Excerpt from The Indian Religions Buddhism, which, with its truths, underlies all the religious beliefs Of the vast East, and which, though free of all the ceremonial and the forms which always spread and figure in every faith when it has tran scended through its philosophical and thinking ele ment and passed to man, or rather when it has de scended and seeks man through his investitures, undoubtedly was the origin Of the modern Brah mimical religion. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.