P aavxous V OLUM E m r ms Su ms L uth er and The German R eformation . B Thomas Lin sa D D y d y, . F or Lin o V01am : alread issued and m re aration see and f y p p . P R E F AC E THE Queen has in her poss ess ion a piece of ivory or n a - ac d s u s bo e little v lued by her white f e bject , but ll a immens ely es te emed by the Buddhis ts of a l nds . The poss es s or of the Tooth of Buddha will have ” n s s the domi ion of the World. Thu run the ancient fl at and a f F a m a his , thought ul rench d ir l told com patriots the other day that thi s proud position had a tua a a a . c lly been tt ined by Brit in But he did not, of c s a s s ss our e, ttribute it to the po e ion of the Tooth a ha at all. of Buddh , or indeed mention t t object He s howed that the Britis h fleet pos s essed an as toundi ng hi s a s his m a s p ower, w ch he trongly dvi ed co p triot not to undervalue . But there is moral force as well as physical power ; and the pos ition of Her Gracious Majes ty in the world i s certainly unique . She holds in her dominions the most vital s ections of all the great religions of the a s ts a s and d a an s . d p t Her ubjec pr y to Chri t, Bu dh , B r ahms and va . ara us ra , Jeho h They honour Z th t , and M s s and Ma . a s o e , homet Ben re , the holy city of a s s s ti s ts is the gre te t religiou ec on of her ubjec , in s e M ss ma her domains . The mo t int lligent of the u ul n populations flouris h peaceably m Delhi and the other a c ti s re r a tain its Indi n i e , whe their c eed of old t ed v i PR E F AC E s s urma and greates t triumphs . The Buddhi t of B h Ceylon are more enlightened than the Buddhis ts of a a s other l nds . No wonder th t thoughtful mind begin see all s a ss miss a to in thi po ible ion for Engl nd, am s s a n ely, to fu e the creed of the world in one gre t n n a A crucible a d elimi ate the superstitious p rts. ncient s h ad m om and is s creed uch in c mon, it thi common por a ss a has a a a . tion, the vit l e ence, th t been llowed to ev por te A short time ago a writer in the R evue des Deuce Mondes announced that the Ninete enth Century had r a s ur ri s s rs was expe ienced two gre t p e . The fi t the s r and a l Sans di covery, due to Coleb ooke the e r ier krit s a s a ems ar chol r , th t the po of e ly Greece were not altogether origin al Jove and his Mount Olympus had been anticipated by Indra and his Mount Meru ; the feats of Hercules had been matched by Bhima . Parnass us and Apollo and the Mus es h ad proto s M Govudun e n s type in ount , r dole t with the mu ic of Krishna and the Gopis ; and that even the great hordes s and and s a of god men, their mu ter to venge the a a a had s a r pe of pretty wom n, been previou ly m de f into a great epic on the banks o the Ganges . s eeond s s was ha s m m The urpri e per p ore i portant. was di s v red a a s hr s a It co e th t the loftier ide l of C i ti nity, its s ubs titution of the principle of forgivenes s for that its oa a l its ss a of revenge, br d c tho icity, mi ion ry energy, and its r s and a a s even ite p r bolic legend , were due to hi m l an earlier religious reformer. Of thi s ittle work propos es to treat. If these last s tatements can be sub stantiated ha o ma a his a , Budd without d ubt y t ke pl ce a s -Ma mong t the Epoch kers of the World. are n s and n i e There co vert converts . If a ma s forc d hi s is la a and an r to kneel down, if neck id b re othe PR EF AC E vii man with a s cimitar then and there induces him to ac c a n e d- as his as s cept ert i cr e formul , c e in one ens e a a s sa m may be c lled conver ion. The me ay be said of a man in a combustible dress tied to a s take and a n n a s and a l thre te ed with burni g f ggot ighted torch . s s s di ff s a man But Buddhi t conver ion er in thi , th t the a ts man s with the b re neck conver the with the word , the man with the combus tible dres s converts the man in i a with the torch . Islam ts e rly strength advanced s s a A s a M . to root out Buddhi m in Per i , Egypt, i inor The result was that half the conquering phalanx hi s a rs s became Budd s ts . The Cru de trove to root out s am a s a s . R s I l , with imil r re ult The Society of the o e made a conques t of the Templars and other Knights s a rs and s ac Ho pit lle , the e brought b k to Europe Bud dhi sm and the R eformation. The firs t modern s tudy of Buddhis m commenced in i one of our colon es . It was conducted chiefly by the missionaries for miss ionary purpos es ; and great credi t i s due to the mis sionaries of Ceylon for their s cholar s s s . c hip, their indu try, their hone ty But on e more the s m an curiou pheno enon beg to be noticeable. The learned works writte n to expose Buddhism made s a s s s a no convert mong t the Buddhi t , but m ny in r s . a wa and Ch i tendom Schopenh uer led the y, drew e ce an hi half the int lligen of Germ y in s wake . Then came the s tartling works of Bis hop Bigandet and the M. L n R Abbe Huc. eo de os ny announced a short time a ago th t there were Buddhis ts in Paris alone. If the dead bones of an ancient creed can thus stir in a s s ta n the v lley, it eem cer inly worth while to i quire what that creed was like in the days of its youth and C ON TE NTS 1 . m r nonucronr 1 1 . THE R E L IG ION or run mam BU III . DDHA V THE W IS OM OF THE OT B N K I . D HER A v . Pa na m a ' v 1 m an BU A S AT . DDH DE H v u K ING som . A v P Y O-BU n r. RRH DDHA r un P OSTL S or r un BL OO L SS L 'I‘ 1x . A E D E A AR mcxnrmons x . MOR E co m 1 1 . m BUD IN N O W AY AN D M IC x 1 1 . DHA R A ER A XIII . C ON CLUSION G LOSSARY AND INDEX B UDDHA AND B UDDHI S M CHAPTER I I N T R OD UC TO R Y L E T us s os a a Da a ma a ter upp e th t y of Br h , of the p t n a us has m a es and as im ged by Hind , , with ighty fl m v t s ams a a a u s tre of volc nic l v , b rnt up the pre ent race of m a and a and u fil nkind , th t by by, in f rther ful ment of E as a s a a has ed. Le t us s u tern dre m , new r ce develop p p os e also that some indi viduals of this new race ha ve di s covered in a cave in Brittany two tractates mi racu — - lonely pres er ved the one a sort of ances tor worship by s rm a o and e a religiou refo er n med C mte, the oth r by one ” a s s a s a s o C tholicu , etting forth nother cheme of nce t r s a n - s a s s ri s and or i t wor hip, with pilgrim ge to their h ne s s m at a s ss s temple , cure perfor ed holy t nk , remi ion of n r ss future fire torture by the i te ce ion of pries ts .