The Positive Background of Hindu Sociology c10.s6.5

c10.s6.5

Śākya's lectures to the Vajjis on the "seven conditions of welfare," like many of his other sayings to individuals and groups, may in a general manner be somewhat compared to Fichte's *Reden an die Deutsche Nation* (*Addresses to the German People*, 1808), although intended for other races and regions and for the nineteenth century. As contributions to political thought, broadly considered, they deserve a proper recognition in a study of *Nīti* or *Artha*, i.e., political morals.