Thread 214108183

What did ancient Ladyboys believe in before the Hindubvlls forcing their Aryan religion on them?

>>214108183 (OP)
This is very interesting topic. Before the arrival of Dharmic religions from India ancient SE Asians believed in animism. In fact, this belief system still persists in India itself in the Meghalaya province where the locals as Austronesian migrants who arrived 3,000 years ago or so.

Ancient Lao and Khmer people believed in serpent spirits. When Brahmins came across that belief, they retroactively fitted it into Hindu mythology, which also has Nagas, who are divine serpent like creatures.

Local deities were incorporated as Yaksha. A Yaksha in Sanskrit is a giant, divine being that is not exactly an angel but not a demon either.

This is basically how Hinduism & Buddhism sort of melted into SE Asian culture than a unanimous rejection like we see in Western world where Christianity although it did incorporate festivals and such, rejected belief in native pantheons.

>>214108896
Interesting

>>214108183 (OP)
>>214108896
buddha was a burman

>>214109471
gay

>>214108183 (OP)
Afghanistan was the biggest point of buddhist education, there was schools, monastaries. They shouldnt have insulted brahmins.

We were ooga booga tree hugging shintos until Hinduism and Buddhism arrived.

And even then, we just syncretized Hinduism/Buddhism with our ooga booga tree hugging ways.

>>214108896
This is interesting because we didnt forcefully convert them. They chose it from appreciation and adoration of teachings of brahmins.

>>214108183 (OP)
Judaism.

>>214108896
>Ancient Lao and Khmer people believed in serpent spirits. When Brahmins came across that belief, they retroactively fitted
Sure, fitted, not stolen or claimed

The problem with Buddhism and Hinduism is that they turned random luck into morality. Born poor? That's your fault for not being virtuous enough in a past life. Born rich? You deserve it. All without evidence, just so the elites can justify keeping the lower classes down.

Reincarnation isn't about wisdom, it's a social control system. You don't remember your past life, so how can anyone honestly claim they earned their current situation? And yet everyone is expected to bow and say it's fair.

Karma, moksha, enlightenment… fancy words to make oppression sound noble. This isn't spirituality; it's a cosmic scam to convince millions to accept inequality and blame themselves for being born into misery.

>>214114306
That's not exactly true, the state you reincarnate in isn't entirely because of your own karma. Sometimes, it's just chance. Karma doesn't account for all suffering. You can be a good person in a previous life and still be born into poor circumstances.

>>214114306
>The problem with Buddhism and Hinduism is that they turned random luck into morality. Born poor? That's your fault for not being virtuous enough in a past life. Born rich? You deserve it. All without evidence, just so the elites can justify keeping the lower classes down.

Wow, it's almost like any religion that cam about within feudalism is just another excuse to justify it. Who would have thunk.

>>214108183 (OP)
>fecal spread map
coincidence?

>>214114928
I mean, literally invented by the Brahmin elite to keep their slaves in line and shut up anyone who dares complain. Making people swallow oppression as justice. So no wonder nobody tries to fix society when they're too busy believing they earned their suffering

India's failure to ever unify that vast land under one enduring empire, and the fact that a handful of Muslim warriors once seized most of its territory, can't just be dismissed as coincidence. Every society needs ambition the sense of "I can do this, I want to rise higher!" but the Buddhist and Hindu idea of reincarnation kills that drive. If people believe their place is simply the result of karma, or that they must patiently wait for the next life, then of course they stop fighting for change in this one.

Sure, Europe also did plenty of strange and oppressive things in the Middle Ages under the excuse of "God’s will." But here's the difference: Europe eventually overcame that stage. They broke free from a purely God-centered worldview and shifted toward a human-centered one, which fueled the Renaissance, the Enlightenment, and modern progress. In contrast, India never made that same leap, because Buddhism and Hinduism kept people chained to the idea that their place in life was predetermined by karma and rebirth.

in shor,t both just trap people in endless cycles, keeping them powerless

>>214115670
The Mauryas and Guptas united much of the subcontinent. I think one of them had a lower caste rulers. The Marathas did later as well.

>>214115844
Yes, the Mauryas and Guptas controlled large parts of the subcontinent, but that was never a true, lasting unification of India. Each of those empires fragmented quickly after a few generations, unlike in China where dynasties lasted centuries and the idea of political unity survived collapse. That's exactly the point. India's philosophical and religious foundation never produced the strong will to sustain a centralized state.

>>214108183 (OP)
>map is fake
Filipinas was never buddhist.