Karma Story of Buddhist Ethics

Author(s): Paul Carus
Publisher: Chicago Open Court Publishing Company

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"Like other books by the same author it gives evidence of careful study and deep thought."-Times, Kansas City.
"The book is wonderfully interesting and readable, and every delver into varying theologies should possess a copy."-Bee, Sacra. mento, Cal.
"This volume meets the demand for accurate knowledge concerning Buddhism, the greatest of Oriental faiths."-Home Jour nal, New York.
"A useful book to all who are curious to know how little Buddhism resembles Christianity and how superficial and pretentious the tenets of its Gospel."-The Sanitarian, Brooklyn.
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"Dr. Carus has skilfully marshalled in this volume enough from the Buddhistic literature to indicate its wealth of subtle imagery and the process of its illuminative insight."-The Conservator
"No heathen religion can in any way throw light on Christ's religion.... This story of Buddhism, as here compiled and abbreviated, can be read with interest, and it is certainly interesting to note the many good things that are found in its code of morals."Christian Observer, Louisville, Ky.
"Dr. Carus's book will be appreciated by many a student of the religions of the world, who will find here the best thoughts of the great Oriental faith put into readable and understandable shape by a clever, a learned, and a sympathetic scholar. The book is doubly valuable for its table of references, a copious glossary, and full index."-Secular Thought, Toronto.
"A most important contribution to the study of comparative religions.... Here is biographical matter, the philosophical foundations, the religious principles, parables, stories, and other interesting information presented in admirable form. . . . To the ministers who are willing to enrich their service with extra Biblical readings this book is especially commended."-Unity, Chicago.
"The resemblance between Buddha's life and doctrines and the life and doctrines of our Lord is remarkable, and will strike the reader all through the book. He will discover that the generally received idea of Nirvâna as nothingness or annihilation is altogether wrong.... Our Lord taught much in parables and stories; it was a method of instruction well suited to the minds of the people of the East, and we are glad to see that Dr. Carus has given a large
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