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New Interest in Old Controversies Concerning Buddhism—Max Müller's

Reply to the Alleged Influence of the System on Christianity—The

Distinction to be made between the Credible History of Gautama and

Later Legends—The Legends of the Pre-existent States and the

Wonders Attending the Earthly Life—The Northern and the Southern

Buddhism—The Sources of the Principal Legends—The Four Principal

Doctrines of Buddhism, Skandas, Trishna, Kharma, and

Nirvana—Difficulties in the Doctrines of Kharma and

Nirvana—Various Opinions of Scholars in Regard to the Nature of

Nirvana—Buddha's Final Reticence on the Subject—The Real Goal at

which the Average Buddhist Aims—The Need of a Careful Estimate of

the Merits and Demerits of Buddhism, and of the Hold which it is

likely to have on Western Minds—Its Points of Contact with Western

Errors—The Fact that Modern Buddhism, like many other False

Systems, Claims Christ as a Believer in its Principles—The Theory

that the Life of Christ is Modelled after that of the Buddha—The

Superior Authenticity of the Life of Christ—The Unreliable

Character of Buddhist Legends—The Intrinsic Improbability that a

Religion claiming a Distinct Derivation from Jewish Sources would

Borrow from a far-off Heathen System—The Contrast of Christ's

Loving Recognition of the Father in Heaven with the Avowed Atheism

of Buddhism—The General Spirit of the System Forbids all Thought

of Borrowing from it—Points of Contrast.