Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-03-06

= yOrO.-I am told Chat ih' J'p-
v ancao BuddhIsts ore about 10
n build temple .n s'aiue' i'
- um have huse sitting statue
of rr1ata ,e 600 object of vorsh'p a''
.ii t-a .up-.a-date ch.ue..r.st'es %, D
...,o1.,r church. TH. Huddh's.s nave
l...-lr to ud ono, missionaries i' our
couDrr rn.s Haro stations n 'h.
tt..afan Islands, SAM Tmu.Hco. Jos
Aneal.e and Boston. aui understand
o Tauanes. priest BIZ. ta Do. som, ta woiN
iu Philadelphia They haF. organized
several Sunday schools Boo Japan. ANA
some of ho scots arn DOM using 90.
s.bbsth as their aFoute preaching
day Thcy have established some
yomg mems associntont on u. t'."
cd 0ur r. NJ. d.. AIS ana they are cl-
.uDatinp their priests They have FOUND
.gf schools FOR this purpose anu
shave so-caUcd universities in Whitn
eaomcthing uke 1900 students are n
attendance Their schools arc along
1lboral limos. aud are hy no means con-
lined 10 the Buddhist doctrines Ih
study 8u religions and Don some sch'oi-
occasionally have uur misriouafl.r 20
lecture i0r Thorn. and there ore h'i
tiare among their Teachers. The Hudd-
i,iste baro have recently sent priests
10 Tibet 10 bring back Che secrets of the
religion from that country There wore
three who went. and only ono has I.-
turned. the others having been MUIR
dcred by The Tihetane
MILLIONS FOR BUDDHISM
Indeed. no one can sta, long in Japan
u #H#.
entirely dead These people aI' nt-
turalv religious and they spend cnot
NOUS sums in support of their iaitn
There is great uberdnty OF thought
among the upper classes, but the mass
ce arc temple w0rshippcrs and every
house has Dos shrine There are in Oh
Janan j venture. more places Of Wor-
ship than boo the United states lu an
our denomination wU have just "a uitle
moro than zoo 600 church Organizations,
and these Include Catholics and Protes-
uuts. M0urovIans and Dunlzards and
also tho 40 Chinese Buddhist and the
nine Japanese Buddhist and Sh.uto es-
Establishments Here there are i9J.oO0
shrIucs alone and more than 10000
tomplce There is more than loOJ
temples In this city Of kyoto. ana
eouc or them are Far more grand aus
.morc costly than any church or the
United States our National library,
(which is perhaps che finest building OF
Sta kind On the world cost just $1,000
.O00 The Higash. Hongwanjl Temple
Ion Kvoto cost IS 600 001 and 60 was
about - years in building. n covers
about as much ground as the capitol
.at Washington. and its great audience
.rom takes $50 yards of mating 90 car
pet H.
Tho temple Is am immense building
1gith "a ridge roof which slopes down
ward iu the shape OF bow. oVcrhang-
iug me walls The roof Us upheld by
mig1ty beams and the interior rs "a
tmass OF carving. The wallis arc made
-rf sliding screens. upon which are
.pautugs by old Japanese masters. and
tho ceilings mc Of rightly painted pam
els framed BOO lacquer, with brass lln-
icms. each aga large as a hogshead,
banging from Them During "a recent
visit o. the temple 4 saw 600 men, WOO
men and children sitting ou their bare
heels listening Go the bald-he7ded priest
reading a sermon, aud as they went
out ! saw each ~ them throw one oi
two coins into the great money chest
which stands there always ready foi
contributions This temple has an iu-
come Of about $500 900 n year. and a
celebration which IL had "a few years
aga. iu honor of tho death Of one Of ia
pahiarchs. cost almost "A million AZ
one time the temple needed "a loan Of
$4,000 for term of six months, and u
is said that one Of the Japanese banks
advanced tho money. taking the key
of the contribution box for security
AZ tho end OF every week the bank
sent an official 20 the temple and he
had back an Of that money. includina
the interest upon it. long before the
note was due.
GAVE HUR HAIR TO RUpDHA
Buddhism ass religion has little as.
TEEN for women. one OF the scots has
n saying that tho sims Of any Eool
woman are greater than those OF DE-,
thousand worst men who have cveI
lived. Nevertheless. Buddhism can't
into Japan through "a woman and &c b
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