They have also given concise accounts of Buddha's lifo,: publish ed hymns in honour of hig incarnation, expounded the reasons why it was necessary for his apparanco in this world of sorrow, given most interesting instructions to onquiters regarding methods of private devotions, the precise difference between the names Sanyamuni and Omittofu. It ly said that about 3,000 folks have stated their desire to study further the doctrineg of Buddhism; how many of these enquirers mean business, time vill show. Is it merely an attempt to counter the Christian campaign with something really indigenous Perhaps when Christianity has a chance to take on a distinctively Chinese flavour, it will make a really arresting appeal to the ordinary Chinese mind. It is a matter of unusual interest to notice the. compasaitive broad-mindedness: of the modern Buddhist appeal and its apparent freedom from the narrowness of some of the more conservative expressions of the Christian faith. This movement is very welcome inasmuch og it shows a desire for a religious interpretation of life, an effort to stem the on-coming. tide of modern materialism, as one local official expressed it. Of course it may be all very superficial and transient but it certainly deserves ithe study of thoughtful men. What again is the relation of Governor Hsiao's prohibition of all butchers' business for one day to the theory of religious liberty? No doubt it in good for us to restrain our carnivorous instincts and become vegetarians occasionally, but are we to lo so because the Governor ig a Buddhist?
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