A Visit to Java With An Account of the Founding of Singapore
A Visit to Java With An Account of the Founding of Singapore
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There is, how- * For this general account of the ruins in the neighbourhood of Djokja I am indebted to the accounts of Raffles and Wallace.
92 A VISIT TO JAVA.
ever, a little limestone found in the southern districts of the island.
In the Boro-Boedoer, at Mendoet, and in the Tjandi Sewoe, Buddha was worshipped ; but in the Temple of Loro-Jonggrang at Brambanan, and in the Temples of Kalasan, Siva (the third person of the Hindu Trinity — Brahma, Vishnu, Siva) was the central object of adoration.... As the connection between the religion of Buddha and Brahma has been often misunderstood, a few words on this point may be of service to the reader.
Brahmanism, which was the established wor- ship of the Hindus when Buddha taught, was a religion which admitted of many sects; and Buddha, although his ethical system was in- dependent of Brahmanic theology, recognized the existence of the popular deities. The dis- tinction, then, between Brahmanism and Bud- dhism is purely arbitrary ; the latter is merely a new growth of the former, and they both exist in British India at the present day.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
There is, how- * For this general account of the ruins in the neighbourhood of Djokja I am indebted to the accounts of Raffles and Wallace.
92 A VISIT TO JAVA.
ever, a little limestone found in the southern districts of the island.
In the Boro-Boedoer, at Mendoet, and in the Tjandi Sewoe, Buddha was worshipped ; but in the Temple of Loro-Jonggrang at Brambanan, and in the Temples of Kalasan, Siva (the third person of the Hindu Trinity — Brahma, Vishnu, Siva) was the central object of adoration.... As the connection between the religion of Buddha and Brahma has been often misunderstood, a few words on this point may be of service to the reader.
Brahmanism, which was the established wor- ship of the Hindus when Buddha taught, was a religion which admitted of many sects; and Buddha, although his ethical system was in- dependent of Brahmanic theology, recognized the existence of the popular deities. The dis- tinction, then, between Brahmanism and Bud- dhism is purely arbitrary ; the latter is merely a new growth of the former, and they both exist in British India at the present day.
What to read after A Visit to Java With An Account of the Founding of Singapore?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by W Basil William Basil Worsfold to read onlineMoreLess
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