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Friday, April 5, 2013

The Proponents of Bahunism

Let me quote you from the Reg-Vedas, the holiest script of the Hindus. These quotes clearly project their racial egoism at the cost of other castes and despising that has continued even from that ancient epic age. " The Bahun was born from the mouth, the Chetri from the arms, the Vaishya from the thighs and the Sudhra from the foot". Can any one imagine a man born from the mouth "Worship Bahun even he has no merits. But never worship a Sudra, whatever qualities, merits and skills he might have. The penance you observe for killing a sudra is equal to the penance for killing a cat, a kitten or a grasshopper. The trader, the Kirat(mongol), the Kayastha, the gardener, the weaver, the Chandal (untouchable), the Kol ect: are born from the Bottom of the Bahun. To talk with them is a crime, which can be erased only by looking at the sun. Never share wisdom with the Sudra. The Sudras should never earn wealth, or else they will afflict the Bahuns. For the Sudras, left over food for eating, torn cloths for wearing, and hay for sleeping, will be fitting." These are some of the quotes from their holy scripts. Even in the Geeta they have demonstrated their communal attitude: "The prostitutes, the Sundrs and the women are of sinful births." The non-Hindu Mongol people, who have accepted the lowest Sudra status of the caste-order, learn a lesson from these quotes (56-57).

The Real Buddha

A great number of people are Buddhist in Nepal. The Lord Buddha was from Nepal, and he was a pure Mongol. Buddhism is absolutely different from Hindus and Hindus are against Buddhism. He was a Tahru, a branch of Mongol blood. His renunciation was not because of him seeing an old person, a sick person and a dead body. He was against the prevailing caste system and revolted against the discrimination of Hindu religion that preached hate and disparity among human beings. The Buddha's father was mislead and appointed into this Hindu cult and the Lord Buddha, being a prince of the kingdom, was not in a position of a commoner to be hanged, nor was he allowed to preach against Hinduism in the kingdom. So the conspirators exiled him and their prejudiced historians presented the Buddha's early life in a nihilistic and flowery manner, that we have been bound to study in our school curriculum. The Buddhist philosophy and principles do not tally with the Hindu religion, and they contradict Bahunism. Not only in Nepal, but also in some other places the political leaders with vested interests claimed that Buddha was an incarnation of the Hindu god, Bishnu. Buddha himself did not believe reincarnation. The lord Buddha' father Suddhodhan, (suddha+pure, dhan=paddy) had nuptial relations with his aunt's (father side) daughters and the Buddha's wife was his uncle's daughter (mother side). This custom is found prevalent among the Mongol tribes like the Tamu, Tamang, Magar and Sunuwar.

The lord Buddha was from Nepal, but Buddhism did not become the national religion of Nepal. Instead the religion brought by the refugees of India became the national religion of Nepal. (25-27).

Hindu Gods and Pantheons:

I have already mentioned how the Hindu writers have depicted our non-Aryan as Raksas or demons in their epics. In Ramayan king Dshrath had three wives with no children from any one of them. So they performed the fire-worshiping (Hom) ritual, and after eating sweet-rice (Khir) Ram and his brother were born. How can women conceive a baby after eating sweet-rice? Some Hindu sages were born from deer, some from claypot some from rabbit, some from grass( Kush), some from termites hill and some from slaves.

Meaning behind the name Nepal

Hindu historians have written a fictitious story about a sage named Nemuni and have derived the name of Nepal from him, and on the way to Pokhara, there is a cave near Damauli. They (Hindus) spread the rumor that it was the cave of a sage named Vyas, the author of Vedas, Narharinath, one of those so called-Hindu historians of Nepal has that licensed to misguide out people.

The word Nepal was actually derived from a Tibetan word nebal. It has ben noted in Tibetan and Chinese historical statements that the Tibetan rulers of 7th and 8th centuries were very powerful and had brought Nebal, Shensi, Urumtsi and Kuncha under their domination. Kathmandu's ancient name was Nebal. In 8th century, Jayapide, a King of Kashmir, invaded Nebal and became a captive of the local ruler Armudi. Armudi was a Tibetan name. Suniti Kumar Chatterji, the Chairman of the Asiatic Society and a professor at the Calcutta University in India, has verified this historical fact. In the Tibetan language Nepal means "a house of wool" (27-28).

The distortion of tribal festival: Tihar (Bhai Tikka)

In the Tihar festival, we celebrate Bhaileni, Deosi and Bahikika. But on the first day, the Bahun priests cunningly innovated a Laxmi puja (worship of wealth goddess) and tried to impair the significance of our festival.

The tihar festival came into vogue to commemorate the good name of the Mongol king, Balihang. The king Balihang was sick. When he became seriously ill, all his subjects were very sad. Seeing the gloomy faces of his subjects the king told them to pray to almighty if they wanted his recovery. All the subjects prayed to the almighty for their king's recovery. Fortunately, the king became well. So they all lit lamps making the dark night bright and took parts in the rejoicing.

The king Balihang sent the youth through out his kingdom to spread the good news of his recovery. As there was no modern medium of communication, the youth went house to house singing, dancing and spreading the news. Thus a tradition of Bhaileni and Deosee-ray was commemorated every year. Even today they say, " we did not come on our own, on the command of the king Balihang, we have come here". When the youth returned to their own homes, they celebrated and rejoicing the sisters gave tika to their brothers. After that night (new moon) the Mongol, Naywars celebrate their New Year. But the Hindu Bajuns and Chherti because of having political power in their hand conspired to introduced Laxmi Puja on the same night…………………..They forced the Dasai festival on us and forced our people to make merriment over the death of our ancestral non-Aryal heroes. So we have to wake up, taking our fate and fortune into our own hands. We have to understand that political power plays a vital role in making misfortunes for us and for our coming generations

Our adverse conditions are reflected on the book "Nepal in Crisis". Three writers after studying the socio-economic conditions of the Nepalese of the mid-western region have published their two editions on 1980 and 1982 under the Oxford University Press. The three writers are Piers Blaikie, John Cameron and David Seddon.

**Population of Nepal in 1975**
Bahun and Chetri Hindus	22.2%
Others	77.8%

Secretary level

Bahun and Chetries	92.8%
Naywars and others	7.2%

It clearly shows the picture that the 22.8% of the total population have occupied 92.8% of the higher administrative ranks, where as 77.2% of the total population have occupied only 7.2% of the ranks, and most of those official positions are occupied by the Naywars.

Of the senior army officials 81% percentage of the higher ranks are occupied by the Bahuns and Chetries.

Percentage of Ethnic Representation of Legislature in Nepal
Ethnic/Caste	1959	1978	1981	1991 Lower House\|\|Upper House		1991 Both
A. Hill Group	78.00	85.00	79.50	79.00	85.00	80.4
Brahman	27.5	36.2	36.6	18.5	15	37.4
Chhetri	31.2	36.2	36.6	18.5	15.0	17.7
Newar	3.7	7.9	8.0	6.8	13.3	15.8
Tribal	15.6	18.9	22.3	16.6	13.3	15.8
Occupational	0	0.8	0	0.5	3.3	1.1
B.Tarai Group	22.00	15.00	20.5	21.0	15.0	19.6
Brahman	3.5	2.3	0	2.4	1.6	2.3
Landded caste	10.1	7.0	7.1	5.4	5.0	5.3
Trade caste	2.8	1.6	1.8	2.4	1.7	2.3
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100
No of Seats	109	127	112	205	60	265

Source: Harka Gurung, Asian Survey, Vol.XXII, No.3, March 1982, P.313 and Himal, May/June 1992


Ethnic Group	Percent
Brahman	31.25
Newar	25.00
Chhetri	31.25
Tarai People	9.37
RLGMTT***	0
Muslim	0
Non State & others	0