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The Buddha, the immortal titan is the rational and spiritual guide to the common man
Man is for himself and society.
My heart throbs with awe, pride, and joy to write about the Buddha, one of the tallest ancient rationalists and spiritual teachers of the world. The Buddha is revered and Buddhism is adhered to in Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Tibet, part of China, small parts of India, and other South Asian, Southeast Asian, and East Asian countries. Today, the yoga part of Buddhism has gripped the minds and hearts of many in Europe and America.
The Buddha, like Basavanna, India’s other great mystic- rebel social reformer, is the answer to long-continued social ills such as superstitions and discrimination between social classes called castes in India. The four Indian castes, namely, Brahmana, Kshatriya, Vaishya, and Shudra exist to this day in a modified and somewhat mild form in India. The Indian caste system is still to disappear from Indian society. Its roots are so deep. Even today the roots are sought to be nourished and strengthened by upper castes.
Man’s right to knowledge and spiritual practice
At the time of the birth of the Buddha in the sixth century B.C, the Hindu priests, the Brahmins in India were rank exploiters of the common masses of India. They denied them access to the…
