Gautama Buddha-A man of Principles

Gautama Buddha was born as an affluent Himalayan prince. His father was the ruler of a great part of olden days Himalayas and his kingdom stretched far beyond the description of those days. Buddha was not a chaste personality till his late youth days. He was married and had a child of his own. The story of how he became the great saint that everyone reveres even now is interesting. Once, when he was on his usual round around his kingdom, he happened to see sadness around him- literally everywhere around him. He wanted to search for an answer for this perplexing question as to why there was sadness everywhere in the world. He went around the nation searching for a solution to what is still one of the greatest mysteries in human life. He finally found the answer and became the Bodhisatava or the “enlightened one”., after which he turned into a chaste and exuberant character who had a huge following of people behind him who were ever eager to listen to what he preached. His main principles were non- violence and renouncing of worldly pleasures. Buddhism is a religion founded on these principles and is still being followed as the most tolerant religion at present.

Sir Isaac Newton-An awesome personality

As with Einstein, Newton was not born into a “scientifically developed world” (taking into consideration the technological advancements at the time of Einstein’s birth). Sir Isaac Newton was born in an age where there were not much of technological advancements or scientific inventions made. The only famous personality who could have matched Newton around 200 years his life time was Galileo and of course the great Leonardo Da Vinci. The life histories of these two personalities need volumes and volumes of books without which their greatness would be cut short by our incompetent analysis. Newton was responsible for most of present day mechanical inventions which function on the basis of the principles of motion and the principles of gravity. He was the first person who questioned the rationale behind an apple falling on to the ground instead of flying into the air. If it was any one of us, we would have rather eaten the apple than research about why it fell down! It is obviously the difference between greats such as Newton and lesser mortals like us who can just stare in awe at these personalities. Newton has to his credit that he is the founder of some of the most important mathematical divisions which include differential and integral calculus!