The sun., 1897-05-17
BUDDHA'S BIRTHDAY NIGHT
BROORLYN ETHICAL SOCIETY AND
AN ADEPT CELEBRATE IT


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~ Dn"rmapa,a' s"ar.hs anu oieek
auepC IN nuuan's'n' coleorateu inc ortnusy o,
buuuna iasI hisnt oeioro tne brookiyh EIhic'u
Soci".y ai" Its iiiehus III Ino nan vi 'ne Fouon
mansion i" .i'oh st'eot, DrooAyn' tno jazz
wal Oh inc hen was huhe WIN 'ho Whi.o ole.
phanS nag .. inu"' .no o'uo, yehow' "n'so e anu
reu nag Oh puuuha' INC mug vi 'he oh''ou S'@Vo''
anu inc mug Vi ureaV pri'",n' .
pehe"th tno hass oh taiSeu p'""oIhi w"o -
altnr puII Iko hisnI vi siA sVops. h"ch SVeP
was eoNerou WIN 9ciio" siiA soaii oiuoroiueIeo
III goiu' anu oh ~ s'oou /" fo" VI hsh'ou o"huios
IN glass cahuiesucks' oh the hohI 10 Uho poV
TOM sVep was great oouquoU oi PINK roseS' pe
ncath tho roses was crsStai caskot coVereo
Win tlhy Blk canopy. Dnarnapaia soooo On
'he platform. nc was orcsseo IN Seiio" 'hN
snirt ana long moving yeiow ropes.
mo reaains uesk ociore MN was nt.oreu WIN WIN
ittie gold trihkets ana dinEy hindoo manu-
SCRIPTS on MS right ana ieic were tapies Gov
eroa WIN mowers FROM oehinu inc mowers
rose columns OF incense smoke that waVereo up
toward inc oeiiins ana broke ana came ao"n
ihto tho deVo''u eyes Oh the to'k Oh nrook5n'
VINO sat IN rows to tho right In
A. ox.o,,r o o,,,nol ,,,ss r,oror,. ynro,-,
AZ eNsv'iS 80 % IIoeh hiss oaronno neroMC
ou, or .ne n'sh, s vi hsa ,s as newmo ,sn yenow
ehAeh 'n'o"o h"u 'o'h p'osou 'hiouth 'ho ee
dience, up and down the rows of chairs, until
every ono in the audience had a pious grasp
on 1t.
Later Dharmapala showed that 1t started In
oasHe. n,,, ON , ute anu M sat ,,s
unen uo"' ne rnou VIII. VIII M,s" om 70 INC ,e,s
ing WIN 'ne ueep ih'ehsi.y U, proiessionAi .
elocutionist late arriving devotees passed for
ward lunches of carnations, lilies, and roses to
be placed ON the tables.
W., ,Siss oro,, h,d e,,,s,od .,o ,,t a,,-,
in the EFF front row, took good grip ON on the yellow
thread, and crossed her white-gloved hands In
her lap. After q few hushed moments. during
which awo accumulated in the atmosphere in
almost tans'oie S enunks. m .ne inoian SPOKE; r IN
',o vo,o1 s is eo,t ., no useu oale,y oorroou
He told the audience that thew were Gathered
,or tho c.,obration Of Buddba's ? 4aIst b,rtbday.
R"ddha s @ he saia wos born on he fn noon nov day.
of the month of May. On the full moon day Of
the month of May he was enlightened, and nd on
the anniversary of that day he passed away.
before proceed on further" he continued,
" do want you to think with me little bit.
are yTp padt s o
I'll will. all thought Of any such thing like that
SO that no thought concerning itself about things
Compassion and Kindness"
the ssFf ssFns wsi ons ES5 sas fresh
After an address OF half an hour on the virtues
t % Hnais1a ahb aSat tha 20 napdas
the steps OF the altar represented BuddhaS
Use On. doctrines fr on easS Isl
top to the eight comp9nents OF the NOBLE Minded
One at the H to his
f ~ t do especially request, ;, ho said. that tn.
beautiful birds for ornament TO their heads"
w Whereupon there was strong outbreak o.
barassment of Fl: Dharmapala. He announced
that he was about to read from the WORD OF
not one word Of Ratped or Of that
not love: While ne chanted ne begged the the au'
et there Be lots Of hsrmonS he beSged it
i begin IN the crystal casket In which Was
chanted, let It go out among the audience; let 10
60 an over Brooklyn, 70 New YORK, 70 all the
All" he said, in dreamy ecstasy "let ID
go ana 60 ana e. Let there oe peace; iet tnero
passion, sweetness and kindness sveryw6ers"
Ihen with eyes hair closed ne pegan 70 Snane
Of H narrow w % sheets Of parckment % run through By
two marrow pieces OF tape; His chant sounded
bs coney sand aoer WEE n &
oT3hlng OF plpeS ana tne tnuinplnG o. LoIi,e
Inc scent or inc incense was growing heeVler
ana more oppressive every minute; the dark.
skinned buddhist was swaylng over MS manu-:
script. There was % no sonnd but his moqrntul
ip'I az na % toEs OF brookyh "ere oesih'
ming 10 reel dcnciousiy quecf.
say, nav, piped up small yolce near tho
door. ne cant sins mnch, can ne .s
There followed a violent commotion, q sonnS
OF sinptherea ap m outCry, ana o tlmhHenao Mth
from the halfway ana the street, AFTER rrean
grip on the thread they began all over again.
nharinapaia hau gone one rlght on, hot noIlcin4
tho interruption. HIS voice died lower ana
lower until IL sounded ike rant echo OF ltsen.
And then, TO the shame OF brooklyn oer fG
corded th9re came from ths extreme left mana