The Open court . Fig. 8. Jagannath With His Two Companions. (After Schlagintweit.) 90 THE OPEN Fig. 9. Lao-Tsze—Buddha—, D, D, philosophers, and E a hero. F, the Chinese dragon, covered with the sacred tor-toise shell. G, G, G, H, Gods. I, K, L, M, Demons. After an old Chinese painting, reproduced by Kirchner, and from Kirchner by Pickart.] I THE TRINITY IDEA. QI tion manifesting itself in incarnations called avatars^; andShiva (Figs. 3, 4, 5) is the destroyer and regenerator, the trans-former. Vishnu in his incarnations, especially as Krishna (Figs. 8 and11) and as Jagannat
The Open court . Fig. 8. Jagannath With His Two Companions. (After Schlagintweit.) 90 THE OPEN Fig. 9. Lao-Tsze—Buddha—, D, D, philosophers, and E a hero. F, the Chinese dragon, covered with the sacred tor-toise shell. G, G, G, H, Gods. I, K, L, M, Demons. After an old Chinese painting, reproduced by Kirchner, and from Kirchner by Pickart.] I THE TRINITY IDEA. QI tion manifesting itself in incarnations called avatars^; andShiva (Figs. 3, 4, 5) is the destroyer and regenerator, the trans-former. Vishnu in his incarnations, especially as Krishna (Figs. 8 and11) and as Jagannath^ (Fig. 8), is dearest to the Hindu heart, forhe is the God that has become flesh, and he is full of love andcompassion. Brahma and Shiva, not unlike the Jehovah of the OldTestament, are gods of wrath, but the Vishnu (the Hindu Christ)is full of compassion, of meekness, and humility. This is illus-trated in a crude legend which according to a story from the Bha-gavata-purana runs as follows : ^ A dispute once arose among the sages which of the three gods was applied to the great
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