> not being reborn was rebellious to the status quo where rebirth was seen as natural. The Upanishads and the Bhagavad Gita from the Hindu traditions primarily

> not being reborn was rebellious to the status quo where rebirth was seen as natural. The Upanishads and the Bhagavad Gita from the Hindu traditions primarily discuss liberation from rebirth and various paths to it. [1] At least some of the Upanishads probably predate Buddhism. [2] Liberation from rebirth has always been an integral part of the whole rebirth lore. So the Buddha's teachings were in that sense not rebellious to the status quo. It is even possible that the status quo actually coloured his opinion of his subjective experience of meditation so much as to lead him to believe he had found another path (if not the best path) to liberation. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reincarnation#Hinduism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reincarnation#Hinduism [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upanishads https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upanishads