
Buddhism and Christianity A Parallel and a Contrast
By Archibald ScottLength9h 8m
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Excerpt: "In endeavouring to sketch in so limited a space even the most salient features of the many-sided religion of Buddhism it is possible that here and there I may have misrepresented it. If so, I hope the fault will be attributed to inadvertence, or rather to disadvantages under which I have worked. The sacred beliefs of any section of mankind are entitled to receive at our hands not only justice but kindly consideration, and a religion so vast and in some respects so wonderful as Buddhism ought to have much to commend it to our sympathy. Long and patient study of it has indeed greatly modified opinions originally formed concerning it, but it has only tended to increase respect for so earnest an effort of the intellect to solve the mystery of human life and destiny. Even Christians may have something to learn vifrom Buddhists. The divers and seemingly antagonistic Churches of Christendom help to educate and reform each other, and non-Christian religions may perform a similar office to Christianity in bringing into prominence some universal truths which its creeds have allowed to slip into forgetfulness. Our perception and apprehension of what Christianity really is will be all the clearer and firmer for an impartial study of the system formulated so long ago by Gotama the Buddha."
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GenreSpirituality and Religion
Length9 hrs 8 mins
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FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateMar 9, 2022
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1PREFACE
5LECTURE IV. THE DHARMA OF BUDDHA:[180] THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST.
2LECTURE I. NECESSITY FOR A PROPER COMPARISON OF THE TWO RELIGIONS.
6LECTURE V. THE BUDDHIST SANGHA[244]: THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH.
3LECTURE II. THE HISTORICAL ANTECEDENTS OF BUDDHISM AND CHRISTIANITY, AND THE EVIDENTIAL VALUE OF THEIR RESPECTIVE SCRIPTURES.
7LECTURE VI. THE TWO RELIGIONS IN HISTORY.
4LECTURE III. THE BUDDHA OF THE PITAKAS: THE CHRIST OF THE NEW TESTAMENT.