Gotama’s discovery at Bohimanda—The Four Sacred Verities—The noble
Eightfold Way—His theory of life different from but not wholly
antagonistic to that of speculative Brahmanism—Existence not illusion,
but essentially evil—Transmigration—“Modern Buddhists’” defence of the
dogma—Contrast between it and Christian doctrine of the
Fall—Christianity in its sorest struggle with evil hopeful—Buddhism
hopeless—atheistic—materialistic, yet has its own way, not of victory,
but of retreat and escape—Doctrine of Karma analogous to Christian
doctrine of Heredity, yet really contrasted—Goal of all Buddhist
aspiration and effort—Nirvana, point-blank contradiction to Christian
goal, yet way to it analogous—Arhatship as essential in Buddhism as
holiness is in Christianity—Noble quality of Buddhist ethical code—Its
approach to the Christian rule—A law not for all—Its degrees or paths of
perfection—Uprightness—Meditation—Enlightenment—Christ’s way of
salvation and sanctification by the Holy Spirit through the
truth—Essential defects of Buddhist scheme, _Pages 192-252_