Burma . 94. MODERN RELIGIOUS SUBJECT. 44 BURMA. 95. FAMILY OF A BURMAN NOTABLE LEAVING THESHRINE. continuity of an individualmoral account {Kan, P^liKamnia, Sanskr. Karvid) ;although the Buddha enlight-ened his disciples about theprevious identities of himself,of many other individuals andeven lower creatures. Re-incarnation provides the scopefor atoning the injustices ofindividual lives, without de-barring the salvation of an}^The slowness of the processby which vast results areachieved conforms to theanalogy of nature, which does not create, but evolves. The doctrine of kan is,in fact, an ad
Burma . 94. MODERN RELIGIOUS SUBJECT. 44 BURMA. 95. FAMILY OF A BURMAN NOTABLE LEAVING THESHRINE. continuity of an individualmoral account {Kan, P^liKamnia, Sanskr. Karvid) ;although the Buddha enlight-ened his disciples about theprevious identities of himself,of many other individuals andeven lower creatures. Re-incarnation provides the scopefor atoning the injustices ofindividual lives, without de-barring the salvation of an}^The slowness of the processby which vast results areachieved conforms to theanalogy of nature, which does not create, but evolves. The doctrine of kan is,in fact, an adumbration of the principle of persistence of force. But instead ofregarding the results of actions in a given phase of existence as being separatelydissipated, as modern science would imply, they are thought of as combinedto form the starting-points of fresh phases of individual existence, until finalequilibrium is attained (Nirvana). As a flame results from the concurrenceof given antecedent conditions, continues to burn while they are mainta
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