Karma Story of Buddhist Ethics

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

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FICTION
The following stories by Dr. Paul Carus characterise important phases of the religious development of mankind :
THE CROWN OF THORNS. A Story of the Time of Christ. Illus
trated. Pp. 73.750 net (35. 6d. net). The tale is fiction of the character of legend, utilising materials preserved in both the canonical scriptures and the Apocryphal traditions, but giving preference to the former. Jesus is characterised by the impression be makes upon a Galilean gardener. We meet with a messiah of the type of Bar Cochba, Longinus the Roman soldier, Zebidee and his sons, and St. Paul, the great Apostle of the New Religion.
THE CHIEF'S DAUGHTER. A Legend of Niagara. Seven photo
gravures, 13 pen and ink drawings and half-tone illustrations. $1.00 net (45. 6d.). A story which testifies to the universality of the idea of sacrifice and proves that all the nations are pre
pared for the reception of Christianity.! EROS AND PSYCHE. Retold after Apuleius. Half-tone reproduc
cions, with ornamental borders, of the famous illustrations of Paul Thumann. Pp. xv, 108. $1.50 net (6s. net). The story
clearacterises the origin of the belief in immortality among the
qancient Greeks. KARMA. A Story of Buddhist Ethics. Third Japanese art edition.
Crêpe paper, tied in silk. Quaintly illustrated. 75C (35. 6d.). A parallel of Christ's injunction "Love thy neighbor as thy
self." NIRVANA A Story of Buddhist Psychology. (This is a compan
ion work to the story Karma.) Illustrated by a Japanese ar
tist. Pp., 93. Cloth, 6oc net (3s. net). AMITABHA. A Story of Buddhist Metaphysics. This story ap
peared in The Open Court, in July, August, and September, 1902. It describes the development of what may be called Buddhist theology, viz., the origin of the idea of Amitabha, the source of spiritual light as the Good Law, which is eternal and omnipresent. The main events and characters of the story, especially King Kanishka and the philosopher Acva. ghosha are historical. (Not yet published in book form)
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