{"id":1050,"date":"2026-08-09T18:46:01","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T13:16:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/pyq\/do-you-think-that-the-buddhist-traditions-have-lent-ereater-upsc-psir-2021-1004\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T21:23:36","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T15:53:36","slug":"do-you-think-that-the-buddhist-traditions-have-lent-ereater-upsc-psir-2021-1004","status":"publish","type":"psir_pyq","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/do-you-think-that-the-buddhist-traditions-have-lent-ereater-upsc-psir-2021-1004\/","title":{"rendered":"Do you think that the Buddhist traditions have lent ereater ethical foundation to the ancient Indian political thought? Give your arguments."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pq-flow\">\n<div class=\"pq-flow-h\">Flow snapshot <em>\u2014 how the answer moves<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p1\"><span>Intro routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 1<\/i> moral concerns already present in Indian thought <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> Buddhism\u2019s shift = Dhamma <i>over<\/i> Danda as the test of power<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> <b class=\"pq-sc\">Parekh<\/b>\u2019s \u201crebel child of Hinduism\u201d <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> breaks Brahmanical hierarchy while sharing Karma\/rebirth <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> raises the ethical bar<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p2\"><span>Body flow<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p><i>Agganna Sutta<\/i> \/ Mah\u0101sammata <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> consent + function, not divine command <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> Four Noble Truths \/ Eightfold Path \/ Five Precepts <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> governance as means to reduce suffering <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <i>Dasa-r\u0101jadhamma<\/i> \/ Dhammar\u0101ja <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> ruler as moral exemplar <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b class=\"pq-sc\">Ghoshal<\/b> vs <b class=\"pq-sc\">Kautilya<\/b> <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> supremacy of moral law over the state <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b class=\"pq-sc\">A\u015boka<\/b> <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> welfare, rajukas, tolerance, conquest by Dhamma<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p3\"><span>Counter-view<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p>deepened, did <i>not<\/i> invent <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> shared Hindu premises <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> Kshatriya prominence retained <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> coercion + caste left intact <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> order depends on a virtuous ruler <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b class=\"pq-sc\">Thapar<\/b>: ideals hard to institutionalise<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p4\"><span>Conclusion routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 1<\/i> claim holds <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> Buddhism placed the state <i>under<\/i> Dhamma <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> compassion \/ equality \/ welfare become the measure of power<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> \u201cgreater\u201d = moral law made supreme over the state <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> authority as an instrument of emancipation, even if the ethic was deepened, not originated<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"pyq_year":[40],"pyq_marks":[31],"pyq_topic":[55],"pyq_paper":[33],"class_list":["post-1050","psir_pyq","type-psir_pyq","status-publish","hentry","pyq_year-40","pyq_marks-20-marks","pyq_topic-indian-political-thought","pyq_paper-paper-1"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1050","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/psir_pyq"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1050\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4644,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1050\/revisions\/4644"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1050"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"pyq_year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_year?post=1050"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_marks","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_marks?post=1050"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_topic?post=1050"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_paper","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_paper?post=1050"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}