“The disciples surrounded with cheap marvels and wonders the lonely figure of that serene Soul, simple and austere in his yellow robes, walking with bared feet and bowed head towards Benares.”

—  Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan

His views on why the role of Buddhism diminished in India
Eminent Indians (1947)

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