Buddhism in Christendom, or, Jesus, the Essene . Fig. I. relief from Buddha Gaya) is an elephant emerging from a makara, or leviathan. This is the meaning of Buddha coming to earth as a white elephant. It is called in the Lalita Vis- tara, Airavana (born of the waters).^ In the symbolism of the catacombs this sea-monster is equally prominent. The sign of the kingdom of heaven. Fig. 2. is the Prophet Jonah, said Christ. In consequence, we con-stantly see his figure emerging from a sea-monster. But ^ St. Denys, CEuvres, traduites par IAbbe J. Deluc, pp. 306, 314.^ Lalita Vistara, p. 196. 8 BUDDH
Buddhism in Christendom, or, Jesus, the Essene . Fig. I. relief from Buddha Gaya) is an elephant emerging from a makara, or leviathan. This is the meaning of Buddha coming to earth as a white elephant. It is called in the Lalita Vis- tara, Airavana (born of the waters).^ In the symbolism of the catacombs this sea-monster is equally prominent. The sign of the kingdom of heaven. Fig. 2. is the Prophet Jonah, said Christ. In consequence, we con-stantly see his figure emerging from a sea-monster. But ^ St. Denys, CEuvres, traduites par IAbbe J. Deluc, pp. 306, 314.^ Lalita Vistara, p. 196. 8 BUDDHISM IN CHRISTENDOM. sometimes the Jonah is only a child (Fig. 3). This, ofcourse, means that Jonah is the Child Christ. Fig. 4, also from the catacombs, is aninteresting one. Christsspecial symbol is Aries,which in India is a we see the horseemerging from the is si<Tnificative of thegreat distance that we havetravelled from the epochof Christ that modernthought pronounces all
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