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Buddhism was a pretty enlightened, rational ethic/way of thinking/religion, particularly considering it originated in the 6th century BCE. It certainly did speak of equality, compassion and non-violence( to a high threshold) when most, if not all, of the higher cultures in the world at that...

The compelling explanation of the decline of Buddhism- that it was largely followed by merchants and monks, not the mass of people- needs to be propagated fairly widely. There are even reasonably educated people who think "the Buddhists were wiped out". And of course, Khalistanis and Pakistanis...

The original Buddhism as taught by Buddha himself, was all about compassion, non-violence and egalitarianism. Violence was acceptable only in self-defense, and that too with a heavy heart. But later Buddhism became associated with powerful states, particularly in East Asia, and that caused a...