ABSTRACT
The modern predicament poses the problem of the tests of truth in religion as between one faith and another. Its solution requires that we should gain as unbiased a knowledge of other faiths as is possible. The investigation of the tests of truth can conveniently start from the problem of the historical nature of Christianity. The Buddha was no doubt a supremely wise and holy man; but Christ did certain things, in a concrete historical situation. Christ is the canon of truth, and the other religions must be judged in that light. Theravada Buddhism is essentially a mystical religion. That is to say, it concentrates upon the contemplative experience which constitutes the assurance of nirvana. Thus, from the Christian point of view, both Buddhism and this form of Hinduism involve an under-valuing of the experience of the personal Lord in favour of the more impersonal bliss and peace of contemplation.
