Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-03-20


A deep Bpddhistical vein is now going
through the modern world of western ma
tons, having become especially torceful
and penetrating since the period when
Schopenhauer erected his philosophical
system, more or less, on the very old Geach-
ings Of Buddha Gautama.
There is no want of comprehensive SCI
entho works III reference to Buddhism,
and poets also have been unable TO resist
the great attraction sc the doctrines OF TINS
'nii. ..Ea 49, H. Shown IN Jhe WORKS OIL
I.sl.v, Wagner. which are largely lnnu-
e. a. By TO Towd thoughts OF Bud
d. su. va. sn.eTl and Niryana have /
Income .urUruf yslr ssiOns Of many OF our |
lru.... r..-. rI. only in their descrlp- |
fi,,g. Of scores reif,iHg TO the world II /
winch ugc live h.ta'o in their pictures OF |
salvation FROM '.5 world of error guilt, |
mIeru.. .sa 5I. death. The doctrine /
ut Buddhism. o., uolrth, that is, the con,
,uurG r.iu.ur9auUouof our real spiritual
b..l forms tar fundamental principle oil
en-. .rga; t-igus rah lions.
TarGagts.rui sine rebirth is alone sui
e .,.t Goo explain ta the Buddhists the
llr-t.ry Of existence. 1t explains why the
ffs tou~ uaa j. 50. en- 50 poor and de
,pis,l vGu. Jar ,NlldOer enjoys riches
AMI uouor t Reptile, to the despairing
,.l,..lJ. H,Ga--ct constantly but vainly
10 heaven uy millions Of souls, Why have
veto euler anil ,unure 50 much| 1t eX-
plains t'at iuaa uneibie as are the forces
Of u.,... Jul uTJ,r so likewise II the
lnucruu-t hgiu., Of U;sn. Death Is no ami
Mmliuu Lut only the passing over from
one f,y1.t form into another; whosoeVer
takes pleasures in this world, there IS none
TO gaiasay him; neither god nor a devil
can rob him of them, but he must ABIDE ny
the consequences.
FOUR CARDINAL TRUTHS.
Mans real fate depends solely on ms IN
ward being on his own Will, and he has
the prospect of countless rebirths, in which
he viii earn the fruits Of both his good
and his evil deeds. But to him who is
weary Of this increasingly renewed exist
ence, and will earnestly strive for freedom
and release is opened way OF redemp-
tion. The cause Of suffering, death and
rebirth is the will TO live, which mis- us
all; the desire Of individual existence In
this or I'm some other world.
The viii to live in Buddhlstlcal sense Is
not only the conscious will but that un-
conscious life force which dwells in all
creatures and organisms IN animals ana
plants, as wel as in man. Only by aban-
doning this will and by totally suppress
ing the desire for an individual existence
in this or in some future world, can man
ever DE freed and redeemed and reach
eternal peace
The road TO this release, to NIrvana, we
can find through the recognition Of four
healing TRUTHS viz, the truth of suffering
the truth Of The cause Of suffering, the
truth of the cessation of suffering and the
truth of the way which viii lead to cessa-
ton from suffering
BudIha teaches that it is because Of our
nourgcoguition Of these four cardinal
truths that we have to travel 50 long the
mourufui aud dreury road Of rebirths But
when the truths are once fully recognized
and acted upon the viii to live disappears,
the longing which leads TO renewed exist
ence ceases. and the Samsara is thing OF
the past. There are two roads Of error
brethren, which he who is striving foI
freedom from earth dominion may not
travel
The one, the longing to satisfy our pas
sions and sense desires Of whatever kind
is low. mean. dishoHorable and destructive
it is the road on which travel the children
of this world The other, the asceticisu
and self torture. is somber, painful anC
utterly useless
THE NIRvANA.
The middle road alone which has beer
found by the one who has attained perfec
ton, avoids these two error roads, open
the ewes. imparts self knowledge and lead
To peace. to truth. to enlightenment, t
Niryana
The Nirvana, according TO the eNplans
ton Of the Buddhist scholar, is a conditio
of holy peace. accompanied by the inds
structible certainty Of obtained freedom
and release. Nirvana means. literally, [
be extfnguished. The will 10 live. th
longing for earthly joys, here or somewher
else. is extinguished. The false idea this
material goods can have any value or /
of sensualitv and selfishness
Although it is possible to reach Nirvan
already in this life an extremely sma
number are able to ACCOMPLISH it. On