Thursday, June 21, 2018

Points about Buddhism

Every one of Buddha's teachings is founded in the Vedanta. 
He was one of those monks who wanted to bring out the truths, hidden in those books and in the forest monasteries. 

I do not believe that the world is ready for them even now; 
it still wants those lower religions, which teach of a personal God. Because of this, the original Buddhism could not hold the popular mind, until it took up the modifications, which were reflected back from Tibet and the Tartars. 

Original Buddhism was not at all nihilistic. 
It was but an attempt to combat caste and priestcraft; it was the first in the world to stand as champion of the dumb animals, the first to break down the caste, standing between man and man. 

               - Swami Vivekananda, 
                Talk in Brooklyn


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