Dhammachakra Management Day 2022: On October 14, 1956, Bhimrao Ambedkar, the first Law Minister of India and the architect of the Indian Constitution, along with his more than 3 lakh followers embraced Buddhism after renouncing Hinduism. The day this happened is called Dhammachakra turning day. Even though the conversion took place on October 14, the day of Dhammachakra enforcement, which marks the event, is celebrated every year on Ashoka Vijayadashami (Dussehra). This year it will be celebrated on 5th October.
On the day of Dhammachakra Pravartan, a large gathering took place at a Buddhist sacred monument in Nagpur called Dikshabhoomi, where Dr. Ambedkar and his followers embraced Buddhism. Many Buddhists gather at the place to celebrate the mass conversion of people to Buddhism.
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Dr. Ambedkar had decided to leave Hinduism early and studied other religions to understand which would be better for him, and eventually chose Buddhism. He chose a ‘morally sound religion’.
He was a staunch opponent of Hinduism as he believed that the religion preached ‘the wrong ideals and the wrong kind of social life’.
After renouncing Hinduism at a grand ceremony in Nagpur, Ambedkar said, “I am reborn today, renouncing my ancient religion which stood for inequality and oppression.”
Ambedkar made 22 vows on the day he renounced Hinduism. One of which is, “I thus reject my old religion, Hinduism, which is injurious to the prosperity of mankind and which discriminates between man and man and which regards me as inferior.”
Ambedkar fought against caste discrimination against Dalits and wrote extensively against caste in Hinduism.
In the inaugural issue of his magazine Mooknayak, Ambedkar called Hindu society a ‘tower’, where each floor is designated for a particular caste. Ambedkar further says, “The thing to remember is that there are no stairs in this tower and hence there is no way to climb up or down from one floor to another.”
Ambedkar elaborated by saying that there is no way that a meritorious person can climb to a floor or a person living on a higher floor, who is not meritorious, can be demoted to a lower floor. He said that in this tower a person dies on the same floor where he is born.
However, on the day of turning the Dhammachakra, he left that society and embraced Buddhism. A day later, Ambedkar said, “Even though I am born in Hinduism, I will not die in Hinduism.”
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