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    The Dalit Buddhist movement (also known as the Neo-Buddhist movement, Buddhist movement For Dalits, Ambedkarite Buddhist movement and Modern Buddhist movement)...
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    Buddhism have included the Maha Bodhi Society, the Vipassana movement, and the Dalit Buddhist movement spearheaded by B. R. Ambedkar. There has also been a growth...
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    Navayana (redirect from Neo-Buddhist)
    different ideas, but rather as a new social movement founded on the principles of Buddhism. In the Dalit Buddhist movement, Navayāna is considered an independent...
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  • refers to a Buddhist social movement that emerged in Asia in the 20th century. It is composed of Buddhists who seek to apply Buddhist ethics, insights...
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    Yashwant Ambedkar (category Dalit activists)
    took an active part in the Dalit Buddhist movement. After his father died in 1956, he became the second president of the Buddhist Society of India and continued...
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    1956, the Dalit jurist Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar (1891–1956) launched the Dalit Buddhist movement, leading several mass conversions of Dalits from Hinduism...
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  • Kumud Pawde (category Dalit activists)
    Ambedkar’s Dalit Buddhist movement. She studied Sanskrit at the time when untouchability was rife and Dalits faced barriers; she was amongst first Dalits to learn...
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  • 1980s, and it was later joined by many Dalit-Buddhist activists. The backdrop for the formation of the Dalit Panthers was set by various socio-political...
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    city derives unique importance from being a key location for the Dalit Buddhist movement and the headquarters for the right-wing Hindu organisation and...
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    B. R. Ambedkar (category Dalit leaders)
    minister in the first cabinet of Jawaharlal Nehru, and inspired the Dalit Buddhist movement after renouncing Hinduism. After graduating from Elphinstone College...
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