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Date Posted: Wednesday, June 02, 22:31:44
Author: timm
Subject: Just a little thinking

Upon this, confused jumble of spiritism, superstition, loyalty to
ancestors and submission to a divine hierarchy Buddhism was
superimposed. It quickly dominated all because of its superior
excellence. The form of Buddhism which became established in China was
not, to be sure, like the Buddhism preached by Gautama and his
disciples, or like that form of Buddhism which had taken root in Burma
or Ceylon. Except in name, the Buddhism of Southern Asia and the
Buddhism which developed in China were virtually two distinct types of
religion. The Buddhism of Burma and Ceylon was of the conservative
H�nay�na ("Little Vehicle" of salvation) school, while that of China was
of the progressive Mah�y�na ("Great Vehicle" of salvation) school. Their
differences are so marked as to be worthy of a careful statement.

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