Buddhist-Meditation-Systematic-and-Practical

Buddhism was in its ascendance.
Coming to modem times, many travelers from the West
have remarked how similar to Catholic rituals the
practices of Vajrayana Buddhism are. Usually, though,
such travelers' knowledge of the Dharma has been rather
slight and their comparisons therefore superficial.
Mr. Chen, absorbed in his appraisal of Christian
and Buddhist resemblances, here looked from the
transcriber to see the smiling young postman
standing outside; he had only been waiting for a
minute or less, but Mr. Chen profusely and warmly
apologized for keeping him, and, taking his letters,
went on.
Much good work was already done in the last century
and a true flood of books was published, slowly making
knowledge of the Dharma available to more and more
people. But the flood of books then is only a trickle
compared with the torrent today, many of these latter
being reliable accounts of different sides of the
Buddha's teachings.
C. BY REASON OF THE DECLINE OF
CHRISTIANITY
Many examples may be given here to show that this
decline in Western religion not only makes the practice
of Buddhism possible (since dogmatic authority is now
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