_STUDIES IN THE FAITHS._ I BUDDHISM BY ANNIE H. SMALL AUTHOR OF ‘YESHUDAS,’ ‘SUWARTA,’ ‘STUDIES IN BUDDHISM,’ ETC. [Illustration: Printer Logo] 1905 LONDON J. M. DENT & CO. NEW YORK: E. P. DUTTON & CO. [Illustration: TEMPLE OF THE SCARED TOOTH, KANDY.] TO G. S. AND W. M. M. THIS LITTLE SERIES OF STUDIES IS AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED. PREFACE It is in the belief that it may be not unprofitable for us of the Christian Faith, that we should sit for a little space at the feet of the great Indian Sage and Teacher, to study some of the truths which he esteemed most highly, and to compare them with those already familiar to us but too little dwelt upon by us, and in the light of them once again to make real to our thinking those truths which are peculiarly ours in Christ Jesus our Lord, that this little book has been written. But no reader will mistake so slight a sketch for an attempt to tell the whole. CONTENTS PAGE INDIA AND GAUTAMA 11 ISRAEL AND JESUS 27 THE UNIVERSAL LAW. BUDDHISM AND CHRISTIANITY 39 THE UNIVERSAL LAW IN HUMAN LIFE: BUDDHISM AND CHRISTIANITY 45 THE WAY OF EMANCIPATION: BUDDHISM 61 THE FORMULA OF CONFESSION 69 THE WAY OF SALVATION: CHRISTIANITY 75 THE TWO IDEALS 91 THE BUDDHA AND THE CHRIST 103 INDIA AND GAUTAMA