94:8.15 The great weakness in the [[original]] [[gospel]] of [[Buddhism]] was that it did not produce a [[religion]] of unselfish [[social]] [[service]]. The Buddhistic brotherhood was, for a long time, not a fraternity of believers but rather a [[community]] of student teachers. Gautama forbade their receiving [[money]] and thereby sought to prevent the [[growth]] of [[hierarchal]] tendencies. Gautama himself was highly [[social]]; indeed, his life was much greater than his preachment. | 94:8.15 The great weakness in the [[original]] [[gospel]] of [[Buddhism]] was that it did not produce a [[religion]] of unselfish [[social]] [[service]]. The Buddhistic brotherhood was, for a long time, not a fraternity of believers but rather a [[community]] of student teachers. Gautama forbade their receiving [[money]] and thereby sought to prevent the [[growth]] of [[hierarchal]] tendencies. Gautama himself was highly [[social]]; indeed, his life was much greater than his preachment. |