. The Lotus gospel : or, Mahayana Buddhism and its symbolic teachings compared historically and geographically with those of Catholic Christianity. dance with That Divine Order which should make everything, both in Heavenand on earth, centre in Him. In Him, I say, for by our Union with Himwe became Gods Heritage.^ These five punctures are on the triumphal floriatedCross which heads the Syriac stele. Christians variouslyinterpret them as THE FIVE WOUNDS given to our Blessed Saviour when He hung upon theCross for Mans redemption,! (the wound in the righthand being termed * the Well of Mercy,* th
. The Lotus gospel : or, Mahayana Buddhism and its symbolic teachings compared historically and geographically with those of Catholic Christianity. dance with That Divine Order which should make everything, both in Heavenand on earth, centre in Him. In Him, I say, for by our Union with Himwe became Gods Heritage.^ These five punctures are on the triumphal floriatedCross which heads the Syriac stele. Christians variouslyinterpret them as THE FIVE WOUNDS given to our Blessed Saviour when He hung upon theCross for Mans redemption,! (the wound in the righthand being termed * the Well of Mercy,* that in theleft, the * Well of Grace ; **) and the pellets as the FiveLoaves of His miracle, on w^hich He based His esotericteachings on the Eucharist in the Fourth Gospel, (ch : 6).The reason for this becomes clear when we reflectthat, for the first four centuries, the Eucharistic breadsused at Rome were small breakfast rolls, the common ^ p:ph I. lo, II : Twentieth Century N. T, t Hence, Five Rubies are used on some Crosses to set forth thistruth. Note the Five chains by which the Incense thuribles in Tibet, asin Catholic use, are THE LOTUS GOSPEL 365 bread of that day but sealed for holy use with theSvastika-cross, or with the Chi-I monogram which re-sembles the Buddhist jippo. These Five Rolls are constantly pictured in theCatacombs, and in the crypt of Lucina (2nd cent.) ina basket with a glass chalice of Wine and the Fish whichstill, together with Two lighted Candles, are on thePaschal Table in every Jewish home. According to therubric, five grains offrankincense are affixedto the Pasch Candle(symbol of the Pillar ofFire,) by means of the Shew-bread (which to the Jews was thespecial type of Messiah,) bore the same meaning in Israelas it did in Babylon, viz : it was ** the Bread of theFaces,* the different Aspects of the Character of God,and the *Bread of the Revealer **—(bar-bar-ti) ofOracle and Vision.* The early Evangelists to Britain
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