It protested, in the interest of humanity, against the oppression of a priestly caste.

Brahmanism, like the Church of Rome, established a system of sacramental salvation in the hands of a sacred order.

Buddhism, like Protestantism, revolted, and established a doctrine of individual salvation based on personal character.

Brahmanism, like the Church of Rome, teaches an exclusive spiritualism, glorifying penances and martyrdom, and considers the body the enemy of the soul.

But Buddhism and Protestantism accept nature and its laws, and make a religion of humanity as well as of devotion.