The Risen Sun
The Risen Sun
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The only picture one can form in the imagination of such enjoyment would be eternal existence in a concrete form a human form, in fact minus the mortal part which one possesses in the present existence ; and thus it could not be, in popular imagination, anything other than an existence appertaining to the soul. Moreover, in the pictures of purgatory which are periodically exhibited in many Buddhist temples, the sufferers are represented as still possessing human shapes. Philosophy tells us that... Nirvana is the last stage, and is merely an abnegation of self, implying therein much philo- sophical meaning ; but in the picture which is called the Nirvana of Shakyamuni, and which is also exhibited in many Buddhist temples on the anniversary of the great sage, com- mon folks can only see him lying on his death-bed, and can only imagine his spirit ascending to the best place in heaven. Such are the illustrations of a future life of Buddhism as reflected in the popular mind. These impressions are not, however, drawn from their own imagination only, but are in fact to be derived from the representations of their preachers, for whom the more abstruse philosophy would fail to answer their purposes, even were it to be propounded, inasmuch as it would leave no more impression on the popular imagination, than would a professor reciting the early Greek philosophy on the idea of ever-recurring permutation or ever-identical sameness of all things in the universe.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
The only picture one can form in the imagination of such enjoyment would be eternal existence in a concrete form a human form, in fact minus the mortal part which one possesses in the present existence ; and thus it could not be, in popular imagination, anything other than an existence appertaining to the soul. Moreover, in the pictures of purgatory which are periodically exhibited in many Buddhist temples, the sufferers are represented as still possessing human shapes. Philosophy tells us that... Nirvana is the last stage, and is merely an abnegation of self, implying therein much philo- sophical meaning ; but in the picture which is called the Nirvana of Shakyamuni, and which is also exhibited in many Buddhist temples on the anniversary of the great sage, com- mon folks can only see him lying on his death-bed, and can only imagine his spirit ascending to the best place in heaven. Such are the illustrations of a future life of Buddhism as reflected in the popular mind. These impressions are not, however, drawn from their own imagination only, but are in fact to be derived from the representations of their preachers, for whom the more abstruse philosophy would fail to answer their purposes, even were it to be propounded, inasmuch as it would leave no more impression on the popular imagination, than would a professor reciting the early Greek philosophy on the idea of ever-recurring permutation or ever-identical sameness of all things in the universe.
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