The Buddha and His Dhamma

It's about a morality that is more than just self-interest in a liberal democracy.

And so for him, it is a morality that can be the basis for fraternity, liberty, and equality, which he thinks of as being some of the primary teachings of the Buddha.

Well, liberty, equality, and fraternity sounds very French, but we'll get to that.

But, you know, c- can I jump in, James? It's worth-

even as we are talking about somebody who has a very high ideal of what is possible with Buddhism.

So it's also important thinking about Ambedkar's view of why Buddhism is uniquely suited for this particular moral project, to think about the broader context.

So the broader context in India is that with the revival of Buddhism in the nineteenth century, the Buddha was often thought of as somewhat like Abraham Lincoln.

That's who he was compared with, who was associated with the emancipation of the slaves.