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【】fter thearyanshadbeentherulersandstersoftensof llionsofdoaintaintheelvesin theseatoftheghty,theyhaddividedthepopulationinto differentost rigidsorthadbeenenforcedupoives.thedesdants oftheindoeuropeannquerorsbelohehighest ``lassofethecaste ofthepriests.belohesefollohepeasantsandthe businessn.theanatives,hoalled pariahs,fordaiserableslavesand neveruldhopetobeanythingelse. eventhereligionofthepeopleatterofcaste.the oldindoeuropeans,durihousandsofyearsof etanystrangeadvehesehad beeedinabookcalledtheveda.thelanguageof thisbook,ahe differentlanguagesoftheeuropeanogreekand latinandrussianandgernahe threehighestcastesoreadtheseholyscriptures. thepariah,hoeerofthelocaste, ittedtoknoanof nobleorpriestlyhapariahtostudythe sae thejorityoftheindianpeople,therefore,livedin sery.sinverylittlejoy,salvation froufferingstbefoundelseriedto derivealittlensolatioationupontheblissof theirfutureexistence. brah,theallcreatorheindian peopleasthesupreruleroflifeah,wasworshipped asthehighestidealofperfea,to losealldesiresforrichesandpoost exaltedpurposeofexistence.holythoughtswereregarded asreiortantthanholydeeds,andnypeople intothedesertandlivedupontheleavesoftreesandstarved theirbodiesthattheyghtfeedtheirsoulshtheglorious ionofthesplendoursofbrah,thehe goodandtherciful. siddhartha,enobservedthesesolitarywanderers theturil ofthecitiesandthevillages,decidedtofollople. hecuthishair.hetookhispearlsandhisrubiesa theailyessageoffarehe everfaithfulacarried.houtasinglefollohe youngpriheothewildeess. soonthefaofhisholynduountains. fiveyoungnandaskedthattheyght beallo.heagreedtobe theirsterifthey.theyed,and hetookthentothehillsandforsixyearshetaughtthebr> allhekthelonelypeaksofthevindhyauntains. butattheendofthisperiodofstudy,hefeltthatheill farfroerfe.thehathehadleftntio tethihenoandthen hefastedforfortyninedaysandnights,sittingupos ofanoldtree.atlasthereceivedhisreheduskof thefiftiethevening,brahrevealedhielftohisfaithful servant.frohatnton,siddharthaalledbuddha ao savenfroheirunhappyrtalfate. thelastfortyfiveyearsofhislife,buddhaspenthin thevalleyofthegangesriver,teaghissilelessonof subssionandeknessuntoalln.intheyear488before ourera,hedied,fullofyearsandbelovedbyllionsofpeople. hehadnotpreachedhisdoesforthebeofasingle selfhisdisciple. this,hopleasethenoblesandthepriestsand thertsheirbesttodestroyacreedhregnised theequalityofalllivihe hopeofasendlifeareinstances. assoonastheyuld,theyenuragedthepeopleof indiatoretutotheanincreed hitsfastinganditstorturesofthesinfulbody.but buddhisldroyed.slohedisciplesofthe enlightenedonealayas, aoa.theycrossedtheyellowsea aeruntothepeopleof japan,andtheyfaithfullyobeyedtheaster, tousefororepeople regnisebuddhaastheirteacherthaneverbeforeandtheir nuersurpassesthatofthebinedfollod. asfornfucius,theanoftheese,his storyisasileone.heheyear550b.c.he ledaquiet,dignifiedafullifeatatihina entandheese peopleercyofbanditsandrobberbaronswho urdering andtuingthebusyplainsofnorthearalainto aarvingpeople. nfucius,.he didnothavechfaithintheuseofviolence.hewasavery peaakepeople iviofheonly possiblesalvationefrogeofheart,andhe setoutupontheseenglyhopelesstaskofgingtheter ofhisllionsoffelloehewideplains ofeasteasia.theesehadneverbeenterested inreligionasandthatheybelievedin devilsandspooksasstpritivepeopledo.buttheyhad noprophetsandregnisedno``revealedtruth.nfucius isalsttheonlyohegreatralleaderswhodid notseevisions,hielfasthessenger ofadiviioranother,claibr> thatheabove. hean,rathergiven tolonelyelancholytunesuponhisfaithful flute.heaskedfnition.hedidhat anyoneshouldfolloor.herendsus oftheagreekphilosophers,especiallythoseofthestoic senlivingandrighteousthinking plyforthepeaceof thesoulthateshagoodnsce. nfuciusaofhis ovisi ...