...absence of every theological element, and a deeply grounded aversion to pure speculation. Earth says, " Buddha does not deny the existence of certain beings...them, and that his business does not lie with them. . . . He does not busy himself with the origin of things; he takes them just as they are, or as they...

...of it, whenever it is true to the philosophy of its founder. The two negative principles were " an absence of every theological element, and a conspicuous aversion to pure speculation," and the two positive principles are that " the way conducts to total extinction, and that perfection...

...being struck with two characteristics : the absence of ritualism, and a deeply grounded aversion to speculation. " Buddha does not deny the existence...Varuna ; but he thinks that he owes nothing to them. ... He does not busy himself with the origin of things ; he takes them just as they are, or as they...

...being struck with two characteristics : the absence of ritualism, and a deeply grounded aversion to speculation. " Buddha does not deny the existence...Varuna ; but he thinks that he owes nothing to them. . . . He does not busy himself with the origin of things ; he takes them just as they are, or as they...

...to indicate as briefly as we can the fundamental doctrines of the religion established by Gautaina. The two characteristics which strike us at once in...the existence of certain beings called Indra, Agni, Varu¿a; but he thinks that he owes nothing to them, and that his business does not lie with them....