| Then
came Buddha, the compassionate, who was more interested in the
greatest good of the largest number than in the philosophies of the
privileged few. Teaching simple moral and spiritual principles
bearing more directly on the life here than on the life hereafter,
he captured the hearts of millions and set a dynamic spiritual
revolution into motion.
Buddha's apparent condemnation of the
Vedic religion and his discreet silence on the life hereafter were
throughly misunderstood and even misrepresented by his later
followers. It was given to Shankara, the first missionary Hindu
monk, to make a whirlwind tour of the country, expose their
fallacies and re-establish the pristine glory of Hinduism. |
