They all agree in having for their object deliverance from the evils of time, change, sorrow, into an eternal rest and peace.

Their aim is, therefore, not merely speculative, but practical.

All agree in considering existence to be an evil, understanding by existence a life in time and space.

All are idealists, to whom the world of sense and time is a delusion and snare, and who regard the Idea as the only substance.

All agree in accepting the fact of transmigration, the cessation of which brings final deliverance.