A History of Ancient Sanskrit Literature, so far as it illustrates the Primitive Religion of the Brahmans c8.21

c8.21

“And this very transgression of Buddha and his followers is represented as if it did him honour. For he is praised because he said, ‘Let all the sins that have been committed in this world fall on me, that the world may be delivered.’ It is said that if he thus transgressed the duty of a Kshatriya, and entered the life of a Brahman and preached, it was merely for the good of mankind; and that in adopting for the instruction of excluded people a law which had not been taught by the Brahmans, he took the sin upon himself and was benefiting others.”