. The Lotus gospel : or, Mahayana Buddhism and its symbolic teachings compared historically and geographically with those of Catholic Christianity. hos-tage from the King of Benares, who being himself con-verted from Brahmanism to the Mahayana Faith becameits first Patriarch. In his time Shaka is said to havereturned to earth. (See ch. 21. S. BeaPs note). After this Council, (at which the Canon of theMahayana was settled,) the scriptures approved by itwere engraved on copper plates and buried, together withsome relics and Nyorais bones, beneath a Thirteen-umbrella-Tower, 400 ft. high, which Ki
. The Lotus gospel : or, Mahayana Buddhism and its symbolic teachings compared historically and geographically with those of Catholic Christianity. hos-tage from the King of Benares, who being himself con-verted from Brahmanism to the Mahayana Faith becameits first Patriarch. In his time Shaka is said to havereturned to earth. (See ch. 21. S. BeaPs note). After this Council, (at which the Canon of theMahayana was settled,) the scriptures approved by itwere engraved on copper plates and buried, together withsome relics and Nyorais bones, beneath a Thirteen-umbrella-Tower, 400 ft. high, which King Kanishkaerected over them. These relics and sutras were discovered recently andremoved to Burma for safe custody. Joye erected a copy of this Tower at Tonomine inJapan in the 7th century. AsVagoshas name signifies *^ Neighing Horse,* whichhas led Dr. T. Richard to connect him with the vision * <* Greek influence on Indian Art^ by P. Gardner. Oxford coins, first found in 1849, ^ow amount to thousands. t King Kanishkas empire extended west to Kabul, north to thePamirs, east to Benares, and south to the mouth of the r^ .,^-*.. -Y^t}}..»i,m», -11 mum 5. IhIiIIII ItliEEIC ^CCCCCC :-^33a3U3iW , U Joyes Tower, At Tonomine, in Yamato. THE LOTUS GOSPEL 9 of the Man on the White Horse in Rev. 6. 1, 2, who** went forth conquering and to conquer; * and, possibly,a connection is traceable between this fact and theHindu Expectation of Kalki, the Coming Deliverer, ridingupon a White Horse. AsVaghosa died about A. , (the year of St. Johns death at Ephesus), andhis posthumous title is Absolute Conqueror.* The doctrine of a Trinity is peculiar to the Mahayana,I. e. Northern Buddhism,t and * To increase the brilliancyof the Triratna, the Three Precious Things, (literallythe preciousness of Buddha, the Law, and the Monks,or * Society of Perfected^ ones,) AsVaghosa wrote atreatise which, although only about the size of St. MarksGospel,§ ranks in influ
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