Chapter IX · SOO-HO-TO. LEGEND OF BUDDHA.
James Legge translation
[Chinese]
Notes in this chapter
Note 1 · Buddhism stands for the two Chinese characters 佛法, ‘the Law of Buddha,’ and to that rendering of the phrase, which is of frequent occurrenceNote 2 · Śakra is a common name for the Brahmânic Indra, adopted by Buddhism into the circle of its own great adherents;—it has been said, ‘because oNote 3 · The Chinese character is 昔, ‘formerly,’ and is often, as in the first sentence of the narrative, simply equivalent to that adverb. At other Note 4 · It occurs at once to the translator to render the characters 化作 by ‘changed himself to.’ Such is often their meaning in the sequel, but theiNote 5 · That is, had become Buddha, or completed his course (成道).Note 6 · This seems to be the contribution of 校 (or 挍), to the force of the binomial 校師, which is continually occurring.Note 7 · In that country also Buddhism1 is flourishing. There is in it the place where Śakra,2 Ruler of Devas, in a former age,3 tried the Bodhisattv