The origins of the Sanskrit Vajra Civilization began with Brahma Ancestor's contemplation of the seven emotions and six desires.
Wizards' research into the mysteries of emotion had never been particularly outstanding. Only a very small number of wizards paid attention to this field. The overwhelming majority not only neglected control over their own emotions, but indulged their ambitions and desires to the fullest. Some even sang praises of this, believing desire to be the root of progress within wizard society.
In ancient times, Brahma Ancestor had merely been one of the most ordinary intelligent beings in this flourishing world of myriad things. Even the intelligent race to which he belonged had been among the weaker races of this world.
Sunrise and sunset, laboring for sustenance, watching the moon wax and wane in the sky, grieving and rejoicing over unions and separations with kin and friends—everything had seemed so utterly commonplace.
Until one day...
It was the Timu Tree that everyone saw every day before the village. People had long grown accustomed to it, and the Timu Fruit it bore in autumn was also the fruit they most eagerly awaited. It was still an ordinary day. After a day of labor, Brahma Ancestor returned to the village, sweat running down his dark skin.
Brahma Ancestor was simply too exhausted, and too hungry. He set down the wicker basket and sickle on the dry earth, then saw the setting sun cast his shadow upon the Timu Tree.
One moment, his mind had been entirely occupied by trivial worries over the daily grind that went on without end. Then, in the next moment, Brahma Ancestor suddenly felt a brief dizziness, followed by a thought he had never had before, like a sudden awakening: Was his entire life destined to pass like this?
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