The greatest discovery of these Rishi's was Brahma. They claimed that they discovered a highest realm known as Brahma Loka. One who mastered third Dhyana to Eighth Dhayana could see these Brahma Lokas and can communicate with Brahma. They claimed that they could see their many past lives; they could see many aeons (Kalpa)back, this might be the first time when concept of REBIRTH came to human existence. Since in their all past lives they had seen the same Brahmas that they were seeing then, they concluded that Brahmas were eternal. As they could see the past they had seen the destruction of the world, destruction of all the realms except highest Brahma Loka, so they said Brahma Loka was permanent. They discovered four qualities of Brahma, Maitri (loving kindness), Karuna (compassion), Mudita (joy), and Upechheya (equanimity). These qualities are called Brahma Bihara. This is how concept of Brahma came in existence. Later Pauranic people defined Barhma as a soul or supersole. Some made it generator of the world. Four faces of Burma is the representation of four Brahma Bihar, this was the symbolic language tradition started around 1000 AD. Those who reached at this stage, or who knew about the Brahma were started to be known as Brahman, a respected title. This group of people became well revered in the society because they started to teach householders how to live peacefully, happily and harmoniously. They started the scientific concept of merit and demerit in the society. They taught householders to develop good qualities like generosity, through donation for their better future and present happiness. They taught householders to live wholesome life. They taught householders to be part of the enormous merit earned by Rishis through absorption Samadhis by donating alms and cloths to them. In return Rishis guide them for their present and future welfare. This might be the birth of DONATIN, another great pillar for the truth seekers, and became a part of Aryans. Astak, Bamak, Bamadev, Basistha, Yemadagni, Angira, Bhardwaj, Kashyap, Virgu, Vishowmitra etc are very popular Rishis of the time who had attened very higher Samadhis. Later on when Purans were written some of these names were taken as a character. Everything sounds like modern life and scientific experiments. As these days few scientists do experiments from the government (peoples) funding, and as they discover something it starts to serve the society. That science no longer remains limited inside the laboratory but becomes a part of life. Similarly, the society started to embrace the discovery of the Rishis. This might be the starting of ASHRAM life, a most advanced stage of Aryan life. Brahmacharya (Student), Grihastha (household), Banaprstha (looking for Guru), Sannyas (renounciation) are four Asramas. As the Yogis could see effects (Phala) of many causes (Karma), they might have guided people to perform only wholesome Karma to avoid from bitter Phala. (Some scholar believed that Hindus took concept of Karma and Phala form Buddha, but I am not agree with them because from Buddhas discourses it is clear that people at the time of Buddha found talking about wholesome and unwholesome Karma and their Phala, but which Karma bear what fruit was not clear for them, Buddha discovered explicit answer of it). Most of the people of the society might have realized that merit was necessary for the better future or better next life. But all of them couldn't leave house and become Yogi to earn merit. That's' why they might have come up with the concept of Ashram life. (Some western scholars believed that Hindus didn't know about rebirth before Buddha, they took this concept from Buddha's teaching during Pauranic era, I am not agree with them because different concept of rebirth were prevailing there, but of course they were just in the form of rumor only). Some Rishis might have attended complete liberation, Mokshya too, but the concept of Mokshya was not that common. (Some scholars believed that Hindus took the concept of Mokshya ie enlightenment from Buddhism, I am not agreeing with them because in the society the concept of enlightenment was there. When Siddhartha Gautam, the greatest Hero of Aryan born in Kapilvasthu, many had predicted that he would rediscover the path of liberation, Mukti Marga. This means there must be the path before. Buddha also said that he rediscovered the path, and the path was there long ago. Kassep was the name of the Buddha who preceded him, but the time of existence of Kassep Buddha, according to Gautam Buddha doesn't seem within the Aryan period, not even within the period of Homo sapiens. There are many things that can be clear only through very higher state of meditation and deeper study. But one thing is pretty clear, there was no path of liberation while Buddha was born, he became Mukti Nath, he rediscovered the path) This sounds like myth. For me there is nothing unacceptable other than the psychic miracles. I can neither accept nor reject those. I can not accept those because I haven't experienced them myself and I haven't seen a significant number of people claiming to have experienced. I can not reject too, because the path is clear to me to experience the absorption Samadhis and I haven't tried my best to achieve them. I think it is rational to say the achievements of those great Rishis were true or false only after achieving all those eight absorption Samadhis. Our belief or non belief doesn't make any sense. contd..