The advent of Buddhism marks the beginning of historical period in India. The meteoric rise of Siddhartha to the enlightenment proves beyond any doubt that the realization of truth is quite possible for any sincere seeker endowed with vairaagya even without external help. The Buddha belonged to that genre of the enlightened who were not content with what they had achieved for themselves but also strove to help the humanity to get deliverance. Out of compassion ...
