you have committed."[293:19]
30. Jesus taught men to hide their good deeds,[293:20] and
confess before the world the sins they had committed.[293:21]
31. "Buddha was described as a superhuman organ of light, to whom a
superhuman organ of darkness, Mara or Naga, the Evil Serpent, was
opposed."[294:1]
31. Jesus was described as a superhuman organ of light--"the
_Sun_ of Righteousness"[294:2]--opposed by "the old Serpent,"
the Satan, hinderer, or adversary.[294:3]
32. Buddha came, not to destroy, but to fulfill, the law. He delighted
in "representing himself as a _mere link_ in a long chain of enlightened
teachers."[294:4]
32. Jesus said: "Think not that I am come to destroy the law,
or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to
fulfill."[294:5]
33. "One day Ananda, the disciple of Buddha, after a long walk in the
country, meets with Matangi, a woman of the low caste of the Kandalas,
near a well, and asks her for some water. She tells him what she is, and
that she must not come near him. But he replies, 'My sister, I ask not
for thy caste or thy family, I ask only for a draught of water.' She
afterwards became a disciple of Buddha."[294:6]
33. One day Jesus, after a long walk, cometh to the city of
Samaria, and being wearied with his journey, sat on a well.
While there, a woman of Samaria came to draw water, and Jesus
said unto her: "give me to drink." "Then said the woman unto
him: How is it that thou, being a Jew, asketh drink of me,
which am a woman of Samaria? For the Jews have no dealings
with the Samaritans."[294:7]
34. "According to Buddha, the motive of all our actions should be _pity_
or _love_ for our neighbor."[294:8]
34. "Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to
them that hate you."[294:9]
35. During the early part of his career as a teacher, "Buddha went to
the city of Benares, and there delivered a discourse, by which Kondanya,
and afterwards _four_ others, were induced to become his disciples. From
that period, whenever he preached, multitudes of men and women embraced
his doctrines."[294:10]
35. During the early part of his career as a teacher, Jesus
went to the city of Capernaum, and there delivered a
discourse. It was at this time that _four_ fishermen were
induced to become his disciples.[294:11] From that period,
whenever he preached, multitudes of
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