Vidyaruchi - 'What we can learn from Dr. Ambedkar' | MAOWE Nov 2024

In this talk given at the Men's Area Order Weekend in November, Vidyaruchi explores the thought of Dr B.R. Ambedkar, and what it can teach us about the relationship between Buddhism and politics.

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There are a number of inaccuracies and omissions in this talk, which I blame on my having had a cold. At 16.50 I should have said 'after Ambedkar left America'; at 23.50 I should have said 'belong to a body of people who are denied it'; at 49.00 I should have said 'Sangharakshita said, rather than 'Ambedkar said'. Also, saying I was raised a 'classic lefty liberal' doesn't really do justice to my parents' political views, and of course they came of age in the 60s, not the 70s! And Singhamanas was also on the 'secretaries retreat'. In fact it was his idea.