Excerpt from The Dhamma of Gotama the Buddha and the Gospel of Jesus the Christ: A Critical Inquiry Into the Alleged Relations of Buddhism With Primitive Christianity Multiplicity of Brahman restrictions Arbitrary and ab surd rules Food-restrictions, especially as to desh-meat and spirituous liquors Penalty for drinking sura Con tempt for manual labor Occupations held to be degrad ing and impure Precautions observed in drinking and walking out of regard for insect life High standard of ethics Insistence on forgiveness of injuries Moral significance of thoughts clearly recognized Choice ex amples of Brahman wisdom. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.