【】fter</p>
thearyanshadbeentherulersandstersoftensof</p>
llionsofdoaintaintheelvesin</p>
theseatoftheghty,theyhaddividedthepopulationinto</p>
differentost</p>
rigidsorthadbeenenforcedupoives.thedesdants</p>
oftheindoeuropeannquerorsbelohehighest</p>
``lassofethecaste</p>
ofthepriests.belohesefollohepeasantsandthe</p>
businessn.theanatives,hoalled</p>
pariahs,fordaiserableslavesand</p>
neveruldhopetobeanythingelse.</p>
eventhereligionofthepeopleatterofcaste.the</p>
oldindoeuropeans,durihousandsofyearsof</p>
etanystrangeadvehesehad</p>
beeedinabookcalledtheveda.thelanguageof</p>
thisbook,ahe</p>
differentlanguagesoftheeuropeanogreekand</p>
latinandrussianandgernahe</p>
threehighestcastesoreadtheseholyscriptures.</p>
thepariah,hoeerofthelocaste,</p>
ittedtoknoanof</p>
nobleorpriestlyhapariahtostudythe</p>
sae</p>
thejorityoftheindianpeople,therefore,livedin</p>
sery.sinverylittlejoy,salvation</p>
froufferingstbefoundelseriedto</p>
derivealittlensolatioationupontheblissof</p>
theirfutureexistence.</p>
brah,theallcreatorheindian</p>
peopleasthesupreruleroflifeah,wasworshipped</p>
asthehighestidealofperfea,to</p>
losealldesiresforrichesandpoost</p>
exaltedpurposeofexistence.holythoughtswereregarded</p>
asreiortantthanholydeeds,andnypeople</p>
intothedesertandlivedupontheleavesoftreesandstarved</p>
theirbodiesthattheyghtfeedtheirsoulshtheglorious</p>
ionofthesplendoursofbrah,thehe</p>
goodandtherciful.</p>
siddhartha,enobservedthesesolitarywanderers</p>
theturil</p>
ofthecitiesandthevillages,decidedtofollople.</p>
hecuthishair.hetookhispearlsandhisrubiesa</p>
theailyessageoffarehe</p>
everfaithfulacarried.houtasinglefollohe</p>
youngpriheothewildeess.</p>
soonthefaofhisholynduountains.</p>
fiveyoungnandaskedthattheyght</p>
beallo.heagreedtobe</p>
theirsterifthey.theyed,and</p>
hetookthentothehillsandforsixyearshetaughtthebr></p>
allhekthelonelypeaksofthevindhyauntains.</p>
butattheendofthisperiodofstudy,hefeltthatheill</p>
farfroerfe.thehathehadleftntio</p>
tethihenoandthen</p>
hefastedforfortyninedaysandnights,sittingupos</p>
ofanoldtree.atlasthereceivedhisreheduskof</p>
thefiftiethevening,brahrevealedhielftohisfaithful</p>