. The Lotus gospel : or, Mahayana Buddhism and its symbolic teachings compared historically and geographically with those of Catholic Christianity. lettered copy of the Hokekyoto the Hoke-ji at Nara, for the washing away of sin. t I am indebted to Dr. lyan Takakusu for generously allowing me touse most of the above narrative from his own translation from the Chineseoriginal; to Rev. Prof, Abe of Koya University for some additional in-formation; also to Rev. B. Nanjios Short History, pp. 28, 29. 192 THE LOTUS GOSPEL our Lord is merely indicated by His Footprints, nopart of the Figure being visi
. The Lotus gospel : or, Mahayana Buddhism and its symbolic teachings compared historically and geographically with those of Catholic Christianity. lettered copy of the Hokekyoto the Hoke-ji at Nara, for the washing away of sin. t I am indebted to Dr. lyan Takakusu for generously allowing me touse most of the above narrative from his own translation from the Chineseoriginal; to Rev. Prof, Abe of Koya University for some additional in-formation; also to Rev. B. Nanjios Short History, pp. 28, 29. 192 THE LOTUS GOSPEL our Lord is merely indicated by His Footprints, nopart of the Figure being visible. Footprints of Buddha are shown in Ceylon, onMount Hiye, in Japan, at the Yakushi-ji near Nara, atKokawa-dera (founded 770,) and at the Zojo-ji templeof the Pure ^—s. ^z*^ Land sect /^^ I W^ 8 f cS\ (Jo do) inTokyo. Theimmense sizeof the Feetcorresponds toIsaiah 66, 1,2 ; Ezekiel 43 :6, 7 ; comparealso Acts 1 :11, 12, withZechariah 14 :4, 9; Ephes4:13. For the in-fluence exercis-ed throughthis mission ofKan-shin uponSaicho, ayoung monkof God-likeunderstanding,the reader isreferred tochapters xv,xvii. *» A Footprwt of Bvdiha at NaraJ*^.
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