Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-11-28

/ He recognizes clearly that misery Is n
necessary attribute of sentlcnt existence,
/ that the accumulation of misery is caused
| by the passions, that the extinction of pas
! sion is possible through fixed meditation.
! and that finally the pnth to this extreme
meditation results in the absorption Of cX-
/ istcnce which would he a state of mlim-
tied happiness. With the attaining Of
this fourfOld truth, he has freed himself
from the bondage Of sense, perception
and self he has broken with the material
world he lives i'll eternity i'll one word
! he has become Buddha. Forthwith
he leaves the wilderness, when some ''wisc
men from the East appear and make him
some offerings. He collects some disci-
pies and begins what must have been
perfectly novel thing i'll his time acoursc
of public opcn-air preaching. He wall
ders about from place to place. breaches
| III season and out of season, procialmnG
everywhere that all earthly things are
vanity and vcxaiion Of spirit by the ir-
resistible force of his soul-stirriug cln-
! quence he gradually founds Il new sect
new religion. For everywhere crowds ul
fanatic followers gather round him, ni.'u
of all ranks and all classes all take t..
vow of perpetual chastity and voluntary
poverty all follow him about. clad IN
rags. begging and preaching Won }.
also flock to him. but for II long tin, l,-
refuses 10 admit them tu tlc VOWS. for lir
is no advocate of womcn's RIGHTS. and
laid down the doctrine. which has ever
sinca been retrlined 10y buddhism. that
woman's highest aspiration should he To
he reborn rs Il man. One of his iavnrItc
disciples. who is to the present dayalur'd
as the principal patron of female dcv"tc"s,
persuaded him, however. To- found AN or
der Of sisters of charity, thus giving wo-
men at least chance tor salvation. In
this way the foundation was lad for an
ecclesiastical organization built up on the
idea that mcnand women must. IN order
To he saved, become iirst,pricsts ami nuns
Erft1f-ccck StuHi HUiiu SuiVS Budlha
is said to have wandered through the
length and breadth Of India and through
Ccylon. preaching everywhere the doc
trinc of universal misery, and employing
the terrors of trunsmigriil"m and he'll 10
induce rich and poor Ia lay asl'lr all other
pursuits and to devote themselves cNclu-
sivcly To the salvation Of their s,uls. To-
HEIimor3 MrprrArIoH,
To enter the church, t., become priests
]
| ty he also worked miracles But his mi
rucles Cas afterwards those of his diSri
/ plcsD were iaorc like tricks If iu"glrrN.
lie did not heal the sick. he did not re
call the dead to life. but hr showed him
self suddenly sitting cross-lr@prd IN mid
uir hc divided his body INTO many pur-
ti,ns carh shedding forth luminous RAYS.
or he transported himself thr-ugh the air
] I,tI T., ,I,. tl...t
/ spiritual meditation can break through all
the CHAINS of material laws that the
| spirit is independent of matter On the
other hand he. the, snm of king n-,..cia-
/ ted daily with the lowest and the "utglst,
went about in rags, hcgging his food from
| door To door, and prnciamin@ everywhere,
III the face of that powerful aastc spirit
"i inliu. thnl his religion WAS u religion
of mercy for all ASA teacher, he dis
| played great hhrrnlity and trlcranc..
adopting, for instance, all those d,itios
which were decidedly popular, though he
/ indeed assigned them "a Ai"unliv inferior
position in his system for the holy man,
lac used Ia say, is above Tia" gods Ihuau
! Brahmntic and SiIyai:lr srcts however
which were plainly immoral h" attacked
and fought against with all weapons at
| his command cnuqucrur G"u. rally morn
through supcror'y rf maggie power ilun
! through logical recommendations, lie r..
modelled almost every lirHhmaiIr dogma,
80 far IA IT was necessary, m order to- de
stroy its panthcisiic character Tor which
| he substituted his downright atheism
But il IA siguilicuu; that IL" placed every
| Rrnltmanic dnctrin" ia n new hight lay the
prcpOndcranc,' "f ethical treatment which
characterized his teaching Ia the almost