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avowing to each other their . belief that they , were then lrf-one of me , rasofias o&ubp te ^ t ^^ mi& % hm&Hti g ffifk : v . " - »> jMi Sr : iK » djBT io eJ . wjcv- an inV 5 mi % \ m \ mWVWt « wmtegMipsbjtoidft dfthe feared Is ffi faydyStjMW ^ MmM ie ^ pa ' h ^ feg % igtelfyfas&& ! Hfrdrh E ^^ lHhSka& n ^ ^ Pfl ojfdw Efod ^' relfe ^^ if ) g 4 # rPa ^ ral ^ ^ r ^^ ia ^/ there fe tiifepe ^ ilranty TSel ^^ i to Boodhism which raises it much in dignity above the other two , andmakel it toli ^ ^ e ^ r ^^ c ^^ % oth % itrV the earliest ti otidhs of the unity % Pod , and with tWMetopinions * that prevail oil the same ' sublime point of faitb . Tha # o ( MHistefaave otify one sculptured representation of a living being jn tfriir temples ;¦ ' this is a sitting figure , generally of a colossal size , l > ut ajw , ays s ^ ictly htsft * teanv % ithout any of the monstrous combinations whlcK disfigure the E ^ yptiafi and Hindoo mythology . He is generally seated on a lotus , is always thick-lipped and Woolly-headed , which would indicate an African
ongiftv a ^ d is 5 certainly not Asiatic ; and is always in the benevolent act of neitt ^ tiJMj ^ deii $ otist # 8 ttit > ti ; or instruction . The Boodhists believe in one God , of ^ whobBoodh i himself a mortal , was merely the last and the purest of tH ^ f r ^ hetsv tfe&ttibting in this respect the Mohammedans and Unitarian QKf&i £ fi& > tfife Hindoos have three hundred and thirty-three millions of gre ^ t trinity
gMs ^ 'be ^ ieiSHh ^ r of Brahma , Vishnu , and Shiva , the creator , p ^ seWr , an < i d € istroyer , all emanating from the great quiescent source * B ^ tef Asides tarnations in the shape of cows , fishes , pigeons , geese , and ? olJte ^ "olidtgj&i ! ied Animals . The Boodhists believe in no incarnations . wfetever | r ^ ga ^ ing ^ OddasGod , and man as man , and assigning to their pw ^ het 'only the province to teach the will of their common Lord and ¦ ¦
Cfeatofe ' - - ^¦ ' ¦ - " - } ] ' _ ' _ ; 'W BeWeefi t-wo religions so opposed in their genius and character as these , it catt hardly tea matter of wonder that violent antipathies should exist : and as that Mtli ^ which is most superstitious is generally mo ^ t powerful in its h < 5 ld ©»* tfee z ^ fl of the people , and most cordially supported by all the means neees $# ry to bfganiie a fbrce for its protection ; so , whenever the two have coUKe i ^^ bnftict , the gross superstitions of the Brahmins have beaten the
sirripjet'tervets ^ bf the Boodhists out of the field : and the latter have almost erMfdy disappeared in India , though they still spread over the immense € rn ^ i ¥ e' < lfO hinial arid the countries already enumerated in conjunction with it . ^• Abotlttett ^ icenturies ago , indeed , ( which is as yesterday in an Indian hi ^ - toi * y , ) they occtrpted 1 several cave-temples in the Island of Salsette , near Bombay ^ * white the Brahmins held the great cave-temple of Elephanta in the
saihe'qtrarteri 1 ' In the able and learned account of this cave , given by Mr . Emkin ^; ( the joint-translator with the l ate Dr . Leyden of the interesting * Memoirs of the Emperor Baber , ' ) in the ' Transactions of the Literary Society of Bombay , ' there is a very full and satisfactory account of both religions and their professors at this period ; since which they have existed onlyin the Eastern parts of India . "
Golonel Frattfekto f has liately published a volume , entitled *< Researches intbi ^ he ^ en ^ ts sind Ddecrines ^ f the Jeynes and Boodhists , ' ^ in whicH' jie hast » lleJCt 0 dia greatkA ^ 6 Jof ^ ^ itrfbrhiation , acquired by him during lj » is resw dence iw'India , tvithi ( r ^ ajrdv t < y the history and tenets ' ' ' of tH ^ Ir remarkable ohtHi 1 ohtti
religiKMii ''He hm atoaddeda 'curious dis ^ ertat ^ piii worship pfj the Sei&n «« vwhichitotrAcM hotWttlythroiighbut W W''EascW W i * in VWipte M M $ , religiKMii He hm al& > addeda curious dis ^ ertat ^ piii k worship of the Sei&nvwhich ! totrAcM hot ^ ttlythroiifehbut Easc i * in VWipte $ r qu ^ ts ^^ ttloba ^^ ' ^^ ^^» , . uxi % »; il t « h TXW - > M ' . > i . lW .-Ar «> iTJ j ico
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1827, page 737, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1801/page/25/
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