Was Ravana a Buddhist?

              Ravana wascontemporary of Buddha (Kashyapa) and has attended His discourses and believed in Buddha's karuna and non violence. Acharya Narendra Deva in his "Buddha Darshna" describes Ravana asking one hundred questions to the "Buddha" about Buddhist doctrine like Nirvana. [p.53-54, Ravana aur Uski Lanka] Ravana has accepted the concept of Nibbana and Shunyata of the Buddhists.

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