Gautama Siddhartha

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Gautama Siddhartha (94:7sec). See also Buddha; Buddhism
doctrine of Teacher, Law, and Brotherhood (104:1.6)
followers
Gautama forbade to receive money (94:8.19)
perverted cult to make him divine (92:5.12) (94:11.2,9)
son became successor, greatly extended cult (94:7.6)
spiritual awakening of G.S. did not persist in India (79:4.8)
wife founded order of nuns (94:7.6)
strengths
brought succor to millions of despairing souls (94:7.7)
his life was much greater than his preachment (94:8.19)
outstanding religious teacher (121:6.4)
taught best godless philosophy ever invented (94:8.18)
taught universal salvation, free from sacrifice, ritual, and priests (94:7.7)
sudden conversion (100:5.3)
weaknesses
failed to perceive personality of God, existence of souls (94:7.3)
faulty navigation charts ran aground (132:7.4)
hardly believed in immortality (94:8.16)
orphan prophet; knew God in spirit, not mind (132:7.3-5)
should have heeded the hermit Godad (94:7.4)

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