The Appeal of Buddhism

This is a translated excerpt from the article entitled Liang Qichao And Learning Buddhism that I just came across on the online Nanyang Siang Pau (many thanks to my wife for the alert):

Toward the end of the Ching Dynasty in China, many scholars turned their attention from the traditional Confucian focus to studying Buddhism. This was a common trend then. Among them is Liang Qichao, a Chinese scholar, journalist, philosopher and reformist during the Qing Dynasty (1644–1911), who inspired Chinese scholars with his writings and reform movements. And he listed several areas of Buddhist teachings that appealed to him (the Chinese text follows next):

• Buddhist beliefs are founded on wise teachings and not superstition.
• Buddhist beliefs emphasize the complementarity of all that is good, and not the exclusivity of good.
• Buddhist beliefs cater to the needs of this world, the here and now, and not as an escape route out of this world.
• Buddhist beliefs are measureless, and not bounded.
• Buddhist beliefs are predicated on equality, and not disparity.
• Buddhist beliefs are learned through self-motivation, and not driven by externalities.