வேதங்களை போற்றும் புத்தர்.

புத்த மதத்தின் மிகவும் பழமையான பாலி மொழியில் உள்ள மூல பாடல்களோடு காட்டுகிறோம் அக்னியில் அக்னிக்கு செய்யும் வேள்விகளை புத்தர் போற்றியுள்ளார்

நன்றி ஜாடாயு

"Among yajñas (vedic sacrifices) the Agnihotra is the greatest;
the Sāvitrī is the most important of the metric (vedic) hymns;
the Rājā (king) is most revered among men;
the sāgara (ocean) is more esteemed than any nadī (river).
Among the nakṣatras (lunar mansions),
Candra (the moon) occupies the principal place,
of the burning objects, Āditya (the Sun) is the most important;
similarly, for those who long for puṇya (spiritual merit),
the veneration of the saṅgha is indeed important”

[from Majjhima Nikāya 92 - Sela suttam]

Thank you Ram Sury for posting the original Pali text (below) and the above translation.

It is so evident from this verse that Buddha and his early disciples and followers didn't have hatred towards Vedic practices like Agnihotra or Gayatri Mantra. This verse posits that Sangha is also as sacred as these. Their opposition was only to some specific things like Pashu Bali (animal sacrifice) and a few other philosophical tenets, like Brahman. But in the current popular historical narrative, a distortion has been created as if Buddha and his followers had nothing but hatred for the Veda and Vedic Dharma. We must remember that Buddha was not Nehru or Dr. Ambedkar, with their modernist and colonial opinions. He was a prince from the esteemed Sakhya clan, belonged to the Gautama Gotra, and prided himself as the descendant of Sri Rama.

There are so many references in the Buddhist texts like the above verse, for those who care to read. Koenraad Elst has written a wonderful article that brings out the truth on this:

When did Buddha break away from Hinduism -
http://koenraadelst.blogspot.in/…/when-did-buddha-break-awa…

I have translated this article in Tamil - http://www.valamonline.in/2017/08/blog-post.html

Pāli:

Aggihuttamukhā yaññā,
sāvittī chandaso mukhaṃ;
Rājā mukhaṃ manussānaṃ,
nadīnaṃ sāgaro mukhaṃ.

Nakkhattānaṃ mukhaṃ cando,
ādicco tapataṃ mukhaṃ;
Puññaṃ ākaṅkhamānānaṃ,
saṅgho ve yajataṃ mukhaṃ

"Among yajñas (vedic sacrifices) the Agnihotra is the greatest; 

the Sāvitrī is the most important of the metric (vedic) hymns;
the Rājā (king) is most revered among men;
the sāgara (ocean) is more esteemed than any nadī (river).
Among the nakṣatras (lunar mansions),
Candra (the moon) occupies the principal place,
of the burning objects, Āditya (the Sun) is the most important;
similarly, for those who long for puṇya (spiritual merit),
the veneration of the saṅgha is indeed important”

[from Majjhima Nikāya 92 - Sela suttam]

Thank you Ram Sury for posting the original Pali text (below) and the above translation.

It is so evident from this verse that Buddha and his early disciples and followers didn't have hatred towards Vedic practices like Agnihotra or Gayatri Mantra. This verse posits that Sangha is also as sacred as these. Their opposition was only to some specific things like Pashu Bali (animal sacrifice) and a few other philosophical tenets, like Brahman. But in the current popular historical narrative, a distortion has been created as if Buddha and his followers had nothing but hatred for the Veda and Vedic Dharma. We must remember that Buddha was not Nehru or Dr. Ambedkar, with their modernist and colonial opinions. He was a prince from the esteemed Sakhya clan, belonged to the Gautama Gotra, and prided himself as the descendant of Sri Rama.

There are so many references in the Buddhist texts like the above verse, for those who care to read. Koenraad Elst has written a wonderful article that brings out the truth on this:

When did Buddha break away from Hinduism -
http://koenraadelst.blogspot.in/…/when-did-buddha-break-awa…

I have translated this article in Tamil - http://www.valamonline.in/2017/08/blog-post.html

Pāli:

Aggihuttamukhā yaññā,
sāvittī chandaso mukhaṃ;
Rājā mukhaṃ manussānaṃ,
nadīnaṃ sāgaro mukhaṃ.

Nakkhattānaṃ mukhaṃ cando,
ādicco tapataṃ mukhaṃ;
Puññaṃ ākaṅkhamānānaṃ,
saṅgho ve yajataṃ mukhaṃ