Hinduism And Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 1
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Thus he encourages Sâgata[716] to give a display of miracles, such aswalking in the air, in order to prepare the mind of a congregation towhom he is going to preach, but in other narratives[717] which seemancient and authentic, he expresses his disapproval of such performances(just as Christ refused to give signs), and says that they do not"conduce to the conversion of the unconverted or to the increase of theconverted. " Those who know India will easily call up a picture of howthe Bhikkhus str...ove to impress the crowd by exhibitions not unlike amodern juggler's tricks and how the master stopped them. His motives areclear: these performances had nothing to do with the essence of histeaching. If it be true that he ever countenanced them, he soon saw hiserror. He did not want people to say that he was a conjurer who knew theGândhâra charm or any other trick. And though we have no warrant fordoubting that he believed in the reality of the powers known as iddhi, it is equally certain that he did not consider them essential or evenimportant for religion.
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