Buddhism’s Failure invites Christianity to Bhutan
In the school, as the standard of my education improved I had a ch ance to delve into the one of the greatest religions of the world ‘Buddhism.’ The life story and hagiography of the Lord Buddha is spiritually aspiring. The every Google search and every translated book I read about talks on Buddha’s life either in brief or elaboration. The Buddha who was painted in Buddhist texts as son of great king Suddhodhana was dissatisfied with his mundane life. The four sights (illness, aging death and serenity of the monk) had a great impact on his decision to leave the palace in search of truth. Leaving aside all the hagiographic details and go by the historical evidence of the time, the Buddhism was found against the backdrop of two other prominent religions of the time; Hinduism and Jainism. The Lord Mahavira has attained the parnivana few years before Lord Buddha. Obviously, Buddha was against hindu’s ritualism and Jain’s extremism. So he founded the truth called middle way n...