Buddha was accepted as a God, as another Name for the One, which has many names according to the Vedic dictum, Ekam Sat, Viprah Bahudha Vadanti. (The One alone exists; wise men describe it in manifold forms). He was Indra, he was Rudra. That was the unifying effect of the basic revelation of the sages. May this declaration be ever in the memory of man.

Bharatiyas, grown up in the culture of India, have deep faith in the equality of all faiths. Whether it is Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam, Zoroastrianism or Christianity, they believe that no one else should talk lightly of the worship of God. They believe that when anyone talks lightly of any One of the Names of God or any of the Forms of God whom others adore, they are insulting the One God. This was the message held forth by the Indian way of spiritual life. Those who have learnt this truth and adhere to it are the real sons and daughters of India. (BPV, pp. 19-20)