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It would be interesting to follow the history of Buddha until his death in 
the city of Kusinara (from eating diseased pork), the record of his combat 
with the Evil One for the sovereignty of theivorld, and the various travesties 
of Christian verities apparent in this religion ; but it is not necessary that 
we should take all this trouble to prove Buddhism a failure. In its encou- 
ragement of the celibacy of the clergy ; in its absence of all spring of motive 
for active benevolence ; in its sloth and laziness, under the specious guise 
of contemplation ; * it has done much towards corrupting the world, and this 
more especially through the false view given of the Divine character. 
On the other hand, Christianity in its true form attests its heaven-born 
excellency in every way ; not the least in its practical works of charity and 
of benevolence abounding on every hand, speaking forth, with a voice that 
cannot but be listened to, that Cod is Love. 
# To meditate on the thirty-two impurities of the body, and on the three 
truths, — its impermanency, pam, and unreality, — is a highly religious exercise. 
