A similar character to Gandhi is Siddhartha Gautama or as he is better known, the Buddha. Both the Buddha and Gandhi share the desire to better the world through the abolishment of both racism and sexism. The Buddha, who was kept away from the world for the first twenty years of his life only to then emerge and see horror and suffering, sought to free the world of its misery and suffering. Gandhi also did not see much suffering until his experiences in South Africa which drove him to try and free the coloured people from their oppression. He too is trying to abolish racism and misery. Another thing that both the Buddha and Gandhi have in common is their quest for enlightenment. Both men are trying to find peace through religious endeavours.
