Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-03-26
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A. the last large ureti1 nd in Feb
RI r.. by .ce tlc-CsIa {Pui.usopai al
/ institute, Ad-lphl ie-r-c-. London. :
I paper US read hy tie Rev. K. Z. Col
. .'n~. II. =. OF Buddhism IN relation -
/ Christianity. Referring - the parallels
| o5tEeen n persons and characters OF
| BuGdha and Jesus Chris; he SAID: Take.
| as prominent inst .uca. the birth
stories. | need not here give details.
/ which are % be found IN any modern
| work on Buddhism. The supposed
miraculous conception: the bringing
down OF Buddha from tie Tusita hea7-
en-; the Devas acknowledging mis- So
/ supremacy: TIC Presentation IL tbs
| Temple. when the images OF Irdra and
| other gods threw themselves a. his
| feet; the temptation by Aara-waich
legends ara bellisbed by the mod zrn
writer have already quoted. under such
| phrases as " Conceived by the Holy
| Ghost Born Of tie Virgin Na.a.'
Song Of the heavenly hos" Pressn-
satiou IL tie Temple and = temptation il
| the wilderness -aoCe of these axe
| found in the e1Eiv PAL texts. The
simple story of ancient Bud lLisin il
that an a5cetiC. nose family name was
| Gautsma, PREACHED new ,ct-i2e OF
| h1nar suffering, and new wav O. de-
| ErerancS tro-l y. There 5 ~ though.
in the early Buddhism. oe wh,c.. We
read IL tne PGii taX.s, % d@'.ysrauce ..t
the hands OF a god lC. the maj.
! Gautama baddEa Stands alone IN h.
,trlT T., after tie tru= emancipation from
serr0w and ignorance. Tho accounts
| OF bis descending from heaven. and
| beng conceived in the world OF IEeu.
when preternGtaral light shcue over
| the word, tRe BIN received sight. the
| dumb sang, the lame i need and
the sick were curp3. together with FL!
| such embellishments, are certainly
| added by later ha-Qs; ald If her ".
Recognize some rather remarkable /, 81
| nesses n though: or expression t.
things familiar 10 Us in our Bib ,v-.
neei not be astonishei, y el Uo re
tiect how great mus. have ;.scn the in
iiuence, rs | have before limited, ct the
Christian story In lu1il n the elIlv
centuries IF tie Christjau era. and.
perhaps, long subseqQ nilv. Ehi3 is a
point which has been much overlooked
hut 1t - ;:ou -daG,iy evi!ea: fro.n,
amoGg othsf proofs, the story OF the
god hrisnul, which isa msuifes. parody
OF the history of Christ The Bhaeavat
mouth or hrlsial. Is : JinetQIng uniGue
among the productions Of the East. con-
tanning many gems of what we should
call Caristlan truth wrested from their
proper setting. to adorn this creation of
the Brahman poet. and indicating as
plainly their origin as do the stories of
his life Ill the Maha Bharata: 50
that It has not unreas0nsbly been con
cluded that the story OF krishna
was inserted il the Maha Baarat. to
furnish divine sanction t. tho Bhaga-
vat G.ta. If, the:, "a there is the
strongest reason TO believe, tho Chris
tian story, soae where between Inc first
and tenth Centuries of The Christian
era. forced itself lHto tie great Hindu
epic. and VAS at the foundation of the
most remarkable posm that ever SAW
the light III India, can we be surprised
if We lind similarly borrowed and imi
tated wonders III tie later Bui hist
stories also :: Several home ana colo
NAL applications to JOIN the institute
as guinea Subscribers were received,
and its object BENG 20 invest gate all
philosophical and scientific questions.
especially anV sad to initiate against
the truth OF tbs Bible. 3 discussion en-
sued in which Mr.. Hormuzd R!ssam.
Professor Le:taer. from Lahore, Ur.
Coles. an earnest student Of the ques-
ton during % wears residence in Cey-
lon, Professor Rhys Davids, and others
took part, all agreeing in and confirm
ing the statements OF Mr.. Collins pa
per. DR.. Letner brought a rye nun
Der of photographs of early Indian and
Tartar sculptures, showing tho first
Introduction ~ the Christian st0ry into
those monuments between about the
second aud tenth centuries, and he
pointed out the value Of such additional
confirmation of Mr.. Collins statements.