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...extinguished, and the craving which produced new beings was rooted out, and there was no further rebirth. The Buddhist taught that the eradication of all evil desires and the purification of the soul was the one fundamental aim of religion. As to the question as to whether the Buddha existed after the death, they refused to answer it. They believed in the existence of a realm beyond that of the phenomenal, the unborn, but the relation of the Buddha and the saints to this realm is left undefined...
Professor C. R. Lanman addressed the members of the Religious Union last evening on the subject of "Buddha and His Teaching." In introduction he referred to the prevalence of interest in the subject of the world's religions at the present day. This interest is, he said, beneficial, in so far as it reminds men of the all-importance of the subject of religion; but men should not allow themselves to be carried away by their feelings of charity as some Americans have been who have supposed themselves to be converted to Mohamedanism and Buddhism. On the other hand, some...
...wishes to appreciate Buddha and his teachings must first obtain an idea of the place and time into which Buddha was born...
...When Buddha was twenty-nine years old he resolved to devote his life to religious reflection. For six years, according to the Indian legend, he studied the existing systems without getting any satisfaction from them. At last an "illumination" came to him which was the basis of future Buddhistic theory. It was expressed in a sort of psalm, full of the elaborate wording and solemn tone of the oriental style. Three immutable "facts" were laid down concerning the "constituents of being;" first, that they were "transitory;" secondly, "miserable;" third, "lacking in the ego." As the doctrine of faith and works...
What has given Buddha his great influence, is not so much the theory which he propounded as the beautiful, mild life which he practiced. When men asked what the Nirvanah was to be, and what was the explanation of existence, he would answer, "Do not discuss what Nirvanah is; it is the going out from your souls of the fires of passion and lust." Thus he brought his questioners down to the practical duties of life. When we see how good and lovable a man he was and how he tried to make men better, both in his time...