La vie sacrè
La vie quotidianne.

In India, people flock to prophets. 
The people of the West  killed Jesus. 

The teachings of Buddha are like an immense and pure lake covered with the purest ice that stretches beyond any conceivable horizon, but upon which I can gain no traction. 

Would it have been easier to have lived in the time of Jesus, or Socrates, or Buddha? Would I have recognized them for who they are?

Is it not more noble, on some esoteric plane, to honor more those people who try to make sense of this world without the help of some divine person walking among us?
It seems so simple if we had only had the opportunity to have wrestled with the meaning if existence with our best friend...... (fill in the blank). 
Confucius. 
Pythagoras. 
Akhenaton. 
Zoroaster. 
Jesus. 
Buddha. 
Mohammed. 

Funny thing, though, there is no one figure from Hinduism. 

We all owe god a death.