, 1869-06-13

,eei ee ~ ~ Tnoe et1ies Of tie s1stern would fa
mn s e.spny On ,a's sae55 5;der Ier q
1n3 me- hsppiasss e nsss san'ess or S,ana
hey arc not to exist hereafter. ~, tns
soqs H., T. sss ons o IL poIis
u contact With Christianity. ,.,.-.,, =. ~ {
Another potn, Of contact Is ia doctrine Q,
WIN nc I supposluon that ne soul doss 10: nsss
ca lrom world TO world. Bat ths T. ne ssssnee
q al s ethies-sae immataes @ sx IN ,his aso
II ssrres WIN Christianity, which teaches ~: tnst
{" whatsoever man so"e1n that ssan Ne he assS asS
be set over oye cites. he sho turns It into ten,
,alrd point Of contact with cn,tsfsan1t ant
Essn. sgpsan z Tue * Maaadnst Il
sna 81 ~ s aSb ye pH' Ssa as 81 h@ ena
ihs1 the hshest good Of man i annins!suon iss.,
pesanism could es mors e. e.se@s Iasa vtsa cp M.
man nature. Tennyson Ia wiser when ne hI7tes'
g.. f sff.,ls. 7aas: ~ ~ ds.a e.n 0fe''h
~ Is is*; IL
notnInT to our present conceptions; tast Il =
!Ss sFpe;'s al laoM NJ aes, es sossss sssss
sn sun,te. 90 Wholly different nom ANYTHING We
Know Or can knoe now. inst II ts tne sane telng @
is peruanence: u present llfe = going up ,s ~ y
dow that s stability: all present. Lie tne Ae o1
se4s 4se ,nddh,st denies God In the Same way. He
| Is The unknowAble. lie ts the impossp1e 10 oe
'oN~s'' Who .h.l. know hin.
! And dase so . ~;
S1a ID !tstafs shss' sssS = .issfas, aaas
70 the Buddhist ID shoEt, The element a. g. an0e 9e
an Inc rnitc Is ali. a. to the Brahuan the element
Ct s,ern1 = a II ~ 1Sea w. csn eonceiSe
Il seems Impossible for the EasteEn mind 70 nolo
4, The same dine the two conceptions o. Hoa sn1 ni
! nature the Infinite md the nu1tet eternity huu
n1ae. Tho Brahmans accept the reality Of God.
the intnlte ana the eternal anil deny the fea!isy
oa 5as 9neb se baadss q aeeeps sas at aid
n psssaay Ct Ct P,s,S p'ss; sssss;s ssssn'as
fnst ne Tas ebIe to grasp and bold lntellectu-
| a1lf both conceptons--of God nnd lnan7 the innn-
lie and ane, the eternal ana ,aG npsT .emp ts.t '
dogma, but - life. bon these apt4eonistse tdesH
eterna1 but recognizes also the world Of ti1ac and
space as real Mnn exists ~ veil a. GOO: NeioSe
God, We must love man too bfannaasm M M toy
Ruddhtsm loves nan, but not Cod; 1t has nu-
mantiy but not pte1y; OF II 1t has ptesy i Is y
~ head, Tnat wheh seems aa inupossb!!ity IN
tn.se Eastern rrsteuR ls fact OF tisiIy life
the Christian end 70 the lSnosan1 7n ann aa,,1 aS
and trial, md joy IN both heavenly and earthly
love- - ,+,,.,.,, Il. .,,,,a
| summed np by u. Saint HilAire.
lie retnarks tsas the tEst peculiarly Or Blnln-
the TnG p5ss,sG5p s pse s
mankind he abstatns from the Auptle PHILOSOPHY
of the BrAhmana, and takes the most dtFeet ana ,
simple way to hts end. hut he does not oner 1ow
and eenRunI reNArtss he tDEB 0DS, lke S0
many lawstse:1, promise to ffa followers @ nsnes, =
IGTe .n se
. dental. Not n the Feaas, nor NE i,ooss wh'ea
proceed from it, do - ind saca noble appeals; L,;
! But the ttidtsputabtc glory OF Is1ddha r The
bouadesa charity 70 man wtta which III sool ,t TSs
9e ne nSfa ae; e '1sas ~e7 s sn' as "a ~
:. ;rrce Tor ali " tBnru 1nsro<iuctlon, dc, z
1os-l We msy add to u satns,lifaires atofsrncn,
! | thnt In these words The Buddha nlainly aims at
! ] what e have called Cathone reitgtnn- IN hfs
!. view Of mau'a sorToWful lifr, III distinctions q
toeetnsr; anil here too, he comes in euntaGz VIII
: tSat christianity which aays, ,.come unto Nc al
aho, sn1 ~ no oy of .ns LIZ
q doc lie, but q The lle oi mankind M tim. ,,
Rant aads 'nns n aas Il, sHssnS ~ .hna nar :
I peF ptFsu.ae; sd ss docs oot xtsa i s0npst y, Il
:ispe slsa s,ss 3 e5'aeaa' sas1a man ss.ss ss,l
z ps,nes ss.hssns aa seeonMo eon he 90, for..5s
u Into the Christian graees o. psueng9ea 99e ~ nu
%a9'y SaPol ., RI n rs e1
n bids nlAnde1 and Russip; he teaches respect 10
psEees Iaml1y .Ie' home: to,, WITH all ,pes
Z. merits, Buddhism has not heen Able % loond
g. tolesahe socA state Or single Eoou
& eis,1a,1ou t.n1 Ia spres1s IN buadhso: southi0s
the heart of the system mikes 1t STERILE hot"1L
I | SfnD Ito Intentions.
in The fact is that notwithstanding lts hcnesolen
of purposes, III radical thought Is q eeldsn one
" 10 eave Ills own 1oul Al The fs,lt. Of Bud.lhtan
lot according to VI. salnt-lillaire, spring from to
en- root Of eEotism In the heart Of THE system
Ia No doubt the came idea Is founi III ChrtsttAnit
,er Personal salvation Is herein Included But Cnr1
,.ty .ta,; from ycf lssn ,,s Ra1nt tn'e "a 4 4
IN viii be done on earth It Is not going on aw*
he from tl1ue to Ind An unknown eternity. i 4,
"A N G, NO nosa ~ II sone nairo. P1otes, AMI sec
Ith make christianity 10 consist essentially ~ the So
11 59f n Is
Oh. tnc Cbrtstiauity uI Chr1s1- Christ accepts Il
1is- great prophetic idea Of Msssiao who e. bEtn
our Il Is she cath fui Of the knowledge Of CO.:
ain the waters cover the sca. y : al mankind laot
rs, ing together Tor this general gped.
TO THIS solitary preoeeupaiion VIII one nts oMm
sas e sosss
,cr. est In Il There l. IN the Catholic and PFotes1
my weyla, BESIDES menks secular pHessnooa s Wbi
en- fAlurs 10 sAye other men 9 o01les anu sooAs-
10 such priesthood exists III Buddhism.
tier Moreover, not the idea Of salvation IEon esa
rnss bsfos Gs sv y - Se ae
j i At once 10 God: this alone es1 create love
has must SEEM not terrible, but lovely t order 70
uch ! lored- Man must seem, not mean and poof:
noe of 1na &c aee, nps
uk1. N. sa!nt-lifaire. NOT = spark Of the htx
s:try dsme-saat which 70 see and saox has =. g,
t II. Immortal gloYy to Plato and to Socrates-has
aaSe substituted fo7 that Of the tnrn!te besutr,
the Duly ltsea becomes conuptea es seon ~ -
cling idea Of the good disappears 1t becomes me
.*ed blind submission i9 msrs nv; - spc
eor! eonss1ant net IN tn.asa H. 6.s d
,ars: surely, Is a lsuguaEe- Sin,lstn AHsses Sc
.ople nothing; death ia nothing. as.n!sy y nesh
ubIc Hence lie profound sadness Of Buddhism 7,
The escape tiom lime INTO ets1st-SI ln.o n"sa,:
tner- as you may choose 70 interpret N1Fana "
and buddhism makes Co.. q tae eooa 20 .oa aea
tnM sees1ases evil. Thoogh heaven Is nlsnk. he
taer, very sou0 reality. II Is present and future
u y IL - . he Ell q
'ablc has dlsapreored from sns nni!esss aaa aa ~
The p!sce "a only the lnsxosAb1e aE .alSa srtn Tn
Ester cruel nnrelentlns law. fes Badd
who rpo sa hss nS' never sssrd o{ oe i ~ atheist
arc cnld Is neither deiss nor stheifs; he ha1 No
coo. We ~ .ce, then, tina, here, - elsewhess. tss
,udcd r,or,ty Of Cnstsansy y b found N rs 81
with in it, fulpets Of NE so1enes buod
,iesnt C eeps Is The he B1eanlsne oocsrsne q rexArts
icr pnnishments, Of sav, pto9fesa self-denaa; q ~
ppoen nan and pity lor hansn aorrow: ent 70 ~ Y
estab- adds-hos much more: II nls up re dsea5F -
t and Of Buddhlsrn With Living God: *lta = W
cnHh r., m an. 4
the ar,es II eires = dstne As real y ne aama @
rever- infntte ~ solid The nni1e And my aoS
muss steam Of iife. II III Christian words the
for.- Testament included Eese aesosso c, Me ~, ~
70 oat IT,. Ia, Of that stream Of nfe :
,s:a,, sn = asT'GRa Soasns ~ md ssef
eason should be lte the people living On tas a oan
entails scie its great stream could how on md %
es 80 80 during M ~ eou,se q twelve hundred naes b5
merits E.e aI11uent yes not aosofhed IN the sanc
, iscs ssnorant Of Is sousce ,aey Snos u haE x
a y inss, M 50 cn1ss;..n;sy Is fan 4reT .!
'eeou- and The social STATE q n.s.on. u1lh r.
s.uta, loas cur positive fuoriedse Of !rs hls,or1
"a pre U III The books gone, the tshets OF II
i eli, man henri would tenaln and on those won
sf,ue written the everlasting Gospel OF Jesus In
xord letters whlch no yeaza could eHace and no cn
paaiez conceal
rTtoas aKc.on, The Cross ard the Dragon" dondo'
IL bat eniassr1.ed Hsndbent u Asch,tscgre. 81.
sg.ssv Essssrn 2, 4oeashtai ? ~ sh.,,z e
he end Ineis ,u,.,.u.,o,..., Il r.xtr
On: IA <Rte1r r. eaiss9 ~ q III IL eae.Fs:
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