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The Journal of the National Indian Association in Aid of Social Progress in India July 1881

1881

which with the proceeds of the sale of the ornaments of the female members of his family he applied to the worship of his family god. [...] These were all recorded in books much later in their present shape than the Pali Pitakas ; and the only right source for the knoledge of the immediately pre-Buddhistic ideas was the Upanishiula These taught the doctrine of a union of men's souls after death with the One self who was the latest outgrowth and summary of all the external souls supposed to animate nature. [...] Rhya David' fourth lecture of this course was " Gotama the Buddha." The first part of the lecture dealt with the intellectual condition of the Hindus at the period of the Buddha's advent. [...] Davids then proceeded to speak of the character of the great Indian reformer as handed down to us in the sacred books of the Buddhists and showed how the human element was almost obscured by the divine attributes ascribed to the Buddha. [...] The state of peace in the Buddha system was not to be gained merely by renouncing the pleasures of the world but by getting rid of lusts and cravings (tanha)—the lust of the flesh the lust of theye and the pride of life"—a state in which the craving for future existence no longer disturbed the calmness of the mind.
government politics public policy
Pages
73
Published in
United Kingdom
SARF Document ID
sarf.120043
Segment Pages Author Actions
Frontmatter
i-ii unknown view
Home Education for Indian Ladies
377-382 unknown view
The Old Families of Calcutta
382-386 J. Long view
Lectures on Buddhism
386-397 unknown view
The Legend of Savitri
397-405 unknown view
Reviews
405-409 Constance Plumptre view
The Hindoos as they are: A Description of the Manners Customs and Inner Life of Hindoo Society in Bengal
409-411 Z. view
Is India Civilized?
411-419 S. Satthianadhan view
The Madras Branch of the National Indian Association
419-424 unknown view
The Gilchrist Trust
425-428 unknown view
The Madras Ragged School for Destitute and Orphan Children
429-434 unknown view
Indian Intelligence
434-436 unknown view
Personal Intelligence
436-436 unknown view
Backmatter
i-ii unknown view