GENERAL INFORHATION.

“ Reverence to the Holy, Iimmu nlate, and Omniscient Buddha.*

TheTeacher ofthedoctritieofenlightenment,theB uddha G ,
autama
wa§sbornat Kapilavastu, India, about 600yearsbeforetheChristianera.
Seeingtheillstovvhichall m enaresuljject.anddesiriugtofindtheircause
andremedy, HegaveupHisright tothethroneof thesakyas, inthe29th
yearofHisage, andbecanieanascetic’;investigatedfor manyyears the
PhilosophieandreligiousSystem sof India, andpräeticedtheritesandaus-
teritiesinvogue. Butrealiziugthewprthlessuie&ioibothasceticandindul­
gentreligion, Hebetook Himself toöieditation, andobtainedthtis, ’af^er
alongandintenseeffott, whileseäted'under abo-tree, enlightenment and
spiritual peace, thatis. Nirvana. AfterthisHewehtaboutfor 40years,
teachingHisGospelof l-nliglitenmentandJustice. niakiugmanydisqiples,
andinthe8othyeardfHisage, tlms, 40yearsafterHis' NlRVÄTJAf diddat
KuSr-nagara, India.
§Underthebo-treetheUord Buddha discover^d; 1. themiseriesof
existente; 2. thecäuseproductivetothese^^Jthepossibility of thedes-
tructionof thiscause; and, 4. thewaytodestroyit.
§ Hesawandtaughtthateverybeing, highor low, humanor animal,
whiletransmigratinginanyof thematerial,,semi-material',!o£nort-Tiraterifll
worlds, issubject.toalternatemiseryandillusive(impermanent)happiness,
andthatlastingblissistobefoundonly inNirvanä. Hesawthat the
causeof trausraigration, withits miseries,,}iesintheWill-to-live-forto-
enjoy(Trishna)■: andthat;when,throughenlightenment, thisWill ceases,
Nirvanaisattained,anddeathputskniendtofurtherexistencebyputting
anendtothemask("persona”)of m an. i >A- .')/« U .
§ ‘ To be at sek,” inthe buddhist sense, meaus, to be traitsitiigrating';
it nieans the same as “ to be in hell’” : espeoially in the low estöf all he 11s ; \
this world. “To To.bebeonla
on nd,”" mearis
land. m be011the
eabstotobe theroadtotoNlRV V
AA
^NÄA
,,.,: ^\
§TheBuddhiA’sleachingisaphilosophy, an ”approaeht< £enllghtett- -
ment:” notareligion:anEnlightcnedhum anrntndis greater thanaflgel
andgod: intuitivertasoji, abovepriest andrevelation;Seif-Control^ bgi.ber
thanfasting,seif mortification, andprayer;Chariiyvm orethansacrificeand
temple;Contentm entin(voluntary)rags, sublimerthanheaven;and •
vanaaboveworldsandsolar-system s. • :i'Ui> . •T '
§ThechiefdoctrineoftheB le ss e d Buddha mayhesummed11pinone
word:Justice. Thesecret of theexistenceof any heilig or tliing, any-
where,orinanystate,gpori orhad,highorlow,lieswithinitself. This is
thedoctrineof CauseandEffectorActionandRe-action(Sanskrit,kanna);
whichmaybesummarizedinthewordsofjCicero: “Whatyousow, that
youm ustm ow..’1 The Doctrineof Enlightenment diseredifetheCreators
andsaviors, angelsarrddevils of allreligions, asthecausesof theheiugs
andtliings, orStatesaudconditions, inthefüniverse, andfindsthemTui/hin
these;tiay, it findsthecauseof theUniversewithinitself.
& The most advaneed thearies of modern Science are in lrarmony witli
thefundamental teaching of the B B ord uddha : evolution, not Kreation, is
theteaching. ■ . Mirr* »*c- -■ i
j .
§M entalciUture,notmentaldealh,isthebuddhistwatclnvord;obedience.
tlieu, tosupernalörinfernal deities, or their earthlyrepresentatives, forms
110partof thebuddhistschem eof salvation. Thebuddhistasksnofavors,
andexpects,accordingtothelawof theUniverse, toreaponljrwhathehas
sown.
«5 S elf-improvement, thephilosophyof life, thenatureof m au,causeand
effect,andaltruism,aresubjectsofpriraaryimportancetothebuddhist:priest-
lvjuggleriesfprayers, geuuflectious, revelations), mcsmeric andmagic or
illusoryphenomena, ghosts, angelsandgods, areofsecondaryimportance.
S T hesecretor esotericdoctrineof theB uddha hasrotbeenpublished:
itisamatterof theHigherMitidof m an, andcanbefoundonlythere, by
he d isciplehimself. TheM aster divertedtheattentionof His disciples>
fCominncd on thr 31I p. of the co\cr.l
 equalityof m enandthe abolitionof
TIfoc JBuööba anb Ibis ^eacbing. caste, wasproclaimed.
Howeverm uchthebuddhisticreli­
BY CARLO PUINI.
gion, initsdoctrinesanddogmas,m ay
seemsträngeand absurdtous oeci-
Translated froni the Italian by tlie E d i t o r .
dentals, still I tliink that weshould
notdisdaintoinvestigateit,uortocou-
MONO the re- siderthepartithasplayedinthem or­
ligions which alandcivil unfoldmentandinthehist-
boist of the oryoftheasiatics.
greatest sway, Asweturntoregardtliisfaithwhich
the l o n g e s t hasfor2400years beenanobject of
duration, and venerationandof worshiptoim m ense
the most nu- rnultitudes, it cannot bewithout the
merous con - awakenmentinusofacertainsenseof
verts in the respectforit;consecratedasit iseven
world the fore- liowbythepietyanddevotionof its
most is bud- Professors;andbecauseoftheinestim-
dhism. ableblessingsinwhichithasbeenfe­
Bern on the bank of the river Gan­ cundtothehum anfamily, wecannot
ges, in the bosom of tlie aryan race, fail tobedisposei tooverlook its err-
the buddhistic faith spread Irom the ors[?],especiallythoseofthenisai1to
Caspian Sea to the Pacific Ocean, from beofasupernaturalorigin
vSiberia to Ceylon, embracing all those A modern writer says truly, that
races designated as Turanian. And bucidhismisthevastest religious Sys­
even to-day it is professed by one-third temintheworld;sinceitem bracesall
of the human family : and through its thosebranchesofScience, whichocci-
benign inflnenee the savage nomads ol dentalshavefor aconsiderable tim e
Central Asia have become mild, virtu- beenwonttoregardasdistinct sub-
ous, and sociable. divisionsofhum anknowledge.
Many nations owe all their civiliza- Itisindubitable that buddhisni, in
tion, morality, and literature to bud- searchingthemvsteriousbookof nat­
dhism: and India owes to it that great ure, broughttolightm uchtruth, dis-
reforin, through which, notwithstand- coveredmuchlaterbyweslernScience:
ing the persecutions of the arrogantest itanticipatedby2000yearsthehvp-j-
and proudest hierarchy in the wor.d, the thesisof apl^rali'.y of worlds, their
2 T H E BUDDHIST R A Y .

formation, andtlieherscheUantiehular Ilutboweverthatm aybe,tliisgreat

hvpothesis:inconsideringcosmiclife factccntiotfail tobeamatterof v011-
andtheearth’slife, it intuitively di- dertoordinaryrrenandof profound
vinednotafewof tlie discoveriesof thoughttophilosophers: that a dee-
m odernastronomyandgeology. trinewhoseaimandlimit is this life,
Instudyingthedoetrineof S - whichinculcatesnumerousexistences,
av andendsinrotl.'irg, shculdhavecon-
akya
mitni, and its unfoldtnent, w em
perhaps be jnstihed in asking our- queredtheheart cf the m ost savage
selves:Isbuddhismareligion or a nations of Asia:shculd have m ade
philosophy? Xow, if weregarditas themloversofvirtue, and, m orethan
itisto-dayinthecountries uhereit sixcenturiesbeforeJesusChri-t,sbouLl
prevails:itsteniples, m or.asteries, al- havetauglit fratemal and neighborly
tars,im ages,andmonks:thecnltofits love.
superstitjousandignorantmultitudes, Thebuddhisticfaitharises through
thencertainly it is areligion. Yet, theserrowsof life. In the old and
throughthemistofdogm as, cerem on- generallamentationwhichm anrai^ds
ies, andabsurdbeliefsofm odernbud­ hescarcelyhimself disc'erhs the m ost
dhism.wecandiscern, more or less perfectofbeing. Bit amongallthose
corrupted,thefundamentaloftheprim­ thatra.isethislamer.taticn. amongall
itive, original conceptionsoftheBud- thosethat pitytnan’sdestiny. nocne
DHAHimself. Thebuddhismof to- conceivesthatsorrowinamatinerjncre
day, professedby4c».000,000m en, is grandthanS akyamuni , n oonesliows
farfrombeingthat which was con- adeeperfeelingfor human woe than
ceivedb y themindofS .
a k y am u n i He. Astheelegyof awholepeople
Tolearnwhat buddhismis, inde- bum im ersedinthedarkest melancholy,
pendentlyofthedoctrinesthatarere- its fuhgisamd d lamentstheevilsoftheearth.
allyforeigntoit, it is imperative to which, likeusavfe
c
io licitv, the vain licpe
avoiditsmodernphase, andtoresort littledragsdownis an hingmist, little by
tothewrittenmonumentsleft bythe thecruelest, bittereseth th um
cüs
anmindinlo
illu-ion.
primitive disciples and followers of Buddhismdesires to calm , to ce-
S ;a ndinsodoing, toexer- stroy, toannul thissorrowinh
akyamuni
cisegreatcare,sothat,intlievastboly erentin
ofscripturewhichform s thebuddhist h umannattire, whichalwayshesieges
literature, wem ayciscernwhatreally it , underwhateverformlifem
ifest itself:it desires toliberate hu-
avman­
belongs to the M fromwhat m
passesasprimitiveteaching:what is anity. AndlothisendtheB
aster
uihiha
nototHissclioolandwhatisthefruit consecratedHimselfwholly. But the
ofcorruption. m eanstothisend, which Hepointed
Thus, wheti weexaminetheancient out, m aytotnatiyseemmonstroüsand
buddhistdoetrine, weshall perhapsbe irightful. incompatiblewith the idea
persuadedthat buddhismis aphilö- oftheexistenceof our race, contrarv
sopliyratherthanareligion:aphilo- tothat .Aspiration whichour psycho-
soplivwhoseobjectistoconduct m an logvhasnothesitatedloproclaimtlie
toastateofidealpurityandperfection. universal sentimentof matikind;Im t
When, ontheotlierhand,weregardit theyarenotthelessthetrue, sole, ir.-
asareligion, itiscertainlythesträng­ evitahleoiitcomeofHissystetn.
estandm ostcuriousoneintheworla:
forit knows 110divinitv; admits uo lias...I t is inipossible toniakeevena
creator;deinesaspuladaptedtolivea B exa ty mination of the life of the
properlifeeternallv;looksuponlifeas notwithstanitdh
uddha , w out tlie confession that,
thesnmofinfelicity;andfinallyasits Hefeil [?],thergeth in heerrorsiuto which
asnever1 eenaniau
oneandsuprem egood,as therevvard intliewi.rld, beside sJesus, wlmloved
ofthosethatareworthyofit, it holds hnmanityastheBuD t>iialovedit, who
outanEtertial Rest, inwhich every pitiedtheevil, andw
lireathoflifeisspent, andeveryactive firstalimitandthenhaonso e
ught toput
ndtotheir
facultyofbodyandspiriti.sannulled. existence.
 THE BUDDHIST RAY. 3
ness shiues brightly over the home
“Xitsuflofego E>0 3 il;v?o.” whose faith in the B u ddha is strong
and abiding.
T he T eachixg of tiik T rue W ord . — The clouds of misfortune and ad-
versit}’ do not rise betöre the firm and
Sentences from a Japanese Children’s strong Gate of Faith.
Reader; Translated by N aojiro T a n a k a . — As echo follows sound, and shad-
ow object, so does punishment the evil-
— The go xl man loves the Sage ; doer.
tue foolish mau loves Dives. —-The month is the gate of calam*
— The Sage in the alms-house is the ity : the tongue the root of misfortune.
lotus fiower in the mire. — He that practices virtue secretly,
— Intelligence and Wisdom, being will receive reward openly.
permanent, shonld be your riehes. —-Caiamities from natural causesare
— It is better to learn tlian to ac- avoidable, but not those of our own
cumulate. creation.
— The ungut stone reflects no light ; — Happiness and Unhappiness are
it is no better than brick. not admitted into the house but by the
— Riehes are for tliis short life and master himself.
perisli with it ; Wisdom is for that end- — The babbler accumulates but little
less life and abides with it. merit.
— The Gods do not punish the evil — Worship man once; the godstwice;
to destroy them, bat like teachers, to and the T riple G em thrice.
to correct them. — Mourn with the sorrowful; rejoice
— Devote yourself to charity, since with the glad.
it leads to the Land of Bodhi : to en- The C i t y o f S i l e n c e , though broad
lighten the poor is better tlian to en- and spacious, is not found by the
rich them. wicked.
— Be courteous and respectful to — Parents are as our heaven and
your elder brothers ; be kind and con- earth; teachers and masters, asoursun
siderate to your younger brothers. mooti ; and relatives, as our roof.
— Wjhen your brethren äreinharmo- — Respect the agei as though thev
nious, look upon huinanitv as your were your parents : and the young as
though they were your brothers and
brethren.
— The desireful rieh are poor ; feilt sisters.
the desireless poor are rieh. — As many a rieh man has become
— He that is linder the infiuence of poor, it is wise not to despise those of
a reprobate, is like a dog tied to a tree tliis estate.
— As the natural body abounds in
by a long rope ; but he that is ander
lusts and impurilies, seek deliveranoe
that of a good man, is like a ship on a
therefrom by knowledge ; and as the
calm sea.
natural life is chatigeable and imper-
— Even a simple-tninded man may
maneut, seek diligetuly the way of
through assiduitv attain to eulighten-
N ikvana .
ment and the fruit of knowle lge.
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— In the moriiiHg read the scriptures
with devotion ; in the evening medi- 'Tis better to be lowly born.
And ränge with humide livers in contetit,
tate tranquilly upon righteousness and Than lo be perked up in glittering grief,
the Supreme Reason. And wear a golden sorrow.
— The dispensation of alms to the — S h akespeare.
poor, when done froni cotnpassion, is Therc is a pleasnre in the pathless woods;
followe l by a great revvard ; but when There is a rapture on the lonely sliore ;
done with sellish motives, by a reward Tliere is soeiety where none intrudes.
By the deep sea, and mnsic in its roar.
of the size of a mustard seed. — By r o n .
— An accident to the vehicle in front
is a warning to those in the rear. Sonietiwes the readiest way ichich a wise
— The nioon of prosperity and happi- Man has to conquer is to fly .— Hook FK.
 4
TIIII BUDDHIST RAV.
Minerva.— Loving sir, it is a simple,
Ercerpts frpm asocbmc. child-like way that leadeth to the H g h -
Translated from the German (Edition 16S2)
est Wisdom : the world knows it not.
by the E ditor. Vou need not look for Wisdom in re-
mote places. or travel into stränge
The Serpent vf Eternity.— The Being co ntries for her: she Stands at the door
of the Divinity is in eyery en.l and of your so d and knocks, and if she
place in the Deptfi of the Abyss : like shall but find an empty, resignel, free
a uheel er an eye ; singe the begitiing piace therein, She will there reveal her-
has alwas the en.l [in itsmouth].— Six self indeed, and rejoice therein more
Points. 1:19. tlian the silti in the elements. If the
Xatnre.— The Ooter nature is naught soul yiel'd itself ttp to Wisdom, fbr a full
but tlie outflow or corr^pontlence of possession, then she penetrates it with
the lyternal nature.— Tabula? P. 5T. her flatning fire of love and uulpcks all
The, l/oly of Uolies.— It is impossible the mysteries to it — Ep. 32:3.
for any creature to see God outside
ffarvest-tinte.— O son of man ! be not
hirtiself.— Kaym, li:12.
Creators.— We have the centre ot so fearful and despoudent. When, in
zeal and earnestuess. you sow your
nature in us : \ve are ongels wlien \ve
syed of tears, they are not sown 0.1
nahe angels out of ourselves ; \ve are
devils when mähe de\ ils put of o.;r- eartli but in heaven : for yqa sow in
selves.— Incarn. 9:2. your astral birth, and you reap in your
Celj-introspectivn.— Inspect yourself : animal, and in lieaven \ou passess and
you will End all causes in yourself...... enjoy it.— Aurora, 19:38,
''And ii you search the Regeuerate Man Tfu Devil's Xe st.— Men of the world
you will find the Pearl [in the Lotus], tliiuk thetnselves in clover becausethe
bright Light circulates alrove them :
— T. Pr., 25:21.
Proy.tr.— When you pray tp God in but the Spirit shows me that they starnl
Ilis lieaven, then you pray to Him in in the midst of hell ; since they forsake
the heaven which is in voujrself: and love and lianker after avarice, usury,
the sclfsame God enters with H islight and extortiou, and there is no mercv in
(the coritainant of the Holy Gho.st) in- them. Allscream ! ‘‘Had I ouly inon-
to your heait, and shapes your soul in- ey !" Tlie stroug sticks the marrow
lt* a new nody of God, which reigns out of the bones of the wcak, and takes
with God in heaven.— Aurora, 24:60. his, sweat with vjoleqce. In one word,
Karma.— O rnan, \\hat you sow he re there is bat lying, deceplion, murder,
t'nat you will reap ; for yo u r’soul re- and robbery (ameng them) ; and (this
mains everlastingly in tiie tinctury, world) is therefore rightly calle.l the
and all your works remain there, re- Devil's Nest and Habitatiou.— Aurora,
vealed in clear light, and follow yoti. 20:11-13.
- T . Pr. 13:45. Pre-eyistence.— O ino.st sweet Love
The Oriqin of Evtl.— Where there is and bright Light, abide with us, for it
Will there is also Desire : and vviiere is soon eventide ! O Truth, Q Right-
there is Desire there is also Attraction eousness and Right Judgment, what is
(to external things).* Hence weknovv becorae of you ! The Spirit is amazed,
tliat Desire is Sin.— T, Pr., 14:61. as though it had ueverbefore seen this.
Selftönnentors. — Tl)£ helli~li anguish world.— Aurora, 8:109.
and fear is pain enough [to the evil]... Devachan.- Yoti must notask, Where
Fach has Ins own hell. There is ab­ is heaven? For it is in your heait.
soluten nothing that sei7.es man but Only open it.— Aurora 23:71.
his own (evil) spirit.— (J. 18:20. Xinana.— Neitlier gold nor goods,
Magic.— 1t is all niagic: what the will neither art nor power, will guide von
desires, that it receives : a toad draws to the everlasting Rest of tlie etemal
ouly poison into itself, even if it abide sweetness of Paradise: only the Noble
in a perfmnery :..... an 1 were it to eat Knowledge : emvrap your soul in this.
honev it would turn it into poison.— That is the Pearl which 110 rust eats
Six Points, 8:30. and 110 thief steals,— T. I'r. 9:1.
 T 11E BUDDHIST R AV.

nionks. The kirg, mitigated, j rem-

3 ß i\ ^ b i3 t C o n v o c a tio iis . ised to repair the daniage provided the
minister would lay down arms ; to
KV C. SAMKKKSiNGHA.
wliich the latter agreed. Hereupon
THE SIXTH CÖN'Vcic.U'rbx. the king rcturned to Anuradhapura,
and the minister set out in searcli of
King Walagam Balm [522 after our huilding materials.
L o r d ), in wliose reign the Eifth C011- Shortly afterward, Sanglia Mitta was
vocation was h e i!, was succeeqed Dy slain by a laborer, who had beeil in-
iour kings, Maha Chula, Cnoranaga, stigate 1 the'eto by tlie queen-consort.
Tissa, and Makalan Ti-.-,a; and by one Nevertlieless, tlie Great Monastery,
queen, Anula. tlie Brazen Palace, and the other build-
ifigs wliich had been deniolished, were
In the reign of Bathiya, sixty-six
rebnilt by tlie prime-minister, and the
years after the Fifth Convocation, a
nionks were tecalled and re-instated.
di.-pute arose between the nionks of
Maha Sena reigned twenty-seven
the two principal monasteries, the Abe-
years, and died in 809 after our L ord .
yegiri and the Maha Vikare, touching
Siri Megha Varna tlien ascended tlie
a story in llie memorized pali script-
throne. It was in bis reign that the
ures, to wliich. aecording to the Maha
tooth-relic of the Buddha wasbfought
Yihare tnonks, those t>f the Abeyegiri
to Ceylon by prince Dautha, the son-
monastery had, in their mCtnorv, add-
in-law of king Kalinda of India.
t*d the sentenee : "sinee she had con-
After him, Budda Dasa ascended tlie
fessed her own crime and this dis- throne. In his reign theSuttra Pitaka
pute eontinued until the reign of V o - was translated from pali into singhal-
hara Tissa (730), when it was sur- ese, the vernacular.
pressed, and left nnsettled. On bis death, Upatissa obtained tlie
Between the reigns of Bathiya' and sceptre. His reign was notable for
Wohara Ti«sa, nineteen kings ah I one the arrival in Ceylon of Budda Gliosa,
queen reignei; and between the reigns tlie celebrated coinmentator and pali
o f Wohara Tissa an i Gothabhaya, fiVe schdlar, who, with tlie assistanee of
kings. This Gothabhaya degraie 1and the nionks of tlie Maha Vikare, wrote
banished si.xty heretical nionks belong- tlie commentaries 011 the Three Pitakas
ing to the Abeyegiri monastery. (Buddhist Scriptures). This liappened
The Maha Yihare and the Brazen 930 after our L ord G autam a .
TaDce were deniolished and deserte l Maha Naina was followed by eleven
for nine vears, and their rieh fnrniture kings, and in tlie reign of tlie eleventli
and other goo Is were renioved by ofthese, Knmara I)atu Sena (1024),
Sanglia Mitta’s Orders to the Abeye­ the nionks of the Maha Vikare held a
giri monastery. This so displeased Convocation; of which however 110 de-
Mega Warna Abeya. the primeminis­ tails have been handed down to our
ter, that he fie l to the highlands, col- day. It lias been called the Sixtli
lected men, and headed a rebellion. Convocation.
The king marehe 1 against him, and
----------------------------------------------- —
tlie two armies met 0:1 the plains of
Dnratissa Lake, where they made pre- B uddha exhorted His disciples to
parations for battle on the morrow. seek the lmperishable Body.— Beai ..
That night the rebellious minister
Ignorance is the motlier of devotion.
stole himself into the king'scamp, and
— Med ie v al Maxim .
in faet into the king’s verv teilt, an 1
spread out before the astoüished ruler Only imbeciles want credit for the
a large mim her of dainties wliich he aehievements of their ancestors.- C hin ­
had orought with him. And whilethe ese A piiorism .
king regaled himself, the minister ex- In the Buddhist scriptures, that is
plained to him that he had risen in re- said to be impure which cleaves to sens­
bellion beeause he had deniolished the ible objects, and that pure, which does
Great Monas ter}’ and baiushed the not.— B e a l .
 is now obsolete or distinctly ascetic,
and much of it is clearlv impractical
also, tliat “ our existing System of
marriage is not, as people hypocritic-
Zbe Bubbbfet TRa« ally pretend, a System of pure inono-
A MONTHLY MAGAZINE gamie marriage...but a mixed System
of Prostitution and marriage: the great-
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the sexual life through Prostitution
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copies, 5 cents. To forcigu couutries, be- and the prcduction of future genera­
longing to the I'ostcl Union, u ccnts adt’.i- tions only the leavings and relics of an
tioual postagc. efifete Constitution.’’
All coimminlcatiov.s shoulil be addressed — The Standard (Chicago) complains
to P u r m .s h i .r T h e B u d d h ist R a v , Santa of the inhumanity of the bu ’dhists :
Cruz, Cal., U. S. A. Rev. S '.aku Soven, a japanese buddh­
ist representative at the late “ Moral
Entered at Santa Crun I’. O a:i Secoud Clar.^ Matter,
Sho.v’’ in Chicago, while a passenger
011 the “ Empress of In ia,” refused
"Man, ai t i all liis Degrees (or Principles) ex ist e i
to see a dying countryman because he
tim ila ~ly et SORE hie natiultg as (he exlets) after- belonged to the “ laboring dass." The
ivard. SWiOESICGRG. Standard says : “ Could anything be
more utterly illusory than a so-calle l
‘religiou’ whose fine profession of uni­
versal humanity come at last to stich
NOTES. an issue as this ?” Of course, there
can be 110 truth in this sto~y, since na
have received a number of buddhist ever shows inhumanity.
letters from humanitärians, When called to see a sick man or even
! both at home and abroad, a sick beast, we always go and in the
thanking ns for onr anti­ hope of being able to eure the curable
' vivisectioa number. An eng- or assaage the incurable ; and all real
lis’.t lady writes : "H ow b?a .1- buddhists do likewise.
■ '1^' tiful is the philosophy of the — Dr A. Leffingwell writes in the
^ L o r d B u d d h a : far surpassing September Arena, that when “ eighty
any ofour european religions which are years ago, lord Erskine arose in the
all tainted by crueltv and bloodshed." British Parliament to suggest and ad-
— The editor of Anti- Viviscctlon writes vocate a law protecting domestic ani-
11s as follovvs : ..“ I cannot teil von how mals from wanton crueltv, he was
surprised and gratified I am at t lis ex­ greeted with shouts of derision and
position of vivisectioii in T he B uddh­ contemptuous applause. ”
ist R a y . I liope t’.iis number espee- — The New York Worldrelates that
ially, will have a very large cireula- baron Harden-Hickey has taken pos­
tion. Crueltv is the sutn of villainies session ol the uninhabited island of
(the greatest sin in the world) and it Trinidad, 700 miles east of the eoastof
leads to all othtr sins : deeeit, lieen- Br.tzil. The island is 5 miles longand
tiousness, tnnrder, and the entire cate- 3 miles wide. Ile intends to found a
gory of crime... This grand number of kingdom there ; and will have himself
the R ay cannot tail to arouse tnany erowned as “James I. of Trinidad,"
hearts and tninds. If there is any and his yankee wife, as “ Queen Anna
Heaven may it bless you !” ... of Trinidad." Noone will be permiited
— Grant Allen writes in the Septem­ to settle there without “ king James’ "
ber Humanitarian tliat “ the teachiugof permission. The diet of the kingdom
the Gospels.....is not in any oräinary will be fish, sea-birds, and turtles, and
sense christianitv : a great part of it is the religion will be buddhistic, “ king
universal morality ; a small part of it James” being a buddhist 1
 T H E 3ED DI HST R A Y.
7
— “ N. D. K .," e-idently a hi.idr, J-dge... I now know that they were
writes an article in the July Theosoph­ not w ritten or precipitated by the
ist, “ On Kccentric Genius,” in whieh Ma ter, and that they were done by
he thinks that the “ genius” Madam Mr Judgja;}— Path, Äug. '94, p. 165.
Blavatsky rr.niained a niedirm to her The press commeuts unfavorably upon
death ; and t:iat this will acco nt fcr this fnree : “ It it difficult to believe,”
1 er mariy itnpostures. We think it siys Light, “ that either Col. Oleott or
will. Very few mediunis bat are easi- Mrs Re-aut enn be completely satisfied
Iv led into devions paths by beirgs
with so impotent a conclusiou of a re-
ironi the Dark World. Tlley, more ally serious matter.”
than or.iinarv men, ni-ed the mcral — The Pacific Coast Theosophist says
stamen of a saint, not to go astrav ; that the re in.-tatement of Mr Judge re-
and as this is nsually lacking in thsm, stcres the priestly or “ hierarcliic suc-
tliev are helpless. \Ve have Seen ina y ce :sion” of the Theosophical Gliurch.
private letters w ritten y Madnn R. Mab tma Chr:stopholo. the fotm er.
1 i whieh she exjo-es lies seif; wela v ■ ordaine ine fullou ing College of Gran 1
lead thesecretccnfessionofhei Vliela" Chelas or Apostles: 1. Blavatsky, 2.
Pabajee ; we know the secrets of her Luna Melanco ;ica, 3. Coulutnb, 4. Ba-
( ther “ ciiela” Rabula ; we have exam- bajee, 5. Babula, 6. Damodar, 7. Judge
ined many “ mshatxric” letters signcd <S. Jasper Keightley, 9. Smart-Aleck
K. H. and M .; we have wadcd througii Fullerrou (anthor of “ Proofs of the
a bushel of private letters ftotn her ear­ Masters in the Himaliyas, N. Y .” ), 10.
ly r upes and confederates : and we Sinnett, 11. Annabai, and 12. Ander
eonld explain many a mystery reeor \- San. It will be seen that Mr J11 ige
td by Sinnett, and others of the theo ocrupies the secenth cliair in the Coll­
sophie fomily. Her.ce, v e agree with ege, and that th .■ good Colonel is not
“ N. D. K .,” that she continued ,a me­ a member. Master Christopholo never
dium to her death. trusted the Colonel sitice the day the lat-
— The theosophists met in London, ter sliowed disappreciation of some cost-
July last, to try their viee-president lv vases sent by himself as a present
Mr W . Q. Ju ge fcr the folgere of froni Mt Ekaterinoslav, Holy Rissia,
“ mahatmic” letters. Mf Judge, law- (the Master’s birth place) via theshrine
yer and representative of the Gods, at Advar ; an 1so he put the beloved
scuglit by pettyfoggery to e-eape trial: L ’.ina Melauconiea where the Colonel
l:e quibbled that he had not beeil le should liave beeil, next to “ H. P. B.“
gally elected to the vice-presidency, — A Japanese buddhist writes us for
and that only the brauch in New York, informat’on about a book called “ Kso-
of whieh he is the fotmderand dictator, teric Buddhistn.” It is a work found-
could try him. As Mr J”.dge is in the ed npon a series of “ mahatmic” letters
pessession of many vnl lable .secrets f.ibricated by the late Madam Biavat-
concerning the inner history of the sky. The title is false, siuee es »teric
Societ)', whieh, were they ma e pub- buddhism has never beeil published,
lic, would cause a total dian plion ol nor will it ever be. It belougs to a
it, the leaders thought best not to try higher plane of life, an 1 would he al-
and to expel him, ar.d sustained tliere- together unintelligible 011 this. Of its
fore the qnibble. Mrs Besaut, vbo, synonym the secret Roctrine the sanic
through Mr Judge’s “ occultism," has is of course true. Depend upon it, the
1 ecome the laughing-stcck of the pub­ goddess Isis is as thiekly veiletl to-day
lic, seerned detemiined to punish him as she was in the days of yore.
she read a paper in whieh she stated — The T-uddhist says that a public
that he had cheated her by forged “ oc- nieeting of representative buddhists
cult” letters. In her own words : was lately held at the Maligakanda
“ When I publicly said that I had Pali College, and a resolution was
reeeived, after H. P. Blavat ky s passed to sabmit a memorial to the
death, letters [frotn a Mahatma]... I go ernor of Bengal touching the Maha
refered to letters give.i me by Mr Bodhi Temple.
8 T H E BUDDH IST RAV.

— In the Open Court, Nobuta Kishi- nation of Messiah, or the Jes.:s-Ch-i<t

moto has begun a series of articles on idolatry. That Asoka se it buddhistic
“ Buddhism in Japan." Shintoism, the missionaries to the West, is kr.o.v.i
original nature-religion of the japan­ from his edicts in stone, which have
ese, supplied them with objects ofwor- been preserved to this day : in these
ship : eonfueianism, introduced from we find Antiochus II. of Syria styled
China abont 300 of the Christian era, “ Amentiyoka;” Ptolemy Philadelphia,
firnished them the rules of social life ; “ Turamage Antigonus Gonatas of
and buddhism, introduced 300 years Macedon, “ Amtikini Mayas of Cy-
later, pointed out the way of Salvation. rene, “ Maka;" and Alexander of Ep -
The majority of the japanese are bud- ras, “ Alikasudara all contemporaries
dhists : their buddhism however is not of Asoka. The buddhist converts in
the pure aryan, but a compomid of Egypt called themselves therapeuiai,
shintoism, eonfueianism, and buddh­ physicians (of the soul) ; and those in
ism, with a dash of christianism, in the Syria, essai ^essenians), from the syrio-
form of Amida Jesus idolatry. As the ehaldean, asoya, a physician. These
the ancient japanese resisted the in- “ physicians” lived according to the
troduction of the old “ foreign" religion, rules of the brahmanic-buddhists of
buddhism, so the modern japanese re­ India: in celibacy, Community, po.-
sist the new “ foreign" religion, christ- erty, abstinence from flesli and intox-
ianism. “ Pessimistic” buddhism ob- icants, and in non-resistance, etc. The
tained its present strong hold upon the author says : “ The fundamental prin-
merry shinto idolaters of old, because ciple of the buddhism introduced in the
it emphasised “ very vividly the re- West was, we repeat it. the [brah-
wards and punishments of a future manical] denial of the Holy Spirit’s
world," of which neitlier thev nor the dwelling in man, and theasstrtion that
confucians knew aught. The old or it was brought to the eartli by incarn-
Southern school of buddhism, which ate Angels.” So that already in the
teaches the ‘‘final attainment of anni­ days of our L o r d there existe i, as to-
hilation of both the body and thesoul” day, two classes of bud ihists : 1. the
is regarded as “ too narrow and too Esoteric, or genuine, who believed in
superficial” by the japanese ; and so r^-salvation, the attainment of N i r -
they teach, in addition, the doctrineof v a n a , through the B u d d h a within the
“ faith and salvatiou." The japanese mind; and 2. the Exoterie, or liistoric,
buddhists may be classified into two who believed in vicarious salvatiou, the
groups : 1. those that teach self-saXyz- attainment of N i r v a n a through B u d ­
tion (the “ seif-power sects"), and, 2. d h a -A v a t a r s . The esoteric buddh­
those that teach vicarioussalvatiou (the ists were anchorites and ascetics, given
“ other power sects” ). to self-examination and meditation ;
— Ernest de Bunsen has an interest­ and the exoterie, were priests and lav-
ing article in Gould’s Notes and Queries, men, given to prayers and ritualism.
for September, entitled “ The Essenes I)e Bunsen thinks that the esoteric
as Buddhists." He thinks that twTo buddhistical teaching was originally
forms of buddhism obtained in ancient pure zoroastrianism : the doctrine of
India : 1. the Esoteric teaching con- the indwelling Spirit, which can en-
cerning the Holy Spirit, Savior, Mes­ able man to commune with Aluira
siah, Guardian Angel, or B u d d h a in Mazda, the all-knovving Holy Spirit,
man ; 2. the Exoterie teaching con- which is an anti-brahmanical, anti-
cerning periodic incamations of the avatar doctrine. He thinks also that
Holy Spirit through virgins for the the aboriginal hebrews were not shem-
salvatiou ot men. The latter, or pop­ ites but aryatis, or me o-chaldaeans :
ulär A/Wmrfw/r-buddhistie teaching was because they believed in avatars.
that taught by the indian king Asoka’s fi^ F 'T h e next issue of T h e B u d ­
missionaries in Egypt and Syria 258 B. d h i s t R a y may not appear before next
c., and gave rise to the later, judeo- December. We mention this to pre­
christian doctrine conceming the incar­ vent complaint.
 T H E 3UD D H IST R A Y. 9
— The lllustratei American for Aug. Capital [Lhassa] for a period of nine
4. says : “ It must be evident to all who weeks, d iring which I was in daily
liave given attention to the s ibject that contact with buddhist scholars, initi-
there is a general revival of religions ates of various grades, and high digni-
Feeling 0:1 both sides of tlie oeean, a taries of the court of the Dalai Lama.
distinct reaetion from the drv Philo­ The great nionastic establishments of
sophie period of thirtv years ago. Mill, Amdo, Labrang, Serkok, Koonboom,
Huxley, Tyndall, Spencer, Darwin— and Trachee-lnn-po, as well as numer-
ho v their faees fade from vievv ! Bud- ous minor latnasaries and retreats of
dhism, spiritualism, and the long train the Mvstic Brotherhood, were likewise
of mystics that follows in their wake visited, and sotne of the information
toward Eitrope and America, are mere- tluis eolleeted will be entirelv new to
ly signs of a general condition. The the western Student.” In the Arena
tiieosophists have gathered together a for August, Dr Hensollt continues the
Few childish tricks ander thehoary walls subject, and gives an interesting ac-
of vedantic philosophy and thousands count of a conversation he had with
of converts assemble in the belief that the Adept Coomra Sami. I)r H. de-
a new religion has been discovered. sired to go into Tibet to learn occult-
Poor old colonel 01cott...has retired to isfn, and the Adept told him that this
Madras in a nimbus of mystery and was a landable desire : “ bat,” he add-
sits staring throngh bis spectacles out ed, “ I teil voll beforehand, that vo.i
of the gloom an 1 glory of hierophant- will not find there what von seek. The
hood at multitit ies of converts in India. path lies evervwhere and nowhere ;
[Materialistic] philosophy having sluit and the eternal truth von must seek
the c’oor of Heaven on mankind, the for 1cit/iin the depths of your own consci-
despairing world is seeking for a new ousness.” The old, old story of the prim­
way to open it. And the new way is itive buddhists !
the old way.” — Our iudefatigable young japanese
— The Open Court says : “ It is now brother, Kakichi Ohara, has translated
a year ago since I met the venerable into his mother-tongue Gerald Mas-
representatives of several buddhistic sey’s work, “ The Historical Jesus an l
sects in Chicago, and I was astonished The Mythical Christ.” When the
both ?.t their earnest desire to preach japanese become acquainted with the
to americans the Oood Law of the B ud ­ writings of men like Massey, Har-
d h a and at their broadness in Stand­ douin, Colenso, and Edwin Johnson,
ing solely upon scientifically provahle the stupid Christian delusion will stand
truth. They revered the B uddha as forth in all its hideous stupidity.
tlieir teacher and worshipped Him as —-When Mr Dharmopala was in Ja­
the incarnation of the moral law in the pan, the bu Idhists there gave him au
world. They praise 1 Him as their iniage of the B u ddh a , 700 years old,
S a v io k becavt.se by His pure example to be placed in the famous Temple at
and impressive teaching He had sliown Buddha Gya, India. B it the s iivit -
them the way of salvatio.i. He ha l highpriest who pretends to o.vii that
explained that egotism was a disease, buddhist shrine would not, outofsheer
and liatred a malieious fever, that love spite, let him place it there. Accord
embracing all life with benevolence ing to the Journal of the Afaha-Hudln
and good will was the healthy state of Society, for Julv, Mr Dharmapala has
mind, and that the peace of X i k Vaxa appealed to the british magistrate of
is attainable liere vipon earth by all the district, and it remains to be seen
who would obey His noble exhorta- whether he will suceeed in bringing
tions...." this saivite savage to terms.
— The Arena for July has an article — We are indebted to brother Nao-
bv I)r Heinrich Hensoldt on, “ Oecult jirio Tanaka for several photographs of
Science in Tibet,” it» which he says: japanese tempels and dwelljngs, and
“ I can fnrnish rlocumentary evidence also for several philosophic tracts in
to sbow that I resided at the tibetan japanese.
IO TH E BUDDHIST R A Y .

Tbc Bi ddha said : “ The wi.se tnenk

/HMscellanea. never asks for anything ; he disdaiv.s
to beg : k is a proper cUect for which
The B uddha saiJ : “ The way of he carrics tl c alnis-bowl ; and this is
wisdom is a gradual proeess ; ccnsi.st- his ou.lv mode of solicitation.”
ing in the Separation of all heart-pollu-
tion, and so hy persevernnee. Reason Jacob Poti.me frequentlv cliscc urses
is aecomplished." ccnceriiir.g the Nati re s] irits er tlie
Elementais : “ Fach foim [of tlie fenr]
The central doctriue of Comle i.s in the matrix [of Nature]“ sa) s he, “ la s
this : The race, like tbo individual, its er ea ui res visible and in\isible to
necessarily passess- thr mgli thiee in- human eyts ; s< me cf which, rs far rs
telleetual stages : t. the Theological, we are concerntd, are, as it were, only
in which asnpernatiiral origin is sought fignrative spiiils. Thus, in Fiie nie
for all phenoraena, and the dem ex ma- iuvisible spirits and creatnres ; at least
i>iina is the only explauation ofeveuts; to cur material eyes, so that vve r n in t
? the Metaphysical, in which the sens- see them. In tlie Air are also in\ isible
uousK snpernatnral is set aside as in- spirits, which v. e eo not see, 1 ecauie
credible, and an effort is made to de- tlie Air is in material, as well as its
n oustrate the existence of abstract spirits. ln the Water are material
forces or entities suppostd to inheve in creatnres. which are invisible to us ;
vinous snbstanees, and capable ol en- and thougli they are not of f re and nii
genderiug phenomena : 3. tlie Positive, they an y t of aimther quality, and
in vvhi the are hidden fiom theairy and fieryqual-
uhservation and classification of phe- ities“ . Urey Princlpien, 7:35. He nee
noniena, and to the discovery ot the the ancient buddhist invocalion .
invariable relations of siiecession and ” Ye spirits here asscnibled, those of eartli
imililude which things bear to euch aiul
other : in a word, to the discovery of Tiiose ofiMi.iet us bow liefere tlie Üvm i:.\.
The T thogita rt-vered by gods aml men.
the hu<’i of plienomena. This last is
the Positivism of Comte. Y< spirits he re Hsstmblcd, tliost of earlh
and
-A. Those of nir. !et us bow ( efore the L a w .
“ W'ere a man, who wishes to kindle The Tathagat» reteied by gods and roeu.
n small lire intoa large to take wet gross Vt spirits here assembied, those of eartli
wet cow-dung, and wet fue!, and blow and
it with a wet winnowing lau, von wo dd Those (•!’ • ir, let us bow before the B r o t h -
KHIHUM),
su\ that he is unskilful. Jn iike man­ The T .thßgala revered by gods and men “
ne. , the mind of the I eing who is i Ile —Khuddaka i’atha, vi.
and indifferent cannot be brought into ys.
tl: • Paths that lead to N i k v a n a ' im]>- Karytes, on Ml Athos, the principal
ly by abstract Meditation : he'mu'-t in- place in the penii.sula ot Athes, is sit-
vestigate causes and exercise energy, inited in the midst ofvinyards and gar-
eveii as the fire is increased l y apply- dens, and has 1000 inhabitants. Here
ing to it fuel that is dry.“— W 'i w d l n the market is hehl; but >wJemale, e\ eil
A fa r g a . of animal kind, is permitted to 1 e ] re
yY sent, or evtn to enter this ihristian
Tlie following 1> Canon X of the ptninsula.
Council of 'freut . “ Whoever shail af- ye
frm that tlie eonjugal state is to be “ At that time, the B uddha , nn-
preferred to a life of virginity or celi- folciing bis beautifully soft and silkv
bacy, and that it is notbetterand more hr.nti, disphiyed his five-circled fingen.,
conducive to happiness to reniain in and conti nt ed bis discourse tlms for
virginiU or celibacy, than to be inarr- tlie imstruction of Ar.anda and the
ied, let liini be accursed.” Great Congregation :
A buddhist would liave sai 1: I.et ‘W’hen 1 first arrived at ccmplete
bim so affrm. ins.piration, on the occasion of niy
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T H E BUDDH IST RAV. n
preacbiug in the Deer Park, for the Prof. Donovan, and other undoubted
sakc of A ijnata and the otker inonks, authorilies, in which the human bodv,
my vvords were these : All creatures shortly before deatli, has presented a
fail to obtain Supreme Wisdom and pale, luminous appearance.
the condition of an Arhat, from tbe A
deceptioti of the Guest- and the Dust- "In the rules of the Vinaya it issaid
Iroubles. Who of you, at lliat time, th it Sariputt i havingcarefullv strained
in coosequence of my instruction, ar- his drinking water, again and again
rived at the condition of sanctity you desired t > make use of it to quencli
no'.v enjov ?: his thir.st, but by his »spiritual power
Then Kaundinya, rising from bis [clairvovance] he perceived that it
seat, addresse 1 tbe B uddha , andsaid: was yet full of minute anitnals fmfn
'I, who am now so old, ofall the Great soria]. For seven d.tvs he drank no­
Congregation, alone obtained thename thing. Then his body became attenu-
of Saved : and it was because 1 under- ated, and the B uddha inquircd what
stood the comparisons of the Guest and was the cause of it ; to which he an-
Dust that I obtained the fruit of Sah a swered ‘ In obedience to your Orders
tion. 1 carefully strained my drinking water
WORLD-HONORED OXK, vour COtll- in order to free it from all animal life,
parison was tliis : that as a traveller but yet I saw, by my power of spirit
takes up bis quarters at an inn, and ual perception, that there remained in
baving reste 1 and refreshed himself, it countless mfusorial fornis, and so.
sets out again on bis wearv jonrnev from respect to the rule for protecting
and bas no leasuve to rest and retnain and preserving life, 1 do not dare to
fixed (so is man in his natural condi­ drink.’
tion ) , whereas the true master of the The B uddha answered : ‘ By using
liouse moves not from the place of his vour spiritual power llius, you would
abode. So, that which is imperma­ destroy life rather t'ian preserve it :
nent and unfixed is like the traveller, henceforth tberefore we ordaiu that in
but that which is fixe 1 we call the purifving drinking-water, the common
master of the house. This is the p.u - power of sight shall deterniine il it i-
able of the Guest. sufSciently strained ’
And again, as in the ease et a cle. r .a .
sk y, when the bright sun is shiuing a Roger Crab (in Crormveli's time)
rav o f light perchance enters thrnugh was a rather severe vegetarian. In a
a craek in a door, and spreadiug ts pamphlet written by himself, and cn
brightness in the ^]>act through which titled, ‘‘The Euglish Hermit or the
it passes, exhibits all the pnrtiele- f Won le” of the Age, ” he says :
■ du.st in eommötion ; as to the dust. its "Instead of strong drink and wines,
nature is commotion and unre-t. bnt I give the old man a cup ot water :
as tn the spare in which the purti- ' s .and instead of roust mntton and rabbit
move, its nature is Rest; so also i- the and other c\ ltv dishe.s, I g o e liim
condition o f man in N i k v a n a . - broth thiekened with hran, and pudd
— Sara ma S utrn ing made with brau ; ud turmp-lcaves
chopped togelher; at which tlie old
Bartholin, in his treatise ‘"D l.ucv man heilig moved, wm 'd kumv what
Hominum et Brntorum,” gives an . he had done, that I used hini so harj-
count of an italian womaii, whom he ly. Then I showed hau Ins transgr s
designates as t/ttthsr sflendtus (the sh. in sions, and so the wars hegan. 1 he
ing woman), whose bodv slione w:1h law of the old man in my fleshy mein
phosphoric ra liatious when gentl\ bers rebelled against lie law "t u .
rnbbed with dry linen. And Dr Kaue inind, and ha 1 a shrewd skirmish; bnt
in his last vovage to »Ire polar regions. tbe mind, being well enlightened hold
witnessed ahnost as remarkable . ca.se it so that tlie old man grew siek and
of human phosphoresceuee A 1w we ik with the flux, likelv to lall t<>
cases are recorded by Sir H. Mar-b the d -st. But the wotiderful ’ ov;- of
\2 T H E BUDDHIST RAV.

God Mithin, well pleased \vith the bat- dal, seeing that in m odern limes, it
tle. raised him up again, and filled him has not beeil usual to liave two \\ ives
full of love, i>eace, and content of mind at cnce, although in this case it is Christ­
and he is now beeonie more humble, ian and l a u f u l." — Chamb. Eneyc. linder
for now he will eat dock-leaves, mal- “ Bigamv.”
lows. or grass.” A
Roger C rab was publicly cndgeled, Whilst the body, at death, is warm,
put in the Stocks, and in prison, for there remains yet the principle kr.own
not w an tin g to live like a Christian : i as Aslita Yijnyana. A t death, accord-
t\, enjoy “ wine, women, and song.” ing to a man’s good works, or bad,
He was seeretary of the english revo- it ascends or descends, and the body
lution ar.d served seven years in the gradually beccmes cold. Hence the
parliamentarv ariny. verse :
A If froni the sunimit of the head ; a Saint.
If froni the eyes the flame tlepart«: a Deva.
In his “ Catena of the Buddhist A Man, if froni theheart; a Preta froni the
Scriptures,” Beal says : “ The ideas groin.
found in the ‘Inferno’ of Dante, are A dubious birtli froni out the knee-pan
goes,
many of tliem purely buddhist. The Ami froni the bottoni of the feet a birth in
conceit of the early [Christian] painters hell.
who surrounded their saints vvith a A
glory of light, is borrowei froni the “ The circular discs which are placed
East. Who that reads the pilgrimage on the sunimit of the Chinese pagoda
of Fah-hien but must observe the par- are ealled T s’aks. These were de-
ticular care the writer takes in speak- signed to represent the earths of the
ing of the orthodox rule of faeiug the different B u d d h a s : or the whole col-
East riuring religious exercises. The lectively to represent the Buddha-kche-
stor\ of the bowl of the B u d d h a found tra of otir (solar) System. Froni this
in the same pilgrimage is more than a we gatlier that the whole struetrre of
probable origin of the myth of the Holy the pagoda, with its suecessive stages,
Grail. The monastic rules of the bud- was designed to represent the bucicth-
dhists, in the Pratimoksha, are in their ist kosmos. But the Chinese pagoda
general tone, and even in some parti- is allowed to be onlv a copv of the
culars, wonderfully like those adopted indian ‘tee,’ or surrounding ornament
in the W'est. The adcration of relics, of the indian stupa ; it follows tliere-
which crept into the Christian church fore that the stupa and ‘tee’ were de-
at an early period, is certainly not of signed to symbolise the visible kosmos
jewish origin. Whilst in minuter de- or habitable world, and the worlds of
tails, touching vestments, bells, can- space fceyond. In the middle of the
dle>, and incense, the priority of their stupa the relics of the B u d d h a were
use among the buddhists can hardly enshrined, to sliow that He was L o k i »
be disputed.” of the Three Worlds, or the entire
a
chiliocosm. ” — B e a l .
It is known that certain of the lead- a
ers of the Reformation, including Lu­ By the word Maha-Purush is implied
ther, Melanebthon, Bucer, and Meian­ the Deity as the primordial source.
der, did not withhold their consent froni It is used in a hindu metaphysic work
Philip, Landgrave of Hesse, Champion ealled Pantajali, wherein God is re-
of the Reformation, who, having lost presented linder the figure of Maha-
conceit of his vvife, had applied to Purush, the Grand-Man of the swedish
the Protestant divines for hcense to mecium Swedenborg, or the Prime
liave another, and which license was Progenitor, in conjunetion with Pra-
110t withheld, for the marriage took kriti (Nature) linder the emblem of a
]>lace, and was performed by Melander vornan, engendering the world with
in the presence of Melanchthon, Bucer, liis superhuman power.
and others, and privately, as the niar- A
rirge-contract bears, “ to avoid scan- “ Illustrious youth," said the Buij-
 T :iK BUDDHIST RAV. 13
DHA to the brahmatchari Setia, "mv making. All the lau 1 there belongs
doctrine is this, that the vario *s kinds to the statf*, and a triflingsum peraere
of knowledge, and all things that ex­ never adere 1 throuah long centuries,
ist in the phenomenal worb1 are asu.i- is paid as reut. This is the only tax
leal as a phantom. And wliat do I in the country, and itamounts to about
mean by a phantom ? Simp'v tuat 60 Cents per head yearly.
which in it<elf has no s-d stantial he­
ilig, but only a present and momentan7 At Karli, a village in India, 40 miles
existence, whieh, in its turn, will va:i- east of Bombay, there is a buddhistic
ish and eeases to he. tetnple liewn into a rocky precipice
The B u d d h a sai 1 to the bramatcbari which rises Soo ft above the plain, the
Yatsa-putra : “ Illustrious yo th, d,1- temple bei 11g about 2i of the way up.
igently and earn?stly stri .e a!ter the The temple is 130x40 ft, with a high
von ition of Repost and that of Clear- arched roof. An arcli rises over the
s gilt tliat yo 1 may a va-’ce through entrance to the artificial cavern, an 1
every stage of mental advncement, before eacli of the side entrances are
until yo.i a fnva at the condition ofthe screens of stone-work ornainented with
B u d d h a Himself." male and feniale figures in alto-relievo.
\ratsa having heard this, worsliipped In front are 3 large lions, and aroutid
and departed. and taking up his res - t ue portico, elephants. The interioris
dence in the Sala grove, prpcticed there fi.iished with a double row of sculpt-
the rnle of Repose and Clearsight. and ured pillar.s, forniing a semi-circle.
thus in a short time arrived at die con­ This curious temple of the ancient bucl-
dition of a Soul Regenerate (Arhat). dhists is well preserved.
At this time there were tuany monks
desirous to go to the place wliere the O11 a certain occasion, when the
B u d d h a was ; and Yrtsa asked them : B u d d h a was returning to the monas-
“ Virtucus ones, whithtr go ye?” “ To lerv, from Rajagaha, wither He had
the place where the B u d d h a is," thev beeil with the alms-howl, He saiv a
answered. Yat-a contirmed, “ If, Yir- house-holder nanied Singaloha, 011 the
taous ones, ye arrive liiere, let it be bank of the Ganges, with wet hair
ktiown that I, having perfected myself and Streaming garmeuts, makingobs -
in the two rules, have obtained su- s.ince in the six directions of the worid.
preme wisdom, and, tlianks to the The S a g e eiquired wliy he wasact-
B u d d h a , is about to enter N i k v a x a .” ing tiius ; and when he ans.vere 1 that
Tlien all thcse monks, coniing into it was in obe iience to the command of
the presence of the B u d d h a , spoke his dece.ised parents, the L o r d gave
thus : liini the advice contained in theSinga-
“ W o r l d - h o n o k e d O n e ! Yatsa-pu- lowada sutra :
tra, the bramatcbari, by practicing the Instead of the six quarters, o ir p i-
tw o laws, lias obtained supreme wis­ rents, who have assisted us in our in-
dom, desires to return his grateful fancv. are to be regarded as the east ;
tlianks to the B u d d h a , before he en- our teacliens, as being wortliy to re-
ters the final N i r v a v a . ’ ceive assistance, are to be regarded as
The B u d d h a answered: ‘Tlltistriotts the south ; our children, as those by
youtlis! \Ttsa putra having obtained whom we are afterwar l to be assisted.
the condition of an Arhat, ye ought are to l>e regarle 1 as the west; our
all to go and pay worshiptohis 1 ody. friends and rulers, as those who will
Tlien the monks, thuscommissioned, assist us in times of sorrow and mi-
returned to the place of his decease, fortune, are to be as the north ; our
and paid bis lxxly every reverence. servants, as being under our authorily
are to be as the nadir : and the nio iks
SiNGt.E T a x — The Chinese are per- and religious advisers, as assisting us
haj s the mo-t lightly taxed people in to put away that which is evil, are to
the world. Tliey have 110 Cliancellrr be fegarde ! as the zenith.
c f the E..chequer iv rr'tdi ver budget-
 T H E BUDDHIST RAV.

JI v Mos 1 the flifference bctwcen thee and tional si7.e. It is gilt overlikc woodetl
me and clav images of tlie same person-
K n o w s o n ly our C rea to r : o n ly he age. The protruding rocks are pro-
C a n n u m h e r t l i e d e g r e e s 111 b e i n g ' s s r a l e
B etw een t h y In s lin c tiv e lam p, n ever
fusely carved with relieions inscrip-
k n o w i l t o fa l l , tions and images of mythologic enar-
A n d t b a f less s t e a d y I J y h t c f h r ig lit e r ra y , acters.
T h e S o u l tiiat a n im a le s t h y m a s ie r 's c la y .
— L a m a k Ti m :. Lucian Pu «eh relates the following
./V in the Neue Spiritualistische Mutter
Of tlie Chusrn Islands, cn the erst "Ye«terday erening I held a seance
roast of China, the saered island of Pu at the Golden Spring, near CzcnstoJi
T h is tlie most interesting : it is cov- an, in Rttssian Poland. The medium,
ered with buddhist temples, pago-’a«, Mrs G., soon weilt into a trance. We
and monasteries, wliich latter are in- were informed through raps that a
habited by a great number of monks. hundred vears ago, under Kosciuszko,
The Island is devoted exclusively to one Xavery Gazer had beeil drowued
rel;gio” s purposes, and 110 laymau is by a smith. Hereupon the tne:.ium
allowed tu reside upon it. tore herseif free froin the chair, rau 011t
still entranced : we followcd, arid she
Richard Brothers, a lieutenant in the led us to a iarge pond opposile the
british navv, announced himseif in summer-houses, surelv and swiftly, in
1793 "the liepbew of the Ahnighty, spite of closed eyes, pointed with her
and prinee of the hebrews, appointed Iiand to the water, and before we were
to lead them to Canaan.'' Nathaniel aware of it, she was 011 tlie pond, loiiik*
B. Ilalhead, M. P.. the Orientalist ; ing 011 the surftue of tiie water, exactlv
Sharp, tlie eelebrated engraver, and as thougb it were smooth grotmd, to
tnany other men of ability and edues- about the middle, when she sank into
tion, ] repared themselves to aecotn- the water; soon reappearing 011 the
paiiy hitn to the "N ew Jerusalem" to surface, she held a skull in her hand
he l uilt 011 both sides of the Jordan. retumed thereupon to the Seance-room,
Which teaches us that education, so- seated herseif at the lable. took a peti
called, and high Station in life, are ro in her hand, dipped it into the ink,
g'iaranties against religious ercdulity and wrote; This is my head; Xavery:
and folly. The government finallv 1792."
put the "Ahnighty’s liepliew" into a After this the medium rentable 1 17
a niad-house : and so ended that theo- minutes longer in tranee, quite1still,
sophic movement. without moving. The impression was
dreadful.
One of the buddhist temples at Hang There were present two priest.0, P.
Chow Eoo, the capital of the province and B., Mr v. L .t a landed proprietor,
ot Che-keang, China, jxissesses 500 im* a cousin of tlie medium, Mrs W,, and
.Ma s «jf Io-hans tArhats*, of the s;ze of two professors from St Petersburg, be-
I le, riehly covered with gold. No- sides myself.”
thing can exceed the beanty of the
valleys of this neighborhood, opening John Asgill (1700) wrotea patnph’et
into the lake, riehly adonied as they entitled, “ An Argument pronng that,
are with trees, chiefly camphor an 1 accordihg to the Covenant of Eternal
lallow trees, and the arbor vitae. Front Life revealed in .the Seriptnres, Man
a remote period, these scenes Iiave mrty be translated hence into that
beeil the resort of piigriins, and every Eternal Life without passing through
spot is hallowcd by seine legendäre in- Death, althougli the Humane Nature
cident. At one place there is an im- of Christ Himseif could not thus be
; g- of tlie B u d d h a , cut out of thesolid translated tili He had passed through
o.ek, nieasuring 4S fett from shoulder Death." Asgill was expelled frotn the
to shoulder. The tio.-e is 5 feet long, Irish Parliament for this, and it was
and the oilier parts are of propor­ voted a blasphemcus libel.
 T H E BUDDHIST RAY '5
sticks and rightly iaterprete the an­
“ube ttaftasblnu jsiuöaii.” swers : in short, we believe that divin-
ers are bom not made,
This is the title of a workon divina- Some one asked the translator to
tion, vvliich \ve have recc i v ! from E'e divine the “ fortnue of btul lhis.ni" in
Rand of the Chrysanthemum, It was Jf»pan. an i the ans wer received was
translate.i from the original rd tiM of this, that if the abhots and mouks
Kaemon Takashitna intojr m . >.*. nd woald do their dutv in the way of en-
front japinese into englisl 1 Silige lightenmeut and charitv, it wo ul ! pros
take Sugiura : hut into english so im per, otherwise not. Of which we liave
perfect js to be at times tun t ,;ibl-. not the -lightest doubt. Let the japan
Nevertheless, it is an inter ti v « ese huddhists turn away from Chinese
The divitiation is done ! i , of s iperstitio t an 1 Christian delusiou to
so sticks, but liUli. lar.er c : 1 !f- the genuine i primitive) teaehiims of
iiig ne ? lies, as tollows : t 'e B pdimia (»otam a . as preserved in
You n - Iu lia to this day, and they will pros­
then seat yourself in a c p!.v:c; per at home and gabt respect abroad.
vor reverently take up th . • ks and
pick ont o le, which is plane 1 in :: h i
er betöre you; you hold E; -rcnds Z ' o c B a c d M c tfc a s i.
oi the remaining 49 in th !t hmd. T I I K U K K A M O F A R lM N ’ C A R N A I IoM IST.
and sliglitly dovetail the c,;,per end*
then you ply th fl tg ;rs of t! • W r i t l e n f o r T hk B uddhist lt v\ by
hand to the middle of the licks. the vSTi G E O R G E B E S T .
thumb heilig turned inward , Iowa: 1
von, and the fingers outsid then you O f t in m y d ie ain .s I t h i n k I seu
raise them above the forehead, cnuvii- S o u i e s k i e s t h a t I l i a v e seeii be fo v e,
S o m e oin.an d a s h e d e l e r n a l l y
trate the inind upon the questi-m Iv O n so m e w c ll- lo w d . fa m iliä r shore.
iorc vou, eins? the eyes. er, •' Iioi ! the
breatl', When the eoiuü rUsm <t l l a r d b y s o m e q n a i n t a n d o l d e n tow ri,
W h o v e j o s i l i u e e r o w t l s I s e e in t u k n o w ;
tiie mitid is perfekt, Hier \ u divide W h c . cla rl in i n l i q u c l o b e a n d g o < n,
the sticks into two gTO up B e slr t-w t n y p a t h v v a j as t h e y g o
right thumb. They are 1 en ibdi-
I seetn to he snine priest revercl
vided, according to dire< t. ;s :;i\ cn, W i t h ^ S w ; rinn Is on tm brovv ,
and the Interpretation ol ib uimbt-rs A l i k e o f m e n a n d w o t n e n f e a n l,
of the respective gronps is i ev uulit Wtio s e t tn lo quail, to shrink, to bo«
for in the work befor* ns. l:ioh : lull 1 l e a d tlu hi to i tmnple \:ist,
uf iilustiatious. W '.io s c s e u l p t n r e r l w a l l arid tmvcriti-«.
The author says that it i 1 r.c teilt dorne,
when tbe “ purity oi the ln u:t i ». : its I a l u i o s t t h i n k , in n g e s |»ast
G . t v e n ie a .>h e i t e r a n d a hoin*
apex," or. as we understaui it. E n
the coucentration oi tlu n 1■> c S o m e d itn -rem ein liered im isir -Ivik e s
T lu* v a u l l e d i o o f a b o v e m y b< i 1
coinplished, \vc com mein 'in the
A w ild a n d r h y tlim ie cliant aw nki
“ Alinighty," that the f- Eien In t h o s e svho h e a r , a • nsi i (lrcud
is impr.'S.sible to deseribe n ' that it
T g i a s p t b e sai r i fie ia l ho»vl
is ab.solutely necessary <•• «hvi e the T h e s p a r k l i n g j a u - v I •t e m tr> m ia fl ,
stick s at that very nwnu-nt It f i r c s m y l*rain. it l i f t s my -<ml
\V< <o not think the auth i ui • the I k n o w n o t : f 1 w e t p » r ’n n g h .
word "A ltuighty’ in tlu • rn - • ‘ the A t h o u s a n d g o b k T s g lt a m a r o u n d
occiden rt gioiusts but ithei in T h e t o r e h d i t t i m p l e ' s my i n - l i r i n e ;
the seuse of the ■ A t l u i i i s a n d i'.n « r l i p s nre d o . u n d
t b e Iunei Man th e Highe I ot A i m m i e n t in t h e l i o l v wimr.
the Higher Seif,
\Ye believe that this ittole ft 1 W i t h l o h v fnitli I - e i m *o d<>
S o n i c p r i e s 1l y ritt- o f s a c r i f i v e .
tion is correct : but we I !‘"t 1 Kve A f t h n y rl. nd ob.-.truct • m> v i e p
A n d s c r e c n .. nie f . o u i l l u i n . l i a t e tycs
that anyone can effectively i .e iiie.se
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from the niaterialisms and idolatries of religion to the truths of tli own
Inner Seif- in vvhieh alone the solution of the mysteries of lifeand Salvation
are to be found.
§ The Three (Exoteric) “ G uides” of the buddhist are:
I follow the B uddha as tny guitle.
I follow the Doctrine of Knlightenment as my gimle.
I follow thc Hrotherhood of the Select as inv guide.
fThe first as the Ieacher ; the second as the Written Truth ; aud the third
as the Virtuous Example.)
£ The Five Vows of the buddhist are :
I vow not to take the life of any mail or animal.
I vow not to steal.
I vow not to cotnuiit unlawful sexual intercourse.
I voyv not to lie.
I vow not to use intoxicants and n»reotics.
These are taten by all : a few additional are taken by householders on
special occasions; and thany others, more stringent, by monks, for the
regulation of their life.
$ The earliest buddhist vvritings are the followiug : i. Vinaya Pitaka:
rules for monks. Sutta Pitaka : instructive discourses for householders.
And Abhidhamma Pitaka metaphysics. These three scriptures have been
summari/.ed th u s:
1. • To cease from all sin (selfisliness),
2. “ To get virtue, and
3. ' ‘ To cleanse one’s own lieart;—
“ This is the doctrine of all the UuDDHAS,”
The later vvritings are very nutnerous, and treat of other beings, conditious,
and worlds; of mental magic ; of saints and their wonderful works, etc., etq.
§ A buddhist Upasaka is oue who believes in the B u d d h a ’ s teaching,
but vvho, because of natural ties, cannot in all tliiugs follow Him: a Bhikshu
is au ascetic raendicant buddhist monk ; an Arhan is a raonk of great en-
lightenment and psychic power ; a ßodhisatva is an aspirant for Buddha-
hood; a Pacceka-Buddha is an Arhan tliat has enlighteued and saved him-
self, but is notable directly tocontribute to theenlightenment and Salvation
of others; and a B u d d h a is a fnlly self-enligbtened and self-saved Bod-
hisatva, developed at long intervals of time (when the path to N i r v a n a
has been forgotten), a rare flower on the human tree, a Teacher and Guide
of mankind.
£ Tfiere are matiy schools of buddhists: mystic, symbolic, metaphysic,
“ atlieistic,” and ritualistic: exoteric and esoteric; but each of these
breathes more or less of the spirit of the System out of wltich they alike
have g ro wi i : tliat of the L o r d B u d d h a .
§ The B l e s s e d O n e has many disciples in Asia : still, it is incorrect to
speak of any one couutry there as “ buddhistic” : since idolaters, materialists,
and religionists are generally in the majority ; the trne sOns of S a k y a , in
the minority.
§ Certain teachings and practices of some modern buddhist schools are
not sanctioned by the vvell-kuown principles of the M a s t e r , nor by Reason:
they are accretious from the eastern or Western religions.
$ The buddhist does not worship the L o r d B u d d h a , in the seuse the
various religionists worship their respective gods-: in Him they only revere
the greatest of teachers.
$5 The buddhist forbears to slaugliter animals, be it for food, sport or
scientific purposes : he discredits the theory that they have been created for
the use of man, and that he has any right over tbem.
S From the day of the L o r d B u d d h a to this, the attitude of His sons,
even when in power, toward the various “ believers ” and “ unbelievers "
about them, has been tolerant: they have never been “ everythiug to
everybody” (cringing and jesuitic). nor despotic; and, as they have always
cherished good-vvill to unbelievers, and discouraged and withstood cruelty,
persecution, and war. they have been the Great Peace Society of the World.