Word: popular
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Yokoi said in part: Before the great war between China and Japan in 1894, the popular belief of all white people was that the yellow people were a very inferior race, who could be dealt with as they pleased. The outcome of this war has changed this opinion of supreme contempt to one of respect, and in some cases even of fear, for in some minds the fear of a great Mongolian invasion immediately arose...
...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...
...especial attention to the announcement of Professor Shaler's geological excursion which is to take place on Saturday if the weather permits. The excursion will be of great value to every student who is interested at all in the study of geology. In former years these excursions were exceedingly popular, attracting men who were not pursuing any geological study, as well as those who were taking courses in that branch of science. Of late years Prof. Shaler has been unable to take charge of the trips in person, and the announcement made this morning is consequently very gratifying. We cannot...
...Doctrine or Dhamma.- Popular pessimism and belief in transmigration.- The "Three Characteristics": transitoriness, misery, lack of substantive reality (anniccam, dukkham, anattam).- Karma and rebirth.- Meditation and Nirvana...
...course of four lectures on the Semitic language and literature, last evening, in Sever 5. He began by briefly outlining the geography of the country inhabited by the Semites and the history of the various branches of the Semitic peoples. These peoples claim a large share of popular interest, for they have given the world an alphabet and the three great religions-Judaism, Christianity and Mohammedanism...