Thus[9]thereisnoverygreatpracticaldisagreementbetweenGautamaandhispredecessorswithrespecttotheendofaction; , ; theymust, inaddition, beattackedontheirowngroundandconqueredbysteadycultivationofthementalhabitswhichopposethem; byuniversalbenevolence; bythereturnofgoodforevil; byhumility; byabstinencefromevilthought; inshort, bytotalrenunciationofthatself-assertionwhichistheessenceofthecosmicprocess.
Doubtless, itistotheseethicalqualitiesthatBuddhismowesitsmarvelloussuccess.[10]AsystemwhichknowsnoGodinthewesternsense; whichdeniesasoultoman; whichcountsthebeliefinimmortalityablunderandthehopeofitasin; whichrefusesanyefficacytoprayerandsacrifice; whichbidsmenlootonothingbuttheirowneffortsforsalvation; which, initsoriginalpurity, knewnothingofvowsofobedience,abhorredintolerance, andneversoughttheaidoftheseculararm; yetspreadoveraconsiderablemoietyoftheOldWorldwithmarvellousrapidity, andisstill,withwhateverbaseadmixtureofforeignsuperstitions,thedominantcreedofalargefractionofmankind.
Letusnowsetourfaceswestwards, towardsAsiaMinorandGreeceandItaly, toviewtheriseandprogressofanotherphilosophy, apparentlyindependent, butnolesspervadedbytheconceptionofevolution.[11]
