The Maha-Bodhi and the United Buddhist World January 1923

“Go ye O Bhikkhus and wander forth for the gain of the many for the welfare of the many in compassion for the world for the good for the gain for the welfare of gods and men. [...] The major portion of the proceedings being occupied by the election of the new office-bearers as well as those of the members of the working Committee and All India Congress Committee the consideration of subjects of grave magnitude and public importance like the above was by sense of the house postponed for fuller and more elaborate discussion in the meeting of the said body especially convened [...] The representative form of Buddha became an idol of the masses and the daily purfication of the ?lace and the figure itself became a source of the personal prosperity of the devotee—a pious work.2 [HI. [...] —(::ondensing his advice into one sentence the Dean says it is the business of the clergy to preach the Gospel and speak the truth and not to separate the Church from the best intellect and the best conscience of the nation.—" VANDALISM AT SARNATH. [...] The final act of civilized v?ndalism according to the reports of the Archaeological Survey was committed by the Road Engineer of the Public Works Department who had the beautiful Buddha statues carried away from the site to and used as material for building the foundation of the Varuna bridge.