Word: buddhists
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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April 29.- The origin of Buddhism.- The Buddhist Literature...
...method and contents of the Buddhist Teaching...
MARGARET SHEPARD SOCIETY will give a Chinese entertainment, an evening in Peking, under the direction of Miss Clara M. Cushman, (late of Peking, China), assisted by 26 persons in the costumes of various nations, representing Buddhist and Lama priests, soldiers, watchmen, bride, mourners, teachers and pupils, etc., at the Shepard Memorial Chapel, Mason street, Tuesday evening, February 12, at 7.45. Admission 25 cents...
Among the early Buddhists transmigration was accepted without criticism. They endeavored to awaken the unconverted to the perception of the impermanence of all things. The question as to whether this doctrine of impermanence applied to the self was scarcely considered by the Buddhists. They strove to discourage ontological speculation in favor of practical morality. They believed in "transmigration of character," until all self - regarding aim is 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...
Papers have been announced by the following Harvard members. Professor Lanman; An incident in the life of the illustrius Chinese Buddhist monk, Fa-hien. Professor Lyon; The recently discovered tablet of Raman-nirari. Mr. F. D. Chester; Ibrahim al-Mausuli: coincident traditions in the Kitab al-Agani, At-Tabari, and the Thousand and One Nights. Professor Toy; Foreign words in the Koran...