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Whitehead's `actual entity' and the Buddha&a(2)

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     Buddhism in each of the following  assertions: [1]
     there  is  a  savior   in  Buddhism   just  as  in
     Christianity;  [2] the souls of the blessed return
     to God;  [3]  Buddhism  discourages  the sense  of
     active personality; [4] the moral aims of Buddhism
     are directed to altering  the first principles  of
     metaphysics;  and  [5] the multiplicity  of finite
     enduring individuals  was relegated  to a world of
     appearances, and the ultimate reality was centered
     in  an  Absolute.   See  Religion  in  the  Making
     (Cambridge:  At  the  University   Press,  1926) ,
     particularly pp. 139-141.
     In these  assertions  it is clearly  seen  that  he
     interprets Buddhism as a religion of the popular type
     which accepts such elements  as a savior, a soul, and
     man's  resignation   from  life.   Though   of  later
     development  throughout  Asia, this type  of Buddhism
     was the first to make contact  with and an impact  on
     the Western mind.  He also confuses Buddhism with the
     orthodox  Vedaantic  type of religion where man is in
     illusion (maayaa) until he is able to elevate himself
     by  a  supreme effort and thus become immersed in the
     reality of the ultimate (Brahman).


              p.304

     so cryptic  that they simply  lend themselves  to all
     kinds  of interpretations  and fabrications, some  of
     which, unfortunately, are drastically  apart from the
     original idea or true import.  In a sense, the Buddha
     also  indulged  in  a new  vocabulary.  Thus, on this
     count   too,  he  was  charged   with  being   vague,
     inconsistent,  and  abstract.  For  example,  he  was
     criticized  for discoursing  on the unreality  rather
     than the reality  of things, which clearly shows that
     the new language he advanced  was either rejected  or
     ignored   by  his   opponents.   But   it  is  to  be
     acknowledged   that   the  Buddha   caused   a  major
     revolution  in India with regard to man's outlook  on
     the reality of things.  He had to be "unorthodox"  in
     his expressions  in reference  to the content  of his
     enlightened  nature.  As  a  consequence, the  Buddha
     coined  new  terms  and phrases  which  were  against
     tradition  and religion.  He did resort to old terms,