[ Afghanistan destroyed his statue and not his Teachings.]
Gautama Buddha was born in 563 B.C. and lived in northern India. The name of Buddha means enlightened one. Among the Buddha’s teachings are the four Noble Truths and the eight fold path. His birth day the day of Vesak, is a national holiday in part’s of Asia.
An edict announced by the Afghanistan militia's supreme leader, Mulla Mohammad Omar, calling for the destruction of all statues in line with "Islamic" laws, has caused shock around the world. The two massive Bamiyan Buddhas, carved into a sandstone cliff near the provincial capital in central Afghanistan, stand 50 meters (165 feet) and 34.5 meters (114 feet) tall and were built around the second century.
The militiamen started wrecking the almost 2,000-year-old Buddhist masterpieces in the central province of Bamiyan, including the world's tallest standing Buddha measuring 50 meters (165 feet), after sunrise.
Sri. S.V.Ramani tells the story in Tamil thro “You Tube”
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