Christianity, moreover, has established the community of believers
including all classes and conditions of men. Herein each one may realize
him&if. Herein also he may realize the kind of community which is
friendly to his highest aspirations for himself. Herein he has the
opportunity to transmute the instincts above mentioned into forces which
make for the larger development of his own person and the well-being of
the community.
Accordingly, as Christians face Buddhists, they can do so with the
consciousness that this great religion has been reaching out after the
light which shines brightly in our Christian religion. They have the
assurance not only that they have a message which brings fulfilment to
the ideas of the Mahayana, but also that it has prepared the way for the
hearts of the Chinese to receive the highest message of Christianity.
APPENDIX I
HINTS FOR THE PRELIMINARY STUDY OF BUDDHISM IN CHINA
The student should read and inwardly digest the booklet of K. J.
Saunders
He should follow the directions given in Appendix One of that book, This
procedure is important because the Hinayana Buddhism and the life of
Buddha are the background of Buddhism in China.
Then he may take Hackmann's _Buddhism as a Religion_
(No. 15). This will give a general orientation. This may be followed
with R. F. Johnston's _Buddhist China_ (No.
_20_). Along with this he may read Suzuki's
_Awakening of Faith_ (No.
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