Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1880-11-14

reached the second stage; in the third, he
successfully becomes free ~ from all evil
desires, ~ from ignorance, (3) from doubt,
az from heresy, and (5) from unkindli-
ness and vexation. Gas even ct the risk OF
her own life, o mother watches over her
child, her only child, so let MIN 1.-THE Bud
dhist Saint exert good will without meas
ure towards all beings.
Observe how remarkable the order. The
way to be freed from doubt and heresy
lies through freedom from impurity and
revenge, and evil longings Of all kinds, or,
il q man awakened to q deep sense Of the
mystery Of sorrow wishes to understand the
real facts of existence, wishes to believe
not the false, or the partly false. but the
true altogether, Buddha tells him not to
set to work and study, not to torture him
self with ascetism or privation, but to
purify his mind from all unholy desire
and passions; right actions spring from .
pure mind, and to the pure in heart all
things are pure. Again, the first enemy
which the awakened believer has to fight
against is ~sensuality, and the last is
unkindliness; 1t is impossible to build
anything on a foundation Of mire; and the
top stone of all that one can build, the
highest point he can reach, the point above
RAAAbyy 0DOfO Ju6tAIOf OFCA AAltA t1y
according to Buddha, Universal Charity.
Till he has gained that the believer ia
still bound he il not free his mind is
still dark. True enlightenment, true free
dom, are complete only in love. The be-
lever who has gone thus far has reached
the last stage. He has cut the meshes Of
ignorance, passion and sin, and has thus
escaped from the net OF TRANSPORTATION.
NirvaDa is already within his grasp he
has risen above the laws of material exist
ence; the secrets Of the future and the past
lie open before him, and when this one
short life Is over, he will be free forever
from birth, with its inevitable conse-
quences, decay and death. No Buddhist
now hopes to reach this stage on earth
but he who has once entered the paths can
not leave them. The final perseverance of
the saints is sure, and sooner or later, un-
der easier conditions, in some less material
world, he will win the great prize, and en-
tering Nirvana, be at rest forever.
After Guatama had succeeded in con-
vincing his five renegade disciples that he
had found the truth, their love for him
amounted to idolatry. He remained in the
forest until the number Of his followers
was about sixty. and that Of the outside
believers somewhat greater. The principal
~NS AK inCA was y IlCn yOuuk uluu
named Yaza. who had first come to him at
night. out of fear of his relations, and aft
erwards shaved his head, put on the yell
low robes and succeeded in bringing many
OF his former friends and companions, his
mother and his wife being the first female
disciples, and his father the first lay devo-
tee.
After the rainy season Guatama called
together those of his disciples who had de-
voted themselves to the higher life, and
whom for q better name may be called
monks, and said to them "There is now
laid on us a great duty, thar OF working ef-
f~ectually for men and angels, and gaining
for them also the priceless blessing OF sal
walton. Let us, therefore, separate, so that
no two of us shall go the same way. Go
ye now, and preach the most excellent law,
explaining every point thereof, unfolding
it with diligence and care"
Such. in short, are the teachings of
Guatama Buddha, and it is certainly not to
be wondered at that 450, 000, 900 of people
refuse to depart from its teachings. What
ever may be said Of their refusal to accept
the doctrines of Christianity land I do not
appear either in their favor or against
them), of one thing 1 am assured, that
certain crimes which it is not necessary to
mention here, committed by Christians,
are unknown amongst them. They do not
know the meaning of some Of our fashion
able indiscretions.
But / have not time to elaborate. I can
only say this That after DR.. Vrooman had
concluded his lecture in the lecture-room
of DR.. Cuyler's church. in the city Of
Brooklyn, many of the congregation started
to thinking as they never thought before. I
am sorry that / did not obtain q copy Of his
lecture, but from memory and . few scraps
l have endeavored to tell you something
about Guatama Buddha.