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The Metaphysic of Christianity and Buddhism: A Symphony

Chapter 3: SANSCRIT AND PALI TERMS USED.
By D. M. Strong
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The work offers a comparative examination of the figures of Jesus and Gotama and the spiritual systems they represent, then surveys metaphysical questions about God and the cosmos, and analyzes concepts of soul, self, individuality, and karma. It contrasts Christian ideas of heaven with Buddhist notions of nirvana and closes with reflections aimed at reconciling apparent differences and highlighting shared spiritual foundations. An appendix supplies metrical adaptations of Buddhist legend and scripture that illustrate key themes. Throughout, the tone is conciliatory and reflective, seeking conceptual correspondences rather than polemical judgments.

SANSCRIT AND PALI TERMS USED.

Samskāra
Sankhāra		 Includes everything of which impermanence may be predicated, or, which is the same thing, everything which springs from a cause. (Childers.)
Gestaltungen—Oldenberg's Buddha, German edition.
Conformations—English translation of Oldenberg's Buddha.
SkandhasThe five attributes or elements of being—form, sensation, perception, discrimination, and consciousness.
Bhikkhu
Bhikshu		Mendicant, monk, friar.
AkāsaSpace.
SamsāraThe ocean of Birth and Death, transiency, worldliness, the restlessness of a worldly life, the agitation of selfishness, the vanity fair of life. (Paul Carus.)
MahāyānaThe great vehicle—viz., of salvation.
HināyānaThe little vehicle—viz., of salvation.
KarmaAction, work, the law of action, retribution, results of deeds previously done, and the destiny resulting therefrom. (Paul Carus.)

Erratum.

For Professor Oldenberg's Buddhism read everywhere Professor Oldenberg's Buddha: His Life, His Doctrine, His Order.