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Zoroastrianism, in Jiang's interpretation, is not satisfied with compassion or indifference; justice requires action, speech, and creative resistance.
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Buddhism
Jiang says IVC people pushed south and merged with local animism, creating Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism, and many other religions.
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Jiang rejects a purely Buddhist avoidance of anger: hate and love, anger and calm are paired extremes that must struggle inside the person.
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Jiang says multiple religious traditions, including Buddhism and Hinduism, share the same underlying conception of ultimate reality despite local differences.
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Jiang says IVC people pushed south and merged with local animism, creating Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism, and many other religions.
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Jiang links Buddhism's rise to ruler conflict with Brahmin power, noting that the first Buddha was a prince and that a king/emperor institutionalized Buddhism and sponsored missions abroad.
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Jiang defines Buddhism's major difference from Hinduism as removing the Brahmin gatekeeper: a person can access Nirvana or enlightenment through guidance by monks.
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Jiang calls Buddhism revolutionary because it seeks to overthrow the power of the Brahmin class.
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Jiang says Brahmins responded to Buddhism by creating or implementing the caste system, separating classes so they could not intermingle or touch.
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"...important thing I have to say is that this is not Buddhism. Okay? The structure and the framework are very similar. But what Zoroastrianism..."
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"God will though create for thyself out of the seven devils. though loves thyself and on account despise though thyself as only the loving..."
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"...there, and it will always be there, okay? It is exactly Buddhism. It's more spiritual."
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"This is exactly Buddhism and Hinduism, okay? So this is really interesting how different religious traditions working in different localities have the same conception..."
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"And as we know Zoroastrianism does use a lot of fire rituals. The last is horse sacrifice. Meaning that warriors are buried with their..."
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"...the IBC pushes south this will create a new religion called Buddhism. Okay? Alright? But Buddhism is just the major one. There are others..."
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"...But the overall general effect is the creation of Hinduism and Buddhism which now are the two major world religions. Okay? Any questions? But..."
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"...this. And so for this conflict you have the creation of Buddhism. Right? Remember Suharto Kottama who's considered the first Buddha he was actually..."
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"So Buddhism follows this system except for one major difference. You don't need the Brahmin to access Nirvana. Okay? You don't need the Brahmin..."
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"...the Proto -Iranian people are aggressive expansionist opportunistic they will defeat Buddhism in this struggle. Okay? And the one way one really important way..."
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"...not agree. I think the religion of the IVC is Proto -Buddhism. And the reason why is if you look at Zoroastrianism and you..."
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"...of the IBC, the proto -religion, we would see a proto -Buddhism. Okay? The beginnings of Buddhism. It would be very different. Okay? Because..."
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A source-grounded reading of Zarathustra as the prophet who turns truth into a life-practice: the universe is conscious, evil is the field where virtue becomes real, organized religion is the priestly capture of fire,...
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The lecture asks how evil triumphs and answers with a disturbing mechanism: break the taboo publicly, remove retreat, and the group becomes one body.
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A source-grounded reading of the episode's central claim: the Indus Valley was a peaceful trade civilization whose lost religion may survive as the Indian nostalgia for oneness, false reality, and liberation without the gatekeeper.
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