Japan and the Japanese illustrated . heJapanese considered it their duty to recall it by various symbols, such as theelephants heads which 1 have already described among the architectural ornaments onBuddhist monuments, and, in memory of India, by palm plants of a small species accli-matized in Japan, which are seen in the neighbourhood of the Temples. It was more THE BIRTH OF BUDDHA. 129 easy for them to testify their respect fur tlic birthplace of Buddha by certain outwardsigns, than to preserve the essence of liis religion, that is to say, the exact tradition ofhis life, liis personality, a
Japan and the Japanese illustrated . heJapanese considered it their duty to recall it by various symbols, such as theelephants heads which 1 have already described among the architectural ornaments onBuddhist monuments, and, in memory of India, by palm plants of a small species accli-matized in Japan, which are seen in the neighbourhood of the Temples. It was more THE BIRTH OF BUDDHA. 129 easy for them to testify their respect fur tlic birthplace of Buddha by certain outwardsigns, than to preserve the essence of liis religion, that is to say, the exact tradition ofhis life, liis personality, and his teaching. According to the Japanese legend, Buddha came into the world in a miraculousmanner. Immediately on his birth he stood upright in the middle of the chamber, madeseven steps in the direction of each of the four cardinal points, and, pointing with his righthand towards heaven and his left hand towards the ground, he said, Above me on high,and below and around me, there is nothing which can compare with me, and no other.
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