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and that this body of the true teachings has also
established there foundations for its further growth
when conditions become suitable. Such is our
philosophy of the relation of Buddhadharma and the
heaven-and-man yanas.
2. Regarding facts rather than philosophic principles,
what do we find?
In the West four kinds of persons are found:
(a) The first among them doubts all religious teachings.
He scoffs at God, Soul, Jesus as Savior, a life after death,
as well as at the smattering of ideas he may have of
other religions; having no faith, for example, in karma
or in transmigration. Some scientists and many who
have received the usual secular education hold views of
this sort.
(b) Second are those people who are already Christian
and do not deny the truth of the Bible, salvation by
Jesus, etc., but because they have read many books on
other religions, they have some doubts about the
completeness of their own faith and feel that they might
progress more in the Buddha's Teachings.
(c) Then there are some young people who although
they have been born in a Christian family, have never
had any deep devotion to that religion and after reading
a book or two on Buddhism, decide quite definitely that
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