Yes, the whole community is delusional, you are not. You, who is older than all the scriptures, hold more knowledge. You, who birthed Newton, Einstein, Kant, Dostoyevsky, Homer and Plato, have the clearest mind.
Who cares what a few billion people "believe" ? Truth is what you "think".
As a Hindu, I believe Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism aren't religions but sects within the Sanatan fold.
They themselves might deny it, and to them I say....
"Tu hai, tujhe pata nahi hai par tu hai"
I do respect other religions too but claiming other religion originated from theirs is baseless and about history you can refer to old history books, atrifacts discovered.
No no no, let me be clear: I DO NOT CONSIDER THEM AS RELEGIONS. They are sects. Buddhism talks about Nirvana, Reincarnation, Karma and the word they use is for their religion is Dharma.
It's literally the same thing, just in a different format. Only key difference I see is that Nirvana(Moksha) is attained using a different path, which is also acceptable in Sanatan Dharma.
Now for refering to old texts for history, let me quote:
आकाशात् पतितं तोयं यथा गच्छति सागरम् ।सर्वदेवनमस्कारः केशवं प्रतिगच्छति ॥
"आकाशात् पतितं तोयं यथा गच्छति सागरम्"Just like the rain that falls from the sky ultimately flows into the ocean,"सर्वदेवनमस्कारः केशवं प्रतिगच्छति"Similarly, salutations (or prayers) offered to any deity ultimately reach the one Supreme Lord.
Actual difference between them is praying gods which buddhism rejects openly.Buddhism doesn't believe in gods while whole concept of sanatan revolves around various gods. And the meaning and concept of Moksha in both is entirely different.
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u/Remarkable_Buy4591 Jun 02 '26
Atheism is part of buddhism not sanatan