The Buddha’s mission was to assimilate the idealism of the Upanishads in its best form and adapt it to meet the daily needs of humanity. Historically, Buddhism meant the spread of the teachings of the Upanishads among peoples. And what he achieved in this is still alive today. Such democratic ascents are a characteristic feature of Hindu history. When the treasures of great sages were the private property of a few, Ramanuja, the great Vishnu teacher, recited mystical texts even in front of the pariahs. Buddhism, we might say, is the return of Brahmanism to its own basic principles. Buddha is not so much a revolutionary who came to success on the crest of a wave of reaction against the teachings of the Upanishads, as a reformer who sought to transform the prevailing theory of the Upanishads by highlighting its forgotten truths.