Note 268 — LECTURE V. THE BUDDHIST SANGHA[244]: THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH.
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“I am not aware of any instances in which the pariah of the age is mentioned as a member of the Order.” “According to Buddhist dogmatics, a good Sudra or Vaisya could only hope to be re-born as a Kshatrya, and this clearly indicates that the distinctions of castes had by no means vanished or become worthless in Buddha’s consciousness” (Buddha, etc., p. 156).