The Open court . THE BUDDHIST SHIP OF SALVATION BOUND FOR PARADISE. was the victim of a cruel stepmothers tyranny) and was con-sidered an incarnation of Ouan Yin. She is still remembered, THE LOTUS GOSPEL 551 for we read: Each spring, on May 14, the reception of the youngprincess-nun into paradise is commemorated in a wonderful mysteryprocession which enacts The Coming of Amida with Twentv-five. CIIUJO-IIIME, THE LOTUS PRINCESS. Bosatsus and the whole company of heavenly men, women, andchildren to compensate this little nun who—in her mortal life—was so grievously afflicted. 552 THE OPEN COURT
The Open court . THE BUDDHIST SHIP OF SALVATION BOUND FOR PARADISE. was the victim of a cruel stepmothers tyranny) and was con-sidered an incarnation of Ouan Yin. She is still remembered, THE LOTUS GOSPEL 551 for we read: Each spring, on May 14, the reception of the youngprincess-nun into paradise is commemorated in a wonderful mysteryprocession which enacts The Coming of Amida with Twentv-five. CIIUJO-IIIME, THE LOTUS PRINCESS. Bosatsus and the whole company of heavenly men, women, andchildren to compensate this little nun who—in her mortal life—was so grievously afflicted. 552 THE OPEN COURT. Another Japanese princess who has become dear to the Japa-nese Buddhists is the Empress Asuka-hime, of whom Mrs. Gordonsays: About the year 735, the Empress Asuka-hime made votiveimages and vowed to receive, bathe, and cleanse 1000 sick folks ifYakushi [Buddha] would heal her own disease, which is variouslydescribed as consumption, blindness, or leprosy. By his grace, herprayer was granted, and so the temple Yakushi-ji was erected inthanksgiving at Nara. It is said that 999 patients arrived, but thatfor a long time no others came. At length a wretched outcast, so terribly defaced and deformedthat he was hardly human, craved admission into the hospice, whichwas readily granted. He then said that Amida had appeared to himin vision, assuring him of cure if only the empress could be pe
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