author - "H. S. Olcott"
religion, proves that the secret of human misery was at last solved by this divine self-sacrifice, and the true path to Nirvana opened.The joy that he brought to the hearts of others, Buddha first tasted himself. He found that the pleasures of the eye, the ear, the taste, touch and smell are fleeting and deceptive: he who gives value to them brings only disappointment and bitter sorrow upon himself. The social differences between men he found were equally arbitrary and illusive; caste bred
religion, proves that the secret of human misery was at last solved by this divine self-sacrifice, and the true path to Nirvana opened.The joy that he brought to the hearts of others, Buddha first tasted himself. He found that the pleasures of the eye, the ear, the taste, touch and smell are fleeting and deceptive: he who gives value to them brings only disappointment and bitter sorrow upon himself. The social differences between men he found were equally arbitrary and illusive; caste bred