. Heralds of the cross, or, The fulfilling of the command : chapters on missionary work . ple say he meant that thesoul would be blown out as a candle is blown out,but Buddhists disagree very much themselves as tohis meaning. This at least we know, that the stateof Nirvana, or nothingness, is very different fromthe blessed hope to which Christians declare thatthey look forward when they say: I look for theresurrection of the dead, and the life of the worldto come. There is one good thing which springs out of thisstrange belief in transmigration: it makes those whohold it kind to animals, becau
. Heralds of the cross, or, The fulfilling of the command : chapters on missionary work . ple say he meant that thesoul would be blown out as a candle is blown out,but Buddhists disagree very much themselves as tohis meaning. This at least we know, that the stateof Nirvana, or nothingness, is very different fromthe blessed hope to which Christians declare thatthey look forward when they say: I look for theresurrection of the dead, and the life of the worldto come. There is one good thing which springs out of thisstrange belief in transmigration: it makes those whohold it kind to animals, because they are taught thatthe soul of some man or woman may have enteredinto the animals. For this reason strict Buddhistseven think it their duty to keep from eating meat, andwill, when they walk out, put a veil over their mouths,lest they should accidentally swallow any insects:and in some places you may find hospitals built, notfor sick men and women, but for sick and worn-outanimals. Buddha taught men not to kill or steal or lie; tobe pure and just and temperate. He taught that !*?. EU1I>11IST (il; —/. 1; THE STORY OF BUDDHA. 173 was best and highest to leave home and forget thethings of this world: to lead a self-denying life, ashe had done: to be much alone, and think much andpray much, and try to become enlightened as he him-self had become. In Buddhist countries there are therefore a greatmany buildings where men and women shut them-selves up, and hold their services and study the bookscontaining the teachings of Buddha— The ThreeBaskets, as the most famous of these books arecalled. Most of these houses have a school belongingto them, where the boys of the country round cometo be taught by the Buddhist priests or lamas, asthey are called. The Buddhists are commanded to say many prayers,and perhaps some of you may have heard of theprayer-wheels used in some Buddhist countries. Aprayer is written out on the inside of a sort of card-board barrel, and th
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