"don't be pushed around by the fear in your mind"
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rabindranath tagore
―My heart is open and the entire universe follows into it It is in Buddhism first that man is attributed with all the ideals of man. Buddhadeva freed mankind from the notion of a separate entity as a god, from the ritualistic imposition of sermons of Śāstras, from the performance of rites of yajñas. Naturally, his followers made him a god. Later on, we find that the Christians made Christ a god. Tagore‘s belief is that the essential values of Buddhism has been surcharged in the mankind of all religions. In the book, Dharma Tagore has referred to Ashok the Great, who ruled India not by his monarchical power but under selfless love for mankind as a whole. He learned this selflessness from his sincere devotion to Buddha. According to Tagore, Buddhism is neither confined to Hῑnayāna nor restricted to Mahāyāna. Buddhism, in the true sense, is prevalent in humanity in man‘s endeavor for wisdom, man‘s natural urge for love, and man‘s active energy for labor The mind is before relig...