Ancient Indians led a Vedic way of life. But
how did it loose prominence to other religions over time? What made the
transforming societies living an urban life ignore the Vedic way of life? Was
Charvaka’s philosophy which made fun of Vedic philosophy an outcome of changing
generation of India? What place Jainism had in those changing times? How Buddhism gained traction
for over a thousand years after Gautama Buddha to become
the mainstream religion or the soul of India? Some of my questions are
discussed in this documentary – Discovery of India.
In the 8th century things got reversed again, Hinduism pushed back Buddhism to
become the mainstream religion. A person with the same caliber of Gautama Buddha
helped make that change. He was Adi Shankara. He traveled all over India
and his convincing arguments made people restore the study of Vedas. His
reviews and commentary of ancient texts laid a strong foundation to Advaita
Philosophy. Along with that, Bhakti movement led by numerous poets, writers and
musicians shaped the religions of modern India. That is documented in this
video.
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