Buddhist Inspiration

As I child in India I was exposed to Buddhist philosophy in school curriculum and as someone born into Hinduism Buddha was one another god to be reverred. The first time I ever been to a Buddhist temple is I believe was when I was around 5 or 6 year old could be less. It was a temple at mandir marg next to birla mandir. I think I also read jatak kathayein in my early childhood. It was in 2001 I read Sidhartha and in 2002 I visited several places in Himalayas with Rekha. I consider myself a Buddhist and reading this book was a pleasure.