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supreme. The barriers created by them were unsurmountable. The Jain prophet Mahavira and his 23 predecessors had seen such or similar things in their times. They clearly saw the cause of this the individual pride which became the cause of • Karma-leading the man to be born under such circumstances that he will be considered as belonging to a lower family in comparison to other people, Buddha blamed the Brahmins and their whole society. He laid the whole blaim at the door of the Brahmins and ignored the real cause the individual thoughts and feelings. He wanted to smash the whole society for this one reason. It was like the mosquito and the man. He forgot the truth that by his side there were other philosophers whom it was impossible for him to vanquish. He however tried the experiment. The people crushed under the feet of Babmin priests flocked to him; and thus 600 years before Christ there was a great spectacle on the banks of the Ganges-Buddha preaching the doctrine of equality and salvation for all men--high and low. The work which Buddha did in this department was noble,
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