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Gentleness was one of the prin- cipal traits of Sakyamouni's character. His compassion extended itself to all created' beings. When his doctrine spread amongst the Japanese, the latter had already made it a law that the flesh of no domestic animal should be eaten. This custom had, among other economical effects, the advantage or preventing a rise in the price of the buffalo, which in the rice country is absolutely indis- pensable to the poorest cultivators.
Certain other Buddhist sects went so ...far as to proscribe every other nourishment than the vegetable. Sakyamouni recommended abstinence, not only from lying and evil- 410 ■speaking, but also from every idle word.
Silence took its place among other monastic yows. In the same way abnegation, purity of morals, patience, and perseverance, were •erected into ordinances, regulating, in the most minute detail, the costume, food, and •employment of the hours of the day and the night.
Because Buddha had shown himself inde- JAPAN AND THE JAPANESE.
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Gentleness was one of the prin- cipal traits of Sakyamouni's character. His compassion extended itself to all created' beings. When his doctrine spread amongst the Japanese, the latter had already made it a law that the flesh of no domestic animal should be eaten. This custom had, among other economical effects, the advantage or preventing a rise in the price of the buffalo, which in the rice country is absolutely indis- pensable to the poorest cultivators.
Certain other Buddhist sects went so ...far as to proscribe every other nourishment than the vegetable. Sakyamouni recommended abstinence, not only from lying and evil- 410 ■speaking, but also from every idle word.
Silence took its place among other monastic yows. In the same way abnegation, purity of morals, patience, and perseverance, were •erected into ordinances, regulating, in the most minute detail, the costume, food, and •employment of the hours of the day and the night.
Because Buddha had shown himself inde- JAPAN AND THE JAPANESE.
What to read after The Flowery Kingdom And the Land of the Mikado, Or, China, Japan, And Corea : Containing Their Complete History Down to the Present Time ...?
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