4 February
4 Feb 1895 : Newspaper report in Brooklyn Standard Union on Buddhism :
Buddha said : 'True Brahmins are not greedy, nor criminal nor angry —
are you such? If not, do not mimic the genuine, real men. Caste is a
state, not an iron-bound class, and every one who knows and loves God is
a true Brahmin.' With regard to the sacrifices, he said: 'Where do the
Vedas say that sacrifices make us pure?
They may please, perhaps, the angels, but they make us no better. Hence,
let off these mummeries — love God and strive to be perfect.'
...."Every one of Buddha's teachings is founded in the Vedantas. He was
one of those monks who wanted to bring out the truths, hidden in those
books and in the forest monasteries. I do not believe that the world is
ready for them even now; it still wants those lower religions, which
teach of a personal God. ..Buddha, the 'great one, who never thought a
thought and never performed a deed except for the good of others; who
had the greatest intellect and heart, taking in all mankind and all the
animals, all embracing, ready to give up his life for the highest angels
as well as for the lowest worm."
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