Buddhism in Christendom, or, Jesus, the Essene . rld systems were calledOgdoads. In Buddhism they are called Buddha Kshetras,luminous counterparts of the starry dome of heaven, with theGreat Dragon for apex and the zodiac for base. Padmapanimeans bearing the lotus, a bud from the great cosmicalemblem. In Gnostic gems and Buddhist sculptures theDivine Child is usually represented either seated on a lotusor holding a bud in his hand. Here is a representation of the Child Christ taken fromthe catacombs. He alsois emerging from a lotusor lily. Padmapani is alsocalled Manas, a completeequivalent fo
Buddhism in Christendom, or, Jesus, the Essene . rld systems were calledOgdoads. In Buddhism they are called Buddha Kshetras,luminous counterparts of the starry dome of heaven, with theGreat Dragon for apex and the zodiac for base. Padmapanimeans bearing the lotus, a bud from the great cosmicalemblem. In Gnostic gems and Buddhist sculptures theDivine Child is usually represented either seated on a lotusor holding a bud in his hand. Here is a representation of the Child Christ taken fromthe catacombs. He alsois emerging from a lotusor lily. Padmapani is alsocalled Manas, a completeequivalent for Nous, thehead ^on of the ^ We have shown thatBuddha, as the elephantissuing from the mightyfish, symbolized the ac-tive God ruling in Pra-vritti, or the Pleroma. Thesame is said of Christ. It was the Fathersgood pleasure that inHim the \\\\o\qpleroma should have its home (Col. i. 19). In Him dwells the whole//^r^wrt; of the -| -p. •, f- in bodily shape, [ corporeally] (Col. ii. 9). ^ Hodgson, Languages, etc., of Nipal, p. Fig. 21. 236 BUDDHISM IN CHRISTENDOM. The Church which is His body, the plej^onia of Him thatfilleth all in all (Eph. i. 23). That ye may be filled unto all the pleroina of God, untothe measure of the stature of the pleroina of Christ(Eph. iii. 19). Of Was pleroina we all received (John i. 16). In the great controversy carried on by the Gnostics, thesetexts were considered most important. Their works havebeen burnt; but we see from Irenaeus that they also relied onthe frequent mention of the Gnostic ^ons in the NewTestament. Even the mystery which hath been hid from the ^onsand generations, but now is made manifest to his saints(Col. i. 26). According to the purpose of the ^ons, which Hepurposed in Christ Jesus our Lord (Eph. iii. 11). The Gnostics, too, pointed out in the giving (com-munion), the prayer to the ^ons of the aeon.^ Perhaps the following passage, from the Liturgy of , is what is alluded to— O beneficent King of t
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