The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-02-28


noble and beautiful life
Here are some Buddhist teachings as
given in the words of Jesus and claimed
by Christianity:
''whosoeveq. cometh to Me and hear
eth MY savings and doeth them. he is
like a man which built a house and laid
the foundation on a rock.
why call We Me Lord and do not the
things which l say?
Judge not condemn not. forgive.
Love your enmies and do good hop
ing for nothing again, and your reward
shall be great.
Blessed are they that hear the word
Of God and keep it.
%Be ready, for the Son of Man cometh
at an hour when We think not.
Sell all that We have and give it TO
the poor.
soul, thou hast much goods laid up
for many years. take thine ease, eat.
drink and be merry. But God said unto
him: Thou fool. this night thy soul
shall he required of thee. then whose
shall these things be which thou has
provided
1.-The life is more than meat and tho
body more than raiment. Whosoever he
be of you that forsaketh not all that he
hath can not be my disciple
He that is faithful I'm that which is
least is faithful in much.
"Whosoever shall save his life shall lose
it and whatsoever shall lose his life shall
preserve il.
For behold the kingdom of God is
within you.
There is no man that hath left house
or parents or brethren wife on chill
dren for the kingdom of Gods sake who
shall not receive manifold more in this
present time.
Take heed to yourselves lest at any
time your hearts be overcharged with
surfeiting and drunkenness and cares Of
this life. Watch ye therefore and pray
always"
Here are some Buddhist teachings for
comparison:
Hatred does not cease by hatred at
any time. Hatred ceases by love. This
Is an ancient law. Let us live happily.
not hating those who hate us. Among
men who hate us, let us live free from
hatred. Let one overcome anger by
love Let him overcome evil by good.
Let him overcome the greedy by liber-
ality; let the liar be overcome by
truth.
As the bee. injuring not the flower. its
color or scent, flies away, taking the
nectar. so let the wise man dwell upon
the earth
Like a beautiful flower. fun OF color
and full Of scent. the fine words Of him
who acts accordingly are full of truth
Let him speak the truth. let him not
yield to anger, let him give when asked.
even from the little he has. BY these
things he, will enter heaven.
The man who has transgressed one law
and speaks lies and denies future
world. there is no sin he could not DO
The real treasure is laid mp through
charity and piety, temperance and self
control; the treasure thus hid is Sc
cured and passes not away.
He who controls his tongue. speaks
wisely and is not pulled up: who holds
up the torch to enlghten the world. his
word is sweet
Let his livelihood be Kindness, his con-
duct righteousness. Then i'm the fulneSs
Of gladness he will make an end of
grief
He who is tranquil and has completed
his course, who sees truth as it really
Is. hut is not partial when there arc
persons Of different faith To be dealt
with. who with firm mind overcomes
ill-wiil and covetousness. he is a true
disciple.
As a mother. even at the risk of her
own life. protects her son. her only son.
SO let each one cultivate good will with
out measure among all beings.
Nirvana is a state to be realized here
on this earth. He who has reached the
fourth stage of holiness consciously en-
joys the bliss Of Nirvana. But it is be-
You'd tho reach of him who is selfish.
skeptcal. realistic. sensual full OF
hatred full of desire. proud. self-right-
eOus and ignorant. When by supreme
and unceasing effort ne destroys all sell
fishnesS and realizes the oneness of all
beings. is free from all prejudices and
dualism, when he by patient investiga-
ton discovers truth, the stage of holt
ness is reached.
Among Buddhist ideals are seIf-sacri-
flee for the sake of others. compassion
based on wisdom. joy i'm the hope that
there is final bliss for the pure-minded.
altTuistic individual The student of
Buddha's religion takes the burden of
life with sweet cOntentment: uprightneSS
is his delight; he ENCOMPASSES himself
with holiness in word and deed: he sus-
tains his life by means that are quite
pure; good is his conduct, guarded the
door Of his senses. mindful and self
possessed he is altogether happy.
| will now quote briefly HORN TOki a
Buddhist priest of Japan. In his address
on what Buddhism has done for Japan
he said
Should I speak from the side of good
ness. should say that Buddhism
teaches ten commandments, such as not
To XIII, not TO steal, not TO commit adul-
terry. not to tell a falsehood. not to Joke.
not to speak evil of others. not to use
double tongue, not to be greedy, neither
be stingy, not TO be cruel. Such COM
mandments guide us into morality and
goodness kindly and infinitely by regll-
lating our everyday personal action
The regulating power Of such
commandments shall turn this trouble
some world into the spiritual kingdom
OF fraternity and humanity.
Buddha himself called Buddhism "A
round. circulating religion. which means
the truth common to every religion. re-
CARELESS of the outside garment The
absolute truth must not be regarded
as the monOpOlizatiOn of one religion
of other. The truth is broadcast and
widest
And now let me tell YOU that this
Buddhism has been living spirit and
nationality Of our beloved Japan for so
many years and will be forever. Con-
sequently the Japanese people who have
been constantly guided by this beautiful
star of truth of Buddha are very hospita-
bic for other religions and countries and
are entirely different from someother OBJ
stinate nations. l say this without the
least boast. Nay. | say this from sim
plicity and purity of mind. The Jap
aneSe Of thirty years since-that is since
we opened our country for foreigners
viii prove TO you that our country is
quite unequaled on the way of picking
up what is good and right. even done
by others. We never say who invented
this? Which country brought that? The
things Of good nature have been most
heartily accepted by us. regardless of
race and nationality. Is this not the
precious gift of the truth of Buddhism
the spirit of our country?
But don't too hastily conclude that we
are only blinded in initiating others We
have our own GatiOnality: let me assure
you that we have our own spirit But
we are not so obstinate To deny even