Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-04-14
The Teoehing OF Rebirth Expiained-The
Funds mental Rules Upon Which the
Whole Religion of Buddha Is Built.


and penetrating since the period when
] Schopen nauer erected his. philosophical
| system, more or less, on the very old teach,
! ings of Z uddha Gautama s.v,.,,s, s..t d.
y There Is no want of comprehensive sci
I; entitic works in reference to Buddhism,
! and poets also have been unable to resist
I, the great attraction of the doctrines of this
| Indian .; ge, Ms is shown in che works of
Richard Wagner which are largely influz
enced by the ground thoughts of Bud
/ dhism. The Samsara and Niryana have
become current expressions of many Of our
i modern poets, not only In their ldescrip-
tionsf of scenes relating to the world in
which wt'live, 'iut also In their, pictures of
salvation from this world of error guilt,
Esufferipg birth and death. q, The doctrine
tof ~Budd lism, Of rebirth, that is, the con-
ttinued re Incorporation of onr real spiritual
being forms the fundamental principle of
fthe great Asintic religions tA lts+" -
The doc trine OF the rebirth is alone suf
ficient to explain to the Buddhists the
Fmystersof existence. it explains why the
righteous man is often 50 poor and de
spised while sithe evildoer enjoys riches
and homer, IL replies to the despairing
question, addressed constantly. but vainly.
to heaven by millions of souls, why have
we To suff er and endure so much2r 1t ex-
plains thatindestructible AS are the forces
OF nature and matter, so likewise is the
innerntost being of man. Death is no ami
5hilationi HUT only the passing over from
one feeble form into another, whosoever
takes plea sures in this world, there is none
to gainsay him, neither a god nor devil
can rob him of them, but he must abide by
the conseo uences. H"'- ~
l. 5'cIf- FOUR CARDINAL TRUTHS fJ
Mans real fate depends solely on his in
ward being on his own will, and he has
the prospect of countless rebirths, in which
he will earn the fruits of both his good
and his eril deeds. But TO him who is
weary of this Increasingly renewed exist
ence, and will earnestly strive for freedom
and release. as opened a way of redemp-
ton. The cause OF suffering, death and
trebirth is he will TO live. which fills us
all, the desire of individual existence ia
! this or in some other world POI .i,. ,,s.. ~
The will 5oiiYe in Bnddhisticai sense Is
not only tbs conscious, will. but that sun
conscious; life force which tlwells in all
creatures and organisms in animals and
plants, as we'll as in man Only by abau.
doning this will and By totally suppress
ing the des re for an iutividunl existence
In this or il some future world, can man
ever be freed and, redeemed and reach
eternal peace. .H.5,.,s .f.as nr- 3D.. .s..--.
The road to. this release, to Nirvana, we
can ind through the recognition of four
healing tru Jhs, viz, the truth of suffering
the truth OF che cause of suffering the
truth OF the cessation of suffering and the
truth of The way which. will lead to cessa-
lion from suffering ,,r...,.,..,..5
u Buddha teaches THAI it is because of our
nonrecogption. OF, these four, cardinal
truths that we have to travel SO long the
mournful and dreary road of rebirtAs, But
when the truths are once fully recognized,
and acted upon the will to live disannears
the longing WHICH leads to renewed exist.
ence ceases, and the Samsara is a thing of
the past. There are two roads of error.
brethren which he who is strivin,, for
freedom from earth dominion may not
travel asa .-...,.,..., ..-r...,.-. SIC, .....
The one the longing to satisfy our nas
sions aud Sc use desires of whatever kind
Is low, mean dishonorabl BILE and Destructive.
it is the road ON which travel the children
of this world The other the asceticisn,
and self torture. is somber painful and
! utterly usei ass ,. -... -
a. t,.r TaE stpvAnA, ......-
Tho middle roa5 aIon, -,,,h;ob hos HOO,
fonnd hp ria ono uho roc o,taina5 1890
k;on avoids tbasa tu.o .,.ror ro,5s -,
.tfa ava. in,,.rts s.lS tno,I,,s !, ~, 49,
e, neace RI trntb 70 anI;ob1 enman, -
| Niryana -5.s-.,...f..t '..,..-.s.T
3. The Eirv. ~, .o,or,;,,,, 20 .,,o ,.,,,....
zion of sbe Ruddbist .scboI.r !. !. on,d;,;o,,
/ Of holy ,nea "a recommended nv tha i'll.
structible .c.rtaintr Of oht.insd fr.adar,,
and release. .Siryana means liter.,Ilv r.,
be extinguished. The will. to live. tbs
ipngin3 fuf arthly lows. here or somewhere
else, is extir euisbedG The f,Ise idea tb.t
material go,ds-can have any value mr. Id
Or sensuaIity and seIf;sbness I,-,11,,-',I
Aithouefift Is possible TO reach Nirvapa
already itiJ this life An extremely small
number are able 60 accomplish il Our