. The dragon, image, and demon; or, The three religions of China: Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism, giving an account of the mythology, idolatry, and demonolatry of the Chinese. , broken-hearted,Kisagotami comes again to Buddha. Hast thou pro-cured the mustard seed ? * Grreat Sir, I could not finda single house where none had died. Shakyamunisaid, ^ You thought you alone had lost a son; the law ofdeath reigns over all creatures. I seek the secret ofthat curse,—h\iry thou thy child There was no balmin Gilead, there was no physician there. All Flesh—The scheme of Buddha was wa
. The dragon, image, and demon; or, The three religions of China: Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism, giving an account of the mythology, idolatry, and demonolatry of the Chinese. , broken-hearted,Kisagotami comes again to Buddha. Hast thou pro-cured the mustard seed ? * Grreat Sir, I could not finda single house where none had died. Shakyamunisaid, ^ You thought you alone had lost a son; the law ofdeath reigns over all creatures. I seek the secret ofthat curse,—h\iry thou thy child There was no balmin Gilead, there was no physician there. All Flesh—The scheme of Buddha was was not designed merely to emancipate man fromsorrow, but all that hath life and breath. Constantlyreiterated was his teaching about all creatures, allliving things, all sentient beings. Men and beasts,birds and fish, reptiles and insects, are all on an equal 158 The Dragon, hitage, and Demon. basis. His maxim was, All the animal kingdom arebom free and equal. The soul of a dog was like thesoul of a man, the soul of a Ilea equal to the soul of aprince. If there was one marked characteristic of hisministry, it was that he accounted himself the Saviourof the lower Ascending to Heaven. It is recorded that after his six years* fast he thoughtit time to take a bath. An angel pointed his fingerto the earth, and it became a pool. After his purification the water was taken up toHeaven, and all the fish and tadpoles ascended toParadise. He bathed in order to save them. Buddha, the Night of Asia, 159 Animal Sacrifices.—When passing through a distantkingdom, he saw hundreds of sheep driven inquired Where are these sheep being driven ? The answer was, The kings mother is sick, and he willoffer this flock in sacrifice to Heaven. He follows,obtains the ear of the king, and discourses on taking life. You take animal life to save your mothers life ; to sacri-fice a hundred years is not equal to mercy ; sacrifice is asfornication ; the murder of a sheep and the murder
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