The Religions of India c19.87

c19.87

We cannot insist too often on the fact that the religion of Buddha was not less practical than human. He practiced, as he taught, that the more one worked for others, was devoted to others, the less he cared for himself, the less was he the victim of desire. Hence he says that a true Nirvāna may come even in one's own lifetime — the utter surrender of one's self is Nirvāna,¹ while the act of dying only draws the curtain after the tragedy has ended. “Except,” Buddha says, “for birth, age, and death, there would be no need of Buddha.”