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Professor Lanman gave the first of a series of three lectures on Buddhism in the Fogg Art Museum last evening, taking as his subject: "The origin and the Literature of Buddhism.- The Buddha and the Buddha-Legend...
Recent commerce and intercourse with India, said Professor Lanman, have brought the religions of the East into unusual prominence. These religions are very old, older even than Christianity; but little of them has been known until recently. In Buddhism especially, there is much that is great, worthy, and noble, and a study of that religion has an important and practical bearing upon life. The fruits of the studies in the religions of the East are the effects produced upon the thought of our time...
...Origin of Buddhism.- Relation to antecedent Vedism and Brahmanism.- Relation to contemporaneous sects and philosophies (Sankhya, Vedanta, etc.).- Practical aspect and common purpose of all Indian speculation.- The personality of Gotama...
...Sources of our knowledge of Buddhism.- Northern and Southern literature.- General characteristics. Language (Sanskrit, Pali). Style.- The Tipitaka ('Three Baskets'): its extent, divisions and contents: a, Vinaya-pitaka or Rules of the Order; b, Sutta-pitaka or Baskets of Discourses (Five Nikayas); c. Abhidhamma or Detailed Exposition of the Religion (Dhamma).- The Pali Text Society.- The King of Siam's edition...
Lecture. The Origin and Literature of Buddhism.- The Buddha-Legend, with Illustrations from the Monuments. Professor Lanman. Lecture Room of the Fogg Museum...