Tamanglakola

Siddhartha Gautam was born in Lumbini but his knowledge 'buddha' was born in Gaya. In any case I don't want to base my national pride on an ambiguous thing like historic national boundaries. Nepal didn't even exist at that time. Are we Nepalis so pathetic that we have to base our national pride on someone who was born 3 thousand years ago when Nepal didn't even exist and a mass of rock called mount everest that we had no hand in building?

As far as I know the only thing we can be proud of is the fact that we were born in Nepal and for me that is good enough to be proud of.

Instead we can be proud of achievement by Nepalis all over the globe - but wait you want to pull their legs and bring them down while relying on the inanimate mt everest and the long dead buddha to boost your bruised ego.

For all that matters, if you think about it siddhartha gautam was an astute person, he had good marketing skills and leadership back in the time when anyone would follow anyone who could speak 10 sentences that made sense. His teachings show a lot of knowledge which are based on the obvious which you could have figured out on your own but maybe never put into words. This is basic reality but his teachings have made a profound effect all over the world and he has a lot of followers all over practicing different schools and off shoots of buddhism.

Buddha never called himself a god but the bheda mentalities of the mass wants to find a god in their clueless and mundane lives. Fighting over where he was born ready to burn down buildings and inflicts harm onto others which is against his teachings and philosophy. If it was upto himself he would have handed it to the needy in a silver platter just like he handed over his food to the needy whenever he came across any.

I think it's time to grow up and follow his teachings.

By the way I'm a buddhist.