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d Bhikkhus, under the presidency of H. Sumangala, Pradh[=a]na Sthav[=i]ra. 320. Q. _Has there been any friendly intercourse in the interest of Buddhism between the peoples of the Southern and those of the Northern Buddhist countries?_ A. In the year A.D. 1891, a successful attempt was made to get the Pradh[=a]na Nayakas of the two great divisions to agree to accept fourteen propositions as embodying fundamental Buddhistic beliefs recognised and taught by both divisions. These propositions, drafted by Colonel Olcott, were carefully translated into Burmese, Sinhalese and Japanese, discussed one by one, unanimously adopted and signed by the chief monks, and published in January 1892. 321. Q. _With what good result?_ A. As the result of the good understanding now existing, a number of Japanese bhikkhus and samaneras have been sent to Ceylon and India to study P[=a]l[=i] and Samskrt. 322. Q. _Are there signs that the Buddha Dharma is growing in favour in non-Buddhistic countries?_[1] A. There are. Translations of our more valuable books are appearing, many articles in reviews, magazines and newspapers are being published, and excellent original treatises by distinguished writers are coming from the press. Moreover, Buddhist and non-Buddhist lecturers are publicly discoursing on Buddhism to large audiences in western countries. The Shin Shu sect of Japanese Buddhists have actually opened missions at Honolulu, San Francisco, Sacramento and other American places. 323. Q. _What two leading ideas of ours are chiefly taking hold upon the western mind?_ A. Those of Karma and Reincarnation. The rapidity of their acceptance is very surprising. 324. Q. _What is believed to be the explanation of this?_ A. Their appeals to the natural instinct of justice, and their evident reasonableness. [1] See Appendix. PART V BUDDHISM AND SCIENCE 325. Q. _Has Buddhism any right to be considered a scientific religion, or may it be classified as a "revealed" one?_ A. Most emphatically it is not a revealed religion. The Buddha did not so preach, nor is it so understood. On the contrary, he gave it out as the statement of eternal truths, which his predecessors had taught like himself. 326. Q. _Repeat again the name of the Sutta, in which the Buddha tells us not to believe in an alleged revelation without testing it by one's reason and experience?_ A. The K[=a]l[=a]ma Sutta,
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