Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-11-04

H~Ns % Al &x111t M1t 1q6anaea 20 ~ see
agafaae Chsssiian. II Nam Eoxk there
aEe to eSSAnix4ficEs and any nnmker
% pe9pla Via ere a1ulFeza a. ard b.
lleFeEa in IS tsaehiurs. - Brnoklyn
tteEe = - vet - regular cfna1iEasi0o.
bzl tWo e. mcEe 11l1orirn1 era lid rea-
ElaEi1 which ara nllan1ed - naEaarone
nll1enf4 Last Binsef and The winter
prseedanR HaeelinNH wsts hesa nnee 4
week Ia 4 private FBsidsnce II that city.
and q uumhsr ~ leetures we're rsad 81
seloctsd Instructors Tbs story gees
l44S See years aEo = wv1leFisua FieilrT
came heEe ffom eeutfai Asa. % 80 anE
lEgff1et SONS a. the ncrs adVaneea
p1pll4. and several wers aufhosizsd o
sea11 and inlkiale c1hars. Tha hfuthef-
hood % whieh belong no1 q fsw womep.
H. II 3 sense, = aeeFet ore, &c rather 4
may be termed q aaafad ene - fhose
VIE belona e il, and thsg obiees % BE-
INC Qusszloaed regarding Is. except b.
earnest inqaiKels. All are bead % IN
elr1et t1a8e Who present. themselves, II
New YORK tie AEyan tke0sophieal sooi-
ETY. . public medinm through watch
information may Re gained. The pres
iaeut, WlAliam q 5ndQe, Who Is also lbe
editor Of The 0rRAn Of s1aseouhv II this
eouutRy, ths Paft, b q Buddhist, raealar.
u accredited ana Wsll fnfoFned. He
has class 81 pupils II Brooklyn which
MEETS regularly.
Tiers i also au ozaanixafion Il Brook
Ign similar 70 TIE Iheosorhieai 1ouietg
10 New York, oompossd o. literary and
scoiety people who aFe interested ia lhe
study af che . wisdom reIiafon,S and
which eannot BE- reached By the pnbIia.
Ia England there has been for geaFB q
widespread iuteFes1 Ia BuddhisIn. and
not q few army Officers have returned
from the East Il not Buddhisss n nams,
certainly ID fact. The pressnsa Of many
diudoos Ia London, &c CambriaQa.
Oxford and otheF ceutors Of learning d
enc Of tie oaases which hes halpad the
n0vnmenf thsFe. The hospitality given
the gnbieet Il due also 10 the fast that
tha Eueiish people are aoQaaintsd with
the Eastern religions. and have friend
j. interest IL the t8aohnrs and pupils
who Wat Eualand from tine % time.
4 e hardly likely that Buddhism Of the
ordinary eFtho1ox kidd viii eseE be pop
aiaR Ia England, bat fhas ita spiritual
tsachings are widely appreciated there
ID not doabt.
Il has been about fourteen years sinee
the Buddhiafie movement vas manga
rated IN NeW York. and - thai time
theFa has been q oteady lueFeaae IN the
ranks 81 investigators. None bat an
investigator can have any idea Of the
Literature that has grown up 90 answer
the demand for this study. HheEe aFs
books bfausln1ad from tha Sanahrit,
many Hindoo works, and not q few
English books relating 70 this snbieci
Within & year ten or twelve new publ
oatioHs have been issued II Nea York
snd Boston. The BhaRnFad -Gita, the
Bible Of tbs Baddhiata, h sold Ia this
country IL q dozen diGarent editions.
and there ara homes IN the I've cities Of
Bro0klyn and New York where Il ID
studied asaloualy and its teaehinna
scrupul0usly followed.
The rules Of she order require several
things dff1eult 20 attain among West
efnera. One Il q constant pFactioa OF
charity which must be Of the kind that
prevents evil thought towards ones self
OF ones neiahboF; the other Il q gegeta-
Ran diet and absolute temperance.
rhere are other and more foFmidabls
rules, and IN fact the further enc goes in
the study the more diiduit Of perform
anee are the regulations Tue Baddhista
insist that their reliQion Is universal In
lie application, and meets The wants Of
81 mankind, and that ultimately all
cations viii learn the truth through q
knoWieaRe Of it. Meanlime every Bufd-
niss works for the salvation Of The
world by directing his efforts towards
bis 0wn spiritual growth, ana BIZ treat
ing bis neiahbor as q brother. What il
underwood by this last expression is
that all mea are 10 reoeive courteous
treatment &c the hands Of 3 real Budd
hist aud nothing more. There mast be
a separateneaa,sf duty and effort &c the
bhagarad Gita teaches, and no man
mast reoeise anOtheK's duty. There IL
danger In everything that pertains 10
the doines Of anotheF's duty, and this
is clearly illustrated BY Buddha.
That some Of the followers o. this IA
moua and ancient religion haye powers
Of Z psych nature. anknowu - people
generally, IL established. Eagiish army
officers who have returned home from
the East and written books about the
sonderful powers Of the Buddhist ia
kris aud str0llina maRtcians have all
emitted 10 declaring that they have only
told what they saw every day Ia the way
Of phenomena. aud have emphasized
their atalsmsnss that the priests ana
high Initiates could perform With their
wills OF souls. OF some iateTnal force,
marVels unheard Of, aud never 30 be be
liavad IN the West. Those among the
Baddhists Ia this country who have
been Ia India have had similar expe-
riances. They all claim that the spir
ilnal foree they learn Il net OF an enc.
tional nature. has nothing whatever 20
40 with sentiment. sud Is superior 70 all
| sho teach IL; 10 other words, that q man
can get q knowledge Of himself indie
pendsnt Of any one, and seoufe salvation
without She mediation u any othel
chan himself. Whatever IL taaehl
10 she pupil, Is Is undeniably tvnE
| that once . Buddhist forever q Budd
hist. This perfect satisfaction foun IN
| Il By ita v0taFiee interests she eussids
/ world. Thar entire Eoverenee for thosl
EhO teach the wisdom 0f the ATyans'
/ i due. they explain. 10 the fact thai
/ only hY great spiritual advancement
d0ea 8 man get where be IL allowed q
initiate others Ii The higher truths. Oh
the worlds plane any one who under
siaads the philosophy can teach q b
those Who asek Il Alright. O.easionall,
there e demanded q spiritual teacher
and With che demand comes The priest
L Il related that some time since Their
saa q Baddhisl PRIEST Ia the Uniiel
states. Hia presence vas only knowI
10 the few who received word 30 repAi
20 q plaee named at . tinaa stated AM
there meet = Rarr. several persons as
ssmblsd from long diseases, all an
kRaun % each other. and none Of thea
knowing iaat What % 90 uhel
they reached the hamlet desie
GATED. There WeFe esveEai sfranR
ers 81 the far-aWay station uher'
the train STOPPED, who weFe 10
decided What course 20 pursue. antil
man. who seemed % be expecitnR then
directed each ana separately. A fs'
miies away the men Who had ieft %
starting point 90 foot and IL difersn
directions met ID q wooded fetfeal
whera they were Joined b. The pFiesl
For several DAYS she holy man rename.
with then, inslfueiinR them aaoordinl
10 their needs. AZ night the pupil
slept IN cave adiscent 10 the uoantAi'
tide where they were engaged dufinl
The day, bat The priest rematned oct
side, and none knew Of bis ptace o
rest o. Of the uay be obtained bis food
AZ fer themselves. they we're supplies
With rise and bread b. the man W
had directed them % the place the