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Audiobooks Narrated by Siddhartha Valicharla
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Buddha or Karl Marx - is a comparative study of the two philosophies Buddhism and Marxism.
It concludes by presenting in plain English that Buddhism through changing man's disposition is a superior way to achieve and most importantly maintain a society sans suffering, greed and fostering Maitri (universal love and brotherhood).
The Untouchables: who were they and why they became Untouchables
In this book Dr. Ambedkar presents his conclusions that are the result of such historical research as he has been able to make.
It contains the novel thesis that comprises the following propositions and his explanation of the same and evidence as to how he arrived at them:
(1) There is no racial difference between the Hindus and the Untouchables
(2) The distinction between the Hindus and Untouchables in its original form, before the advent of Untouchability, was the distinction between Tribesmen and Broken Men from alien Tribes. It is the Broken Men who subsequently came to be treated as Untouchables
(3) Just as Untouchability has no racial basis so also has it no occupational basis
(4) There are two roots from which Untouchability has sprung:
(a) Contempt and hatred of the Broken Men as of Buddhists by the Brahmins
(b) Continuation of beef-eating by the Broken Men after it had been given up by others.
(5) In searching for the origin of Untouchability care must be taken to distinguish the Untouchables from the Impure. All orthodox Hindu writers have identified the Impure with the Untouchables. This is an error. Untouchables are distinct from the Impure. (6) While the Impure as a class came into existence at the time of the Dharma Sutras the Untouchables came into being much later than 400 A.D
This book is a a must for those who are from the community, and also for allies in the anti-caste struggle.
To know who we are, and why we became the untouchables is very crucial, if not, the most crucial element needed to break our shackles and emancipate ourselves.
So please listen and share this audiobook with one and all!
Jai Bhim! Namo Buddhaya!
Siddhartha Valicharla
Released: Constitution Day, November 26th 2023
Raja Gruha, Las Vegas,
Nevada, USA
Though I was born a Hindu, I solemnly assure you that I will not die as a Hindu. - Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
Having made this statement - Dr. Ambedkar gave this speech Mukti Kon Pathe (What Path to Salvation) in Marathi to his community to impress upon them the need to convert, if they were to break free from the shackles of Untouchability.
This audiobook presents that speech along with a preface that will help the modern day audience get the most out of the speech and understand why it is important and pertinent even in this day and age.
A book that brings to light the true essence of Buddhism as a religion that inspires in each one of us a yearning for a higher and better life, one full of virtue, spiritual joy, and service to fellow human beings.
A book that firmly reminds us that every man must be a fabricator of his own salvation, that The Buddha does not proclaim himself to be a savior but only professes to teach us the way we can liberate ourselves as he has liberated himself.
A book that sorts through the mixed messages given by the various schools of Buddhism and the ever so identifying Buddhist Teachers and distils the essence of the Buddhism in a way that the listener by the end of this audiobook would understand not only the specifics around the precepts and history, but also the ever eluding philosophical questions of the soul, transmigration, and Karma in the scientific manner that Buddha intended them to be understood - in a scientific, rational and reason based manner.
A book truly for the scientific, rational and socially inclined modern Buddhist.
Written by: Prof. P . Lakshmi Narasu
Narrated by: Siddhartha Valicharla
Produced by: Know Real India
Cover Pic by: Shajan Kavitha
Edited By: Faizur Rahman
Project Managed by: Shai Thakkar
The most famous speech that was never delivered - ANNIHILATION OF CASTE - by Dr. B. R. Ambedkar.
Along with his paper, Castes in India: their mechanism, genesis and development!
Combined to form one cohesive audiobook, the way Babasaheb envisioned it.
For an abridged video version of it by the narrator, please see: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLn1Yg_BoyU6Y_O3YrYqM1fpqaR3DFX63W
Acknowledgements:
Rahul Borde for his rendition of Sanskrit Verses that can be heard towards the end of Annihilation of Caste
Audio Engineer: Kevin Cleland
Studio: LA Digital Recording
Finally, this project would not have been possible without the support and encouragement of the Ambedkarite Community here in America.
Jai Bhim! Jai Bharat!
