In spite of the preaching of mercy to animals,
in spite of the sublime ethical religion,
in spite of the hair-splitting discussions about the existence or non-existence of a permanent soul,
the whole building of Buddhism tumbled down piecemeal; and the ruin was simply hideous.
I have neither the time nor the inclination to describe to you the hideousness that came in the wake of Buddhism.
The most hideous ceremonies, the most horrible, the most obscene books that human hands ever wrote or the human brain ever conceived, the most bestial forms that ever passed under the name of religion, have all been the creation of degraded Buddhism.
- Swami Vivekananda,
Address at Madras,
Lectures From Colombo to Almora
in spite of the sublime ethical religion,
in spite of the hair-splitting discussions about the existence or non-existence of a permanent soul,
the whole building of Buddhism tumbled down piecemeal; and the ruin was simply hideous.
I have neither the time nor the inclination to describe to you the hideousness that came in the wake of Buddhism.
The most hideous ceremonies, the most horrible, the most obscene books that human hands ever wrote or the human brain ever conceived, the most bestial forms that ever passed under the name of religion, have all been the creation of degraded Buddhism.
- Swami Vivekananda,
Address at Madras,
Lectures From Colombo to Almora
No comments:
Post a Comment