Word: religion
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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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...
...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...
...come now to the greater question of religious belief. The very essence of religion is to propose to us, first, that the best things are the more eternal; second, that we are better off by believing this truth. In case both branches of this hypotheses are true, we are supposed to gain a certain good by belief. If we avoid the issue, we lose the good. The sceptic says, "Better risk loss of truth than chance of error." But we have no evidence that dupery through hope is worse than dupery through error. A sceptic, by requiring absolute proof before...
...typical Christian. From the time Paul spoke the first words until he declared himself ready for sacrifice there had been a great change in his character. The law of sacrifice is a downright fact of life, and the effect of living under that law is the essence of true religion...
...have been able to ascertain by astronomical knowledge none of the other planets are or ever will be inhabited. Nothing has hitherto been adduced to show that the Christian faith is wrong. Astronomy never has and never will show us anything which conflicts with the truths of religion...