Word: buddhism
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...real history of Japan began in the year 285 A. D., as before that time Japan had no alphabet. The dawn of civilization took place at about the middle of the sixth century, when Buddhism was introduced into the country. This same time marks the emergence of Europe from heathenism. The introduction of Confucianism from China corresponds to the reformation and the renaissance in Europe...
...Japan at this day Buddhism and Christianity have come into deadly combat and no person can predict the result. The combat is rather a friendly discussion of truths than a strife between the upholders of the two religions...
Professor Lanman gave the second lecture in the course on Buddhism in the Fogg Art Museum last evening, taking as his subject, "The Dhamma or Buddhist Teaching...
...root of Buddhism, said Professor Lanman, is popular pessimism. The early Hindoos however, were not pessimists. It is only the later Hindoos who believed life not worth having. Transitoriness, misery, and lack of reality, are the three characteristics of the Buddhist belief. Buddhism then, is a psychology without a soul, combined with a belief in transmigration. This apparent inconsistency is explained by calling that which migrates or Karma, a balance in the debit and credit account with futurity...
...second in the course of lectures on Buddhism by Professor Lanman will be given this evening at 8 o'clock in the lecture room of the Fogg Art Museum...