, 1869-06-13

issg, X. Schmidt found lie same woTis ID the !
Nonspltan- ~ staustas Jullea, Al eminent stu. {
Ssa, %a1t. Of On fhf puaaaan o9 On u sss
which ascend to 7he year s6 OF our era 4
More recently INSCRIPTIONS eat upon :
India, have bcen uanScT!bed and Translated. NJ.
James Prtnscr dtsirhcred tse1s Inscriptions AMI !
found them e be n the ancient language o. ne
pea1cd. They contain the DEGREES Of ! dng, Of
fsts, named PJaaast xnon ". Tr'nour h.
o lore allSaed to. Tnis Ing appears 70 ha1e come
10 tne thrcne IN the time of Alexander the Crest,
u. c. 80 Similar inscriptions have been dtsenr-
n faet,on usIs oi saen senos.s .. Buraoui, P.nsep
Tufnour, Dalsen, Weber, Alx Nutlcr, md satnt-
staie fe,lsion Of india, IN he fourth century Se-
y WIN these smple resources, les us proceed to
examine the origin Auil nature or this Eel1Xio1.A
oaae, nea1 Inc oo1ae1s q Seraal, there ssisnea.
v wise Sc aud and T. good ena, il MS capital eity.
kapilarastai he was one Of the last Of
o. n so s ' ss nas Ms3a T. ne sses sgssss
ef her great beauty. became the mother Of
prince, who was named s!ddartha, and afierward
s = ID s s1s oass
in H. psso ans ySuns ssa B5ess asetaa ass
e.. ns IN s@. !; Z ss / nos @
earliest periods Of DrRnraanisn, for those Beck
~ 1s Ds 70 ssdn IL sra
meaitation. @ abstinence, md lie staiJ 81 the
veda1 Tits practice, ho.eye.. seems to have
iose, eTet 70 ths k,nst when his sen H. ne
h4 ana =; e9 sEhy III
tunns sins ns , iss NJ tie Ire ot IN anehoTts
soue through that deep exssnenee ont
s,no :. ,he Nv, sosia pfes.ed q il asars "a
shinss were passing away. Was anythinR oeTms.
| nent. anything stable! Nothing but ruth: only
I the ateolu,e eternal law Of thlnsa - Let ne sec
'na aa5t,as q s, 6 sls sseoSs &c e tss1
So, IN oppopition to The strong cntEestles OF ~
1aiher, Nlfe and friends !, he , let. r. ne 3n
sst,on oi pE1cs for that ,..s 11 - u'enaa, 4ac
saS he % saTs e tap
liz n1ss visited the braolnana, ana listened 10
tncir doctrines, but found no satisfaction therein
peaee,-ihai profound inward resi-. which he A.
rradJ called s;IErns- He waa - Jears old. ~
a. M ena he pfsctsed them during ~ yesrs, 10
order 10 eulpdut the senses lie then became sat.
isned that the path 70 perfection did nos ae ~ 1aa
asearles I s Hno sad Seen sisracted bJ bis anazia
e H.. sDas aa q ne s Sa
| seemed TO him the only foundation OF Iuly nee
med.tatien, med III he Il last arrived II this bessiac
vision. became one Of the most sacred places u
India He was heated under tree, bis iacs 70
the east, not haY1nE moved for day and night,
whep be attaped the triple sc!enca wnich rAs to
| rescue mankind 1rpn1 TIA woeA Twelve hundred
yesrs asres the death Of The bnddna i caineee es
to ihis sacred nee i was surrounded BY high
bIsk walls Win an s,. opsn'ns insnx 70 ,ones sss
and mouas,e,1cs. In the opinion OF u. Saint fill
Mre these ruins, aud the localty Of the tEee. may
sought so !or, an since there began increment winch
has, on the whole, been source Of happiness and
Improvement TO immense multisudes Of hanas
| t,eings during twenty-f0 centuries
he decided "a teach the world his ruth He knew
veil what wDad orRg 7,, 10 ,Saenf p ,afst
Glasses Of men: those who wers alresdy OF the
var to the truth, aud did not need MIN thosc wht
and 1he poor doubtcrs, uncertain Of thetr way. Y
WAS to help these last, the doubtersv that u
Buddha went forth to preach "a MS Mav 70 u.
bolf city Of 1ndta, Reua1es, seftous Uncnlfy ar
rcsted him At the GanGeA namely, his naEiIfS ~
money % pay the hoatmsn tor h!s passaE;s a.
snee1 Of Tic law tor tic arss time Ills discoarse
[ Gre eontr,ned In the eaered books of tue bnann
ISIS. lie converted great numbers us iatas
rom i.udoo sc14bes and rnartsees the leadn'
, Brahtnana- 80 he lived and taught, and died a
'ns iStsat. ii g aoen = the prophet vas dead
became vc1y precious In ali eyes HIS body W
burned With much pomg' an. s'sat g l. eonteo''o ft
last u,ey were divided into eight paris, and top
: vas erected, by each OF the eight fortunate re-
, spc,cns booss Of ihe North aud South agrees -
: the plseea where the topes were hullf, and n
Menan csisoe Fses ;cI Ne 70 "s en- s., 16s
+ "the neah rronteth nothing" md fns n
sle word Is srrt. and woald nays oeen u
= i in hR mn FFNRiONH
: The time Of the death OF sAky..n1oM. 1te mo
9 Oriental datee, is uncertain The Northern Buddl
T. tats IN Th1bct, Nep1aI, etc, vary Hteaty anon
!: toeu,se,vcs. Tne cklnesc buddhists arr not MOI
! certain. Iasaen, therefore, with most of y
i | Echplars, accepts II authentic the Pe7DA ppo
:. Thich Iii the 4n,hor1tles OF the South. especial
IS Of CeJson, agree, which II u. C. III Lately Nes
| ergaash has Sttten monograph on INC suhless,
sbout Two hundred years later. Whether he vi
, convince bis brother saranA remains 70 he see.,
Imnedhteiy after The death Of sakJa-muul
;. general connc1l ot htz most eminent disciples v
cnllett, 10 ~ the doctrine and discipline OF = :
ehrrh The legend runs sna rn5H o. me ~, =,
ii The sage had taught The hrst VIA appointed
Il, repeat MS teaching upon discipline; ~ niof r. q
d Whereurnn Epali, mounting he pulpit repeat
:, u. of the pIecepta eonce:Enlnx morals q
,he ssv.s Then Amanda VS. chosen, caDssn
- laMh Or Ioctrsne. Finally. kaa!aPa snnounc
The philosophy ND nstaphy5s1n ~ nc a,a u5s'
a. M tSTeests!a d.Etsan aI .he sAerc,, Scriptures
m iuddhkna was the result Of thctr work lof Sls
I'd 1nual wrote nothing himself lie huHas oy G
.e Tae seeend eepere. council was called "a eorF
Of eera,n abuses ~hNn bad begun 70 sssep r. m
dsePups By sGsnE Fss
s'sDS sss.1a oG5 II as ans os r. sa tic
%efen frue2 tG me new ste The til
:es council held during the se!En Of The Ercat iau
ns st Emperor Asosa t was eaIed LIT, o. gSa
! u were desraitu and expelled. After this
',y s,opayses were despatched to preach ihe won
different lanAs The nanaes -, and ahs sGs TeSsn % :.
u. Sacred IUs.oz., translated hy GeorEe lt1n 7a
md in tue shlnshalese lt What Is Is fenaEss, aan -.
inc buildings, contained In csssess' ssaN r,
issE
inst The same missionaries In the historical oook
cs,on oos = sas
WIS kassapaa, and the other cailsa Malnaaa a,, y
- sla.lnyn1nal went 70 p'sssh ~ me fsS'nn one o.
nc;c history informs us-a history composed "a C
hs ar Gsnte1, te S aa5 ana nos wne
Sse5 Ssasosa.5a. 'ae a;sis5,1e. ss!ss .. these
'oass Na Fssu"oos FFs stone fallen And though .
''tT nunse,a It's con,cnts 1c,aincl intact ii Is
an.e- hemisphere, buEt Ct rough stones *.inoat n,
Brah- thirty nine feet in diameter; has hsseme,
sutca feet high. projecting 81 afonna nv re- ~
SIC rallinr, win carved figures. In the oentse
70 70 be stpae e tie 81 White
assye ssonc, about ten Inches squsrc- lnSlne
four ess1sss Of s,sa,lts e. saesa ~
wno Id d one ot these boxes vas th.s inscst
se st,e n ~ ,sseuef, e q the ua whoe
Of tae the inside oi ne " was ss5Ss Re.ts 'tss
tho u ssnt ossef eaaos men oi the Ia
) I'to- Church had rested In this monument since
u the Of Asoka, and cannot have been placed
rers ee III The ms Missionary spirit displayed BY Bu'
God; preceded Christianity. The rslis'oo OF 1o1
voting AIDE of ChtnA Hrshmanism never
e tAe Slit ,% Is; Tae shs. s1.trS5 rS, 8, z0ro.er
a 'a,hoiIc ITrsian religion; ,hat ot EHr vas eaaa
n and The Valley Of the Sue; mat o. Gfssss . =
sach, enic raec bus BUDDHISM ~ n naamen snar1,
hon for detre e bringing ~ IA reesstni ~ .s
closely con, e11ed nulttudes IN Scpaal. Ihioee. ]
sd .ra sss,ss 10 an nonaerses &c to-day d.
Isl soo sonrces d knoeiedss and centres q ms;
the a1e asass 'osa Thea
r. aae's sss 'nses: saa:,esa = ssisn Il
principle ets Aua Ia, Ht ~. soisst IN c1ror
b The fhE ssfht q luta, NJ W. st,-nss ~ Hnd
a.vatlon Must toeu ~ snS te,ees ~ ne
Da1in. | H1A 0t 1ue esse"1a .-e.s-, - "a
h tuete had nts disctplcs: - ~ s.s|r, inrc
baptism onen !e!a wE!Sn uen!es Se -. Au nur,.n
pen1lcc ln aAntn sNn s puHe. snt 49, ,hn. n IL
er1aent the f2s' - soE >, -. ~ - - ,arover
nd thAt ets5nn neatn =, - - ~ nsre sern
cst for Iae nEl' '1ts ~ SssS ,rn1,nnd cnnFtcui
rauent. evil OF perpetual ehaas- sna tns Foss1
InEc re- totoe tulk ~ ,h rs.,of Il F.rc1
+ hv spe tne laokuaEE y, w - yantttes
ion from ano Cs,e1 e-etto,rI rioo,n I
through NaalE tne bp.s.a N ,he sare
rhe more mohoei!u! ooot - - ttn,S5a namely ii
shat! see thncfht = toA. o.oee r,nnH n ~
Church Of tninR koes Iuuau aau ms, there Is
nolnlns La.E ~. MAJ fnr Gin rt,cs
/ in. X1Dd biQE4 4