What HE Rejected. - Buddha and his dhamma,

:: 1. What HE Rejected. ::
1. This survey of the philosophical and religious thought shows that at the time when the Buddha formulated his Sasana, certain ideas had a firm grip on the mind of the people. They were : (i) Belief in the infallibility of the Vedas ; (ii) Belief in Moksha or Salvation of the soul, i.e., its ceasing to be born again ; (iii) Belief in the efficacy of rites, ceremonies and sacrifices as means of obtaining moksha; (iv) Belief in Chaturvarna as the ideal for social organization; (v) Belief in Iswara as the creator of and in Brahmana as the principle underlying the universe. (vi) Belief in Atmana, or the soul. (vii) Belief in Sansara, (wandering together), i.e., transmigration of the soul. (viii) Belief in Karma, i.e., the determination of man's position in present life by deeds done by him in his past life. 2. In formulating the principles of his Sasana the Buddha dealt with this old stock of ideas in his own way.
3. The following are the ideas which he rejected :
(i) He condemned indulging in speculation as to the whence, whither and what am I?
 (ii) He discarded heresies about the soul and refrained from identifying it with either the body, sensations, volitions and consciousness.
 (iii) He discarded all the Nihilistic views which were promulgated by certain religious teachers. 
(iv) He condemned such views as were held by heretics.
(v) He discarded the theory that the cosmic progress had a known beginning.
(vi) He repudiated the theory that a God created man or that he came out of the body of some Bramha.
 (vii) The existence of the soul he either ignored or denied.