw/44.html "introduction" image: Source: http://www.antiqueprints.com/Prints/india_prints.html Seller's description: "'Sarnat, a Boodh Monument near Benares,' engraved by W.Taylor after a picture by W.Purser, published in The Indian Empire, London, about 1858." all other images are from the wonderful Berger Foundation collection: http://www.bergerfoundation.ch/wat4/museum1?museum=Sarn&cd=7278-3201-2898&country=Inde&col=pays This Portable Document Format file is Created by Praful Deshbhratar to spread the Dhamma as seen by The Bodhisatta Dr. B. R. Ambedkar, see Disclaimer for details. UNPUBLISHED PREFACE April 6, 1956 [Text provided by Eleanor Zelliot, as prepared by Vasant Moon] A question is always asked to me: how I happen[ed] to take such [a] high degree of education. Another question is being asked: why I am inclined towards Buddhism. These questions are asked because I was born in a community known in India as the "Untouchables." This preface is not the place for answering the first question. But this preface may be the place for answering the second question. The direct answer to this question is that I regard the Buddha's Dhamma to be the best. No religion can be compared to it. If a modern man who knws science must have a religion, the only religion he can have is the Religion of the Buddha.