Rev. Danny Fisher

Today’s quote is from B.R. Ambedkar (1891-1956), the Indian politician, activist, and jurist who (among other things) served as Chairman of the Drafting Committee of the Indian Constitution. His conversion to Buddhism was especially significant in that it inspired a revival of the religion in its homeland as well as the conversions of countless Indian untouchables to Buddhism. This is it — cribbed from the “Quote of the Week” at our dear buddy Maia Duerr’s beautiful blog The Jizo Chronicles:

Positively, my social philosophy may be said to be enshrined in three words: liberty, equality and fraternity. Let no one however say that I have borrowed my philosophy from the French Revolution. I have not. My philosophy has its roots in religion and not in political science. I have derived them from the teachings of my master, the Buddha.