sve Lin rane Moore that what the Gospel of St. John is to the Buddhist in the Far East, Bean Salt Sau sd te wut of popular reading. Particularly is eats gran a ce" ili al can much of repetition, possibly useq by the original writer of the sutra to make upon the sluggish minds Sade i ieee Peel Mee st oral THIN emcee Apa tongue, there can be tittle doubt iterating "tot "vg net much to be wrestled with, despite the very complete glossary that is Seen amas et, chay rat eat Thousand. Great-Thousandfold Worlisg calculate alt Where worlds to:
These words are put into Sakyamuni's mouth, for it is claimed that Rise ing Ree we any the ensiew Perhaps the most interesting feature of the sutra is the manner in which it indicates the breach be tween the Mahayana or the uni chariot of salvation, thd Buddhist church of the north the southern Hinayana, chariot of Inborious "works," whick saves the few, In the eyes of the Hinayana, the Mahayana are here"
and it is contended with some Justifieation. that the Lotus Sutra hich seen is to be a symptom of the northern schism is in some instaneeg reversal of the Buddha's original doctrine, The ancient author aps pears to have anticipated eriticisnt of this kind, for he devotes much eager argument and explanation of this feature of his work. The sutra is, consequently, entirely une orthodox from the Hinayana, and even the historical point of views But if this be correct the pious fraud which was perpetrated many, centuries ago has been remarkably fsecensfly for it fe this form of Buddhism' that, as Prof, Soothill rightly says, tamed savage tribes such as the Mongols and Tibetans, inspired people Tike the Chinese and Japanese to a higher spiritual and artistic development, established cult, with many resemblances 6 Christianity, and is now reacting chiefly through theosophical pubs fications, on certain lines," of thought' in the West Orthox Buddhism has had no such me fluences. It is the heterodox school that has prevailed."
All of which raises the not un+ Interesting question whether any, faith which merely teaches the salvation of the few by works, can hope to progress in the hearts of men further than the broad religion which teaches universal salvation by faith—or even eventually mains tain its position—nr.-c, ther Dr. Durant's selection will hold good. His American trio are George Santayana, William James, and John Dewey. His European choices are Bergson, Benedetto Croce and Bertrand Russell. Even in the selection of a Test Team there will be differences of opinion 80 Dr. Durant must not grumilé if there is a temptation to revise his choice. The Englishman, for example, might be prepared to suggest that at the end of the Period named, Dr. Samuel Alexander may loom more largely, in the eye "of posterity than the present Western mentor of student
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