El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-01-27

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ened by Bodhi, Wisdom, Sid
dartha, Guatama Prince OF Ka-
pilavastu. was the son OF Suddhodama,
a raja, ruling over q tribe called SAX
vas Buddha is also spoken of as
Sakya NUM- He was born about 500
years B. C, also noted at 56e 3. c., and
lived to be so years old
He began his public teaching about
the age Of Is. He had been kept in
ignorance Of suffering, disease, and
death in early youth by his father,
who sought to make of him a worldly
ruler, and weaken his tendency toward
meditation and spiritual things. He
went into the wilderness and tasted
and prayed, as Jesus is known to have
tasted and prayed
There are 100000, 600 Buddhists; over
One-third the population Of the globe
Hinduism and Buddhism in some of its
forms is said to constitute the relig-
ion of more than one-half OF the hu-
man race.
The doctrine Of the Incarnation. the
descent Of the Deity upon earth. and
his manifestation in a human form for
the redemption Of mankind, seems to
have existed in the shape of prophecy
or fact in all ages Of the world.
HindoOism teaches nine of these in
carnations. Krishna was the eighth
Was Crueified Also.
refer to the crueifixion of Buddha,
though in Buddhist countries there are
different accounts Of his crucifixiOn.
In some countries the story runs
that he was crucified by an arrow be-
ing driven through his body, which
fastened him to a tree; the tree with
the arrow thus projecting at right
angles formed the cross, emblematic OF
the atOning sacrifices.
Another account states that he was
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humble act Of plucking a flower in
garden-dOubtless seized on as a mere
pretext, rather than as being cOnsid-
cred a crime.
One Of the accusations brought
against Christ, it viii be remembered,
was that Of plucking the ripened ears
OF corn on the Sabbath. And it is
remarkable circumstance that in the
pictures Of Christian countries repre-
senUng the virgin Mary with the in
FAINT Jesus in her arms, either the
child or the mother is frequently rep
resented with a bunch Of flowers in
the hand.
Here let it be noted, the association
Of flowers in India. in connection with
divinely born SaviOrs, is indicated in
the religious books Of that country to
have originated from the conception
Of the virgin parting with the flowers
divine child, whereby she lost the i'm
mortality Of her physical nature, il
being transferred by that act to her
Deity begOtten son.
To Atone for Sin.
That Buddha's crucifixion was de-
signed as a sin-atoning offering is
evident from the following decIaratiO
from his sacred biography:
he in mercy left Paradise, and came
down to earth because he was filled
with compassion for the sins and mis-
cries OF mankind He sought TO lead
them into better paths, and took their
sufferings upon himself that he might
eXpiate their crimes and mitigate the
punishment theT must otherwise in
evitably undergo"
He believed and taught his follow /
ers that all sin is inevitably punished,
either IN this or a future life, and so
great were his sympathy and tender &
ness, that he cOndescended to suffer
that punishment himself, BY an fg-
nomlnous death upon the cross, after
which he descended into hades (heu)
TO suffer for a time (three days. for /
the inmates Of that dreadful and hor-
rible prison, that he might show he I
sympathized with them.
After his resurrection, and before
his ascension to heaven. as well as
during his earthly sOjOurn. he impaired
to the world some beautiful, lofty and j
elevating precepts-
His most common title was the
Savior Of the World" He was also
called the Benevolent One" the Dis
DenSer OF Grace. the source OF Lie /
the Light Of the World" the True I
Light" etc
The Virgin Mother.
HIS mother, called Mahamaya. was Z
a very pure, refined. piOus and devout .
woman, never INDUCED in any impure 1
thoughts, words or deeds. She was so I
much esteemed for her virtues and for I
being the mother of a God, that an /
escort of women attended her wher- !
ever she went
She was saluted as the Holy Vir- !
gin, Queen Of Heaven" It was said I
that when her divine child was born, /
he stood upright and proclaimed: L
will put an end to the sufferings and 4
Of the world"
He spent much time in retirement, /
and. like Christ in another respect, was !
once tempted by the devil, who Of
fered him all the honors and wealth Of /
the world. But he rebuked the devil, I
saying: "BegOne, hinder me not"
1t was declared Of him "the blind
saw, the deaf heard. the dumb spoke,
the lame danced, and the crooked be-
Hence the people declared. He is
no mortal child, but an incarnation OF
HIS religion was Of a very superior !