INDEX
William Gemmell translation
Alexandria, 20.
Alms-bowl, 3, 5
Almsgiving, 2
Anagami, 31, 32
Anepidu, 51
Anniversaries, 37
Anta-Kalpas, 42
Anuradhapura, 51
Anurogrammum, 51
Apatti, 28
Ari-Hat, 32
Arjuna, 57
Aryagiti, 26
Arya-Marga, 32
Ascetic, 21
Asiatic, 89
Asurus, 44
Atman, 51
Atoms, 48
Attavada, 12
αὐτοδιδακτος, 38
Bacche (The), 20
Benares, 2
Benefactions, 3
Bhoga-Deha, 83
Bikkhus, 95
Bikshu, 7
Bikshuni, 7
Brahman, 69
Brahmanas, 1
Brahmanical, 83
Brahmanism, 17
Buddhaphalam, 32
Buddhic, 27
Burnouf, 108
Calingapatah, 56
Calvary, 71
Ceylon, 80
Ceylon Friend, 61
Chakra, 95
Chang-Ming, 20
Chang-Shui, 101
Chioh-Hsien, 11
Christians, 74
Chuan-Fah-Luen, 14
Chuang-Yen, 39
Circars, 56
Creed, 47
Cross, 71
Danataka Aranyaka, 35
Davis, Sir John Francis, 19
Dewa-Loka, 30
Devas, 31
Dhammo, 78
Dharma Aranyaka, 35
Dharmasala, 65
Dharmma, 27
Dipankara Buddha, 37, 38, 67, 71, 72, 73
Djatakas, 2
Dubois (the Abbé), 88
Egypt, 20
Elburz, 40
Eleusis, 65
Enlightenment of Ananda, 12
Euripides, 20
Fah-Ai, 14
Fah-Lien, 14
Fah-Luen, 14
Fah-Men, 14
Fah-Ming, 14
Fah-Pao, 14
Fah-Shen, 16
Fah-Wang, 14
Fah-Yen, 78
Fairies, 110
Fei-Fuh-Fah, 28
Fo-Sho-Hing-Tsan-King, 93
Fox, 67
Fuh-Ko, 32
Fuh-Tu, 39
Gandhara, 5
German, 20
Getæ, 69
Girdle, 3
Gods, 110
Gogerly, Rev. D. J., 61
Gondophares, 9
Gotama, 52
Greek, 20
Gunga, 42
Hastagiri, 48
Hero, 50
Hinayana, 64
Hindoo, 64
Hindu Manners, Customs, and Ceremonies, 88
Hinduism, 66
Ho-Ru-To-Lo-San-Mao-San-Pu-Ti, 7
Ho-Tan-Ju-Lai, 63
Hua-Yen-Sutra, 100
Hunter, Sir William, 55
Huxley, 10
Icicles, 86
Immortality, 44
Immortals, 2
Indian Empire, The, 55
Indo-Scythic, 9
I-Wu-Wei-Fah, 25
Jains, 88
Jayendra, 53
Jesus, 18
Jeta, 2, 4
Jewels, 91
Kalinga, 56
Kaliradja, 56
Kalpa, 45
Kanyakubja, 109
Kashaya, 50
Kashmir, 65
Kasina, 36
Khaloupas’ Waddhaktinka, 4
Kingdoms, 38, 40, 76
Kos’ala, 56
Kshanti, 58
Kshantivadin, 58
Kwa-Yuh, 33
Lao-Tsz, 28
Lay Sermons, 10
Le, 109
Lotus of the Good Law, 64
Love, 73
Ma-Ming, 9
Madhyades’a, 5
Mahasattvas, 7
Mahayana, 62
Mantras, 1
Matanga, 35
Materialist, 48
Meitreya (Buddha), 5
Memoirs sur les Contrées Occidentales, 2
Mencius, 33
Mendicant, 4
Metamorphosis, 9
Mieh-Tu, 10
Milton, 71
Mo-Ho-Sa, 7
Mo-Wei-Sutra, 77
Muir (J.), 89
Murray (Gilbert), 20
Myak, 7
Nairanjara, 70
Narakas, 46
Needle, 3
Nibbana, 23
Nihilism, 69
Nimitta, 36
Non-individuality, 76
Nuttara, 7
Œdipus Coloneus, 65
O-siu-lo, 44
Padumas, 48
Pali, 80
Patna, 94
Path, 18
Persia, 5
Pilgrims, 2
Po-Ro-Po-Lo-Mi, 8
Prajna-Paramita, 9
Prakrita, 57
Prasenajit, 2
Priests, 4
Ptolemy, 51
Puh-Seng, 32
Pundarikas, 48
Pu-sa, 6
Raft, 23
Rahat, 20
Rahatship, 35
Ran-Teng-Fuh, 37
Razor, 3
Regents, 40
Reincarnation, 30, 31
Relation des Royaumes Buddhiques, 5
Remusat, 5
Ren, 44
Richard (Dr), 74
Righteousness, 33
Rishi, 58
Robe, 3, 50
Sagara, 5
Sakkayaditthi, 12
Sakridagami, 30, 31
Samadhi, 36
Sambhoga-Kaya, 83
Sambodhi, 7
Samma-Sambuddha, 80
Sangha, 44
San-Pao, 17
Sarvanikchepa, 42
Sarwajnan-Wahanse, 80
Sasa, 45
Sattva, 6
Saviour, 92
Schelling, 20
Scripture, 9, 18, 19, 20, 26, 43, 45, etc.
Scrotapatti, 28, 29
Seh-Shen, 16
Selfhood, 42
Sewet, 51
Shah-Tseh, 32
Shanghai, 74
Shelley, 98
Shen-Ming, 51
Shore, 23, 47
Siao-Fah, 64
Signs, 50
Singhalese, 78
Siva, 17
Sivaism, 17
Sophocles, 65
Spawn, 9
Spirits, 44, 110
Spiritualist, 48
Sramana, 36
Srota, 28
S’ruti, 1
Sthula, 83
Subhuti, 6, 8, 13, etc.
Sugata, 26
Sujata, 70
Sutana, 2
Swastika, 50
Syria, 20
Sz-ti, 32
Ta-Cheng-Che, 62
Talents, 78
Tang (dynasty), 76
Ta-Pi-K’u, 3
Teacher, 3
Temples, 39
Tennyson, 23
Ti-Ching, 11
Tien, 44
Tien-Kong, 30
Ting-Kwang-Fuh, 37
Topes, 64
Trimurti, 17
Triratna, 17
Tsz-Ran-Choih-Sing, 25
Tuchita, 5
Twan-Tsi-Sin-Yao, 76
Upadanas, 13
Vais’ali, 5
Vedas, 1
Vedic, 89
Vice, 3
Vihara, 109
Virtue, 3
Vows, 19
Waddhaktinka, 4
Waterfall, 86
Water-strainer, 3
West, 110
Wiharas, 51
Wisdom, 3, 7, 8, 47
Wou-Wei, 24
Wu-Wei, Fah, 28
Yen-Ping, 88
Yogi, 20
Yojanas, 109
Yuen-Chioh-Sutra, 100
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Notes in this chapter
Note 1 · It is generally supposed that the familiar introductory phrase, “Thus have I heard,” was adopted by the writers or editors of Buddhist SutraNote 2 · “The term (Buddha) means ‘every intelligent being who has thrown off the bondage of sense perception and self, knows the utter unreality of Note 3 · Shravasti is variously described as the city (or kingdom) of philosophy, of good doctrine, of abundant virtue, and as the abode of immortalsNote 4 · “Prasenajit, the king of Shravasti, was very favourable to the Buddhist religion. It was his minister who bought the garden of Jeta from theNote 5 · “A person of extraordinary piety and goodness. One of the former Djatakas of Sakyamuni when he was a prince, and forfeited the throne by libNote 6 · The Chinese text is ta-pi-k’u—greater disciples. Our Chinese editor of The Diamond Sutra suggests that there are different grades of disciplNote 7 · A title conferred by Chinese Buddhists upon the founder of their faith, believing him to be a Teacher and Saviour whose merit is acclaimed iNote 8 · Having taken vows of poverty, a robe is one of the following eight articles which Buddhist monks are permitted to possess: three garments ofNote 9 · Buddha has said, “the wise priest never asks for anything; he disdains to beg; it is a proper thing for which he carries the alms-bowl; and Note 10 · Concerning the manner of begging an alms: “As a bee, injuring not the flower, or its colour, or its scent, flies away, taking the nectar, soNote 11 · “By many of the Buddhists it is considered to be an act of great merit to make a vow never to partake of food without giving a portion to thNote 12 · “The fifth of the twelve sacred observances of the Chinese is called in Sanscrit Khaloupas’ Waddhaktinka, and is said to enjoin that the fooNote 13 · “The alms-bowl which Sakyamuni used is considered a sacred relic, and to be used by each of the hundred Buddhas of the present kalpa. It wasNote 14 · “A famous dialectician noted for the subtilty of his intellect. He was a native of Shravasti, a contemporary of Sakyamuni, and figures as thNote 15 · “Pu-Sa or Bodhisattva, literally he whose essence (Sattva) has become intelligence (Bodhi). A being that has only once more to pass through Note 16 · “Women began to ask and received permission to take the vows. They were called in India Bikshuni.... Ni is the Sanscrit feminine terminationNote 17 · “ho-ru-to-lo-san-mao-san-pu-ti (Anuttara Samyak Sambodhi), literally unexcelled perfect intelligence. Another more painstaking but arbitraryNote 18 · “When a man’s heart is disposed in accordance with his roaming senses, it snatches away his spiritual knowledge as the wind does a ship on tNote 19 · Chinese commentators are careful to explain that the title of this Sutra, Po-ro-po-lo-mi (Prajna-Paramita), means Wisdom, by which we are enNote 20 · “Bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ.”—The Apostle Paul.Note 21 · Compare the Chinese text of the famous Buddhist tract entitled Awakening of Faith, written by Ma-Ming (Asvaghocha), “who flourished a.d. 50,Note 22 · “This work contains the germ of the larger compilation Prajna-Paramita in one hundred and twenty volumes. The abstractions of Buddhist philoNote 23 · Discoursing upon illusory ideas concerning the world of sentient life, the Lord Buddha stated that these were already eliminated from the miNote 24 · By adopting the term Mieh-Tu, Chinese Buddhists appear well prepared to refute a prevalent notion that their concept of deliverance is equivNote 25 · “The dewdrop slips into the shining sea.” —Light of Asia. Sir Edwin Arnold. “The dewdrop re-becomes the shining sea.” —Chioh-Hsien (a ChinesNote 26 · The able commentator Ti-Ching observes that many people, like Ananda—a favourite disciple of Buddha—are in error when they suppose their minNote 27 · “This belief in self is regarded so distinctly as a heresy that two well-known words in Buddhist terminology have been coined on purpose to Note 28 · “The first of six Paramita—charity, morality, endurance, energy, contemplation, wisdom—cardinal virtues, or means of progressing towards NirNote 29 · “The kind of craving excitement, which follows on sensation, and causes the delusion of self and the lust of life—creating either delight inNote 30 · Fah, the Chinese equivalent of Dharma—Law, appears to be a generic term for all religious doctrines incidental to Buddhism. The Buddhas are Note 31 · “Subhuti, can the western, or southern, or northern regions of space be measured? or the four midway regions of space (i.e., N.E., S.E., S.WNote 32 · “Of all the modes of acquiring merit, that of almsgiving is the principal; it is the chief of the virtues that are requisite for the attainmNote 33 · “Let his livelihood be kindliness, His conduct righteousness, Then in the fulness of gladness He will make an end of grief.” —Buddhism. T. Note 34 · “Primitive Buddhism distinguished a material, visible, and perishable body (Seh-Shen—lit., the Body of Form) and an immaterial, invisible, iNote 35 · The spiritual Buddha must be realised within the mind, otherwise there can be no true perception of the Lord Buddha.—Chinese Annotation.Note 36 · Compare the question addressed by Jesus to His disciples, “When the Son of Man cometh, shall He find faith on the earth?”Note 37 · “In fulness of the times—it fell The Buddha died, the great Tathagata, Even as a man ’mongst men, fulfilling all: And how a thousand thousaNote 38 · When a novice seeks admission to a monastic order, an ordination service is conducted by a chapter of monks, at which the following vows areNote 39 · “The primary motive for doing good, and worshipping Buddha, according to these scriptures (the Buddha scriptures of Nipal), is the hope of oNote 40 · “And is thy faith so much to give, Is it so hard a thing to see, That the Spirit of God, whate’er it be, The Law that abides and changes noNote 41 · “The elements of faith, like the flowers, appear to have their roots in eternity.”—Chang-Ming (a Chinese monk).Note 42 · “Were it possible for a Yogi and a Rahat from India, a Greek philosopher from one of the schools holding the power of intuition, an ascetic Note 43 · “For now I know, by what within me stirs, That I shall teach compassion unto men And be a speechless world’s interpreter.” —The Light of
ANote 44 · “(By me) is made a well-constructed raft,—so said Bhagavat—I have passed over (to Nibbana), I have reached the further bank, having overcomeNote 45 · Compare an idea expressed by the apostle Paul, “wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ.” Note, also, the similarity Note 46 · “Our little systems have their day, They have their day and cease to be; They are but broken lights of Thee, But thou, O Lord, art more thaNote 47 · “So it appears that all the sages and wise men who have lived have all adopted this mode of diffusive doctrine [doctrine which admits of no Note 48 · The Chinese text “i-wu-wei-fah,” is explained by a learned expositor as tsz-ran-choih-sing—the intuitive faculty.Note 49 · “Because that thing which was known or taught by the Tathagata is incomprehensible and inexpressible. It is neither a thing nor no-thing. AnNote 50 · Gold, silver, pearls, coral, cornelian, glass, and crystal.Note 51 · “Very considerable indeed, world-honoured one! But why so? This merit being in its very character of the nature of that which is no merit atNote 52 · “Gatha—hymns and chants, narratives containing moral expositions in metrical language. A Chinese text says, ‘32 characters form one Gatha,’ Note 53 · “The Dharmma (Law) is perfect, having nothing redundant, and nothing wanting. But it requires attention, that the benefits it offers may be Note 54 · “Faith is in the world the best property for a man; Dhamma (the Law), well observed, conveys happiness; truth, indeed, is the sweetest of thNote 55 · “What then, Subhuti? All the Buddhas, and all the perfect laws of the Buddhas, have sprung from (the principles of) this one Sutra; but, SubNote 56 · “One who has entered (Apatti) the stream (Srota), the latter being defined as the stream of holy conduct (which bears on to Nirvana).”—HandbNote 57 · “Men walking in the path, and standing in the fruits thereof, those who have attained some fruits thereof but are yet learners ... whose hopNote 58 · Perhaps in the sense that a Scrotapatti clearly perceives and understands the tentative nature of the Law, his mind being trained to regard Note 59 · “The path Sakradagami is so called because he who enters it will receive one more birth. He may enter this path in the world of men, and aftNote 60 · “Because he is not an individual being (Dharma), who has obtained the state of a Sakridagami.”—The Vagrakkhedika. Max Müller.Note 61 · “Not returning, or not being reborn in the world of desire. The third degree of Buddhistic saintship, the third class of Aryas, embracing alNote 62 · “Explained by Fuh-Ko—the Fruit of Buddha (Buddhaphalam). The original meaning of Arhat (deserving, worthy) is overlooked by most Chinese comNote 64 · “More is the treasure of the Law than gems; Sweeter than comb its sweetness; its delights Delightful past compare.” —The Light of Asia. SirNote 65 · “The man for whom there is nothing upon which he depends, who is independent, having understood the Dhamma (Law), for whom there is no desirNote 66 · “There are some persons who obtain the Rahatship instantaneously, while others can only obtain it by a slow process; they must give aims, maNote 67 · “Explained by ‘living in retirement,’ ‘a hermit,’ ‘a recluse.’ The term signifies ascetics who live in strict seclusion. There are three claNote 68 · “The Sramana (Buddhist monk) who sets himself to overcome the evils of existence, retires from all intercourse with the world, and either prNote 69 · “Ran-Teng-Fuh—the Buddha who illuminates brightly, Ting-Kwang-Fuh—the Buddha of fixed light. The twenty-fourth predecessor of Sakyamuni, froNote 70 · “Sarvanikchepa, by which you deal With all the sands of Gunga, till we come To Antah-Kalpas, where the unit is The sands of ten crore GungaNote 71 · Gold, silver, pearls, coral, cornelian, glass, and crystal. “As much of the seven precious substances as would fill as many great chiliocosmNote 72 · Adopting Max Müller’s rendering. In the Chinese text are Tien, Ren, and O-Siu-Lo—heaven, or gods—men, and Asurus; the latter defined as fei-Note 73 · “Whatever spirits have come together here, either belonging to the earth or living in the air, let us worship the perfect Buddha, revered byNote 74 · “Earnestness is the path of immortality (Nirvana), thoughtlessness the path of death. Those who are in earnest do not die, those who are thoNote 75 · “They, O Subhuti, will be endowed with the highest wonder (with what excites the highest wonder). And in that place, O Subhuti, there dwellsNote 76 · “The praises of the Bana (Law) are a favourite subject with the native authors.... The discourses of Buddha are as a divine charm to cure thNote 77 · A Chinese annotator observes, that as the “diamond” excels all other precious gems in brilliance and indestructibility, so also the “wisdom”Note 78 · “Then what do you think, O Subhuti, is there anything that was preached by the Tathagata? Subhuti said: Not indeed, O Bhagavat, there is notNote 79 · “Matter is infinitely divisible.”—The World as Idea and Will. Schopenhauer. “After me repeat Your numeration.... By Pundarikas unto Padumas,Note 80 · “Characteristic physiological marks by which every Buddha may be recognised.”—Handbook of Chinese Buddhism. Eitel. “Can Tathagata be known bNote 81 · The Chinese expression Shen-Ming—life, invariably refers to life in an ordinary material sense, and which may be offered in sacrifice. But iNote 82 · “Were any one to fill the bowl of Buddha with the choicest food, or to present oil, sugar, honey, medicaments in the greatest abundance, or Note 83 · “As one raises what has been overthrown, or reveals what has been hidden, or tells the way to him who has gone astray, or holds out an oil lNote 84 · “The chief of the priests of that establishment (the Jayendra convent) was a man of high moral character. He observed with the greatest striNote 85 · “They had within themselves the possession of a power by which all objective truth could be presented to their intellectual vision. They, thNote 86 · “They have been divided into existing and non-existing, real and unreal, by those who had wrong notions; other laws also, of permanency, of Note 87 · “But, O Bhagavat, there will not arise in them any idea of a self, of a being, of a living being, of a person, nor does there exist for themNote 88 · ... “For birth and death End hence for me and those who learn End hence for me and those who learn my Law.” —The Light of Asia. Sir Edwin ANote 89 · “As the Buddhist strove to reach a state of quietism or holy meditation in this world, namely the state of the perfect disciple or Arhat; soNote 90 · “The heart of it is love, the end of it Is peace and consummation sweet.”—The Light of Asia. Sir Edwin Arnold.Note 91 · The first of six Paramita—charity, morality, endurance, energy, contemplation, wisdom—or means of attaining to Nirvana. “What the Tathagata Note 92 · “An ancient kingdom S.E. of Kos’ala, a nursery of heretical sects, the present Calingapatah, a town in the northern Circars (Lat. 18° 15 N.,Note 93 · “Various forms of pre-existence to the number of 500 or 550 are recorded, in the course of which he (Buddha) marked his way up through as maNote 94 · “Explained by patient endurance of insult. The virtue of patience, implying constant equanimity under persecution, and excluding hatred and Note 95 · “Let (the Bodhisattva) be concentrated in mind, attentive, ever firm as the peak of Mount Sumeru, and in such a state (of mind) look upon alNote 97 · “Hence Buddha declares that the mind of a Bodhisatwa ought not to rely on any formal act of charity. Subhuti, the Bodhisatwa ought to distriNote 99 · The Buddhist term, Fah (Law).Note 100 · “The omniscience of Buddha is not the knowledge of all things, but the power of knowing whatever he wishes to know. In opposition to other tNote 101 · Literally, for the ta-cheng-che—those of the great vehicle, i.e., the Mahayana faith. “They taught (the Mahayana school) that there were twoNote 102 · “All these beings will equally remember the Bodhi (the highest Buddhic knowledge), will receive it and understand it.”—The Vagrakkhedika. MaNote 103 · Those disciples associated with the Siao-Fah (little Law, the Hinayana school of Buddhist thought), are rather ungraciously referred to by aNote 104 · When the Lord Buddha delivered the Sutra known as the Lotus of the Good Law, it is recorded that five thousand followers forsook him, owing Note 105 · “In these two places also Topes (where relics of Buddha are deposited and safeguarded) have been built, both adorned with layers of all the Note 106 · “Then the king, with his assembled ministers and all the priests belonging to the capital (of Kashmir), advanced to the preaching hall (DharNote 107 · “Whoever reviles Buddha or his disciple, be he a wandering mendicant, or a householder, let one know him as an outcast.”—Sutta-Nipata. V. FaNote 108 · “Whatever evil deeds these beings have done in a former birth, deeds that must lead to suffering, those deeds these beings, owing to their bNote 109 · Literally, “become as doubtful as a fox.”Note 110 · “For as the method and entire meaning of this Sutra is not to be described or entirely conceived, so the merit and happy consequences of accNote 111 · “Let a man restraining all these remain in devotion.... For he, whose senses are under his control, possesses spiritual knowledge. AttachmenNote 112 · “He should thus frame his thought: all things must be delivered by me in the perfect world of Nirvana.... And why? Because, O Subhuti, thereNote 113 · “Such scenes as the following, illustrating the beliefs of the time and the locality, would not seldom occur. A wayfarer in the country of tNote 114 · Most writers on the Buddhist faith and religion have occasion to refer to the series of events which culminated in the Lord Buddha obtainingNote 115 · Buddha said: “Right! Right! Subhuti, there is in truth no fixed Law (by which) Tathagata attained this condition. Subhuti, if there had beenNote 116 · “To the pious Buddhist it is a constant source of joy and gratitude that ‘the Buddha,’ not only then, but in many former births, when emanciNote 117 · “And why, O Subhuti, the name of Tathagata? It expresses ‘true suchness.’ And why Tathagata, O Subhuti? It expresses that ‘he had no origin.Note 118 · “And if a Bodhisattva were to say: ‘I shall deliver all beings,’ he ought not to be called a Bodhisattva. And why? Is there anything, O SubhNote 119 · “The fountain of knowledge is the pure, bright, self-enlightening mind.”—Twan-Tsi-Sin-Yao (Tang Dynasty). Compare Edkins’ Chinese Buddhism.Note 120 · “A Bodhisattva, O Subhuti, who believes that all things are without self, he has faith, he is called a noble-minded Bodhisattva by the holy Note 121 · The Chinese Fah-Yen—literally, Eye of the Law. “The second of the three great treasures is called Dhamma, or in Singhalese, Dharmma. This woNote 122 · “Supernatural talents, which the founder of Buddhism, Sakyamuni, is believed to have acquired in the night before he became Buddha, and whicNote 123 · “Bhagavat said, as many beings as there would be in all those worlds, I know the manifold trains of thought of them all. And why? Because, wNote 124 · The seven treasures—gold, silver, pearls, coral, cornelian, glass, and crystal.Note 126 · “The first of the Buddha’s bodies is the Dharma-Kaya (body of the Law), supposed to be a kind of ethereal essence of a highly sublimated natNote 128 · “Bhagavat said: What do you think, O Subhuti, does Tathagata think in this wise: the Law has been taught by me? Subhuti said: Not indeed, O Note 129 · “He is the best of all guides of men, no other being is like unto him; he is like a jewel, of imperishable glory, who hears this Law with a Note 130 · “Bhagavat said: These, O Subhuti, are neither beings nor no-beings. And why? Because, O Subhuti, those who were preached as beings, beings iNote 131 · “To affirm the existence of anything real or tangible in the nature of the Law, would be tantamount to being firmly bound by the Law; but toNote 132 · The Abbé Dubois in his valuable book, Hindu Manners, Customs, and Ceremonies, carefully observes that amongst the attributes which the JainsNote 133 · “Within it first arose desire, the primal germ of mind, Which nothing with existence links, as sages searching find. The cord, transverselyNote 135 · The six Paramita—charity, morality, endurance, energy, contemplation, wisdom, comprehended under the term “Laws pertaining to goodness,” merNote 136 · Gold, silver, pearls, coral, cornelian, glass, and crystal.Note 137 · “And whosoever in days when the good Law is abolished, abandons love for his own body and life, and proclaims day and night these good wordsNote 139 · As the primordial human mind is void and quiescent, so also is the wisdom of this Sutra full and overflowing. Therefore, hearing the text ofNote 140 · “Difference there is in beings endowed with bodies, but amongst men this is not the case, the difference amongst men is nominal only.”—DhammNote 141 · “This probably refers to the auspicious signs discovered in Sakyamuni at his birth, which left it open whether he would become a king or a BNote 143 · “The portends troubled, till his dream readers Augured a prince of earthly dominance, A Chakravartin, such as rise to rule Once in a thousaNote 144 · The following Gatha, translated by Max Müller, and concluding the twenty-sixth section of The Vagrakkhedika, is not incorporated in the ChinNote 145 · “What do you think then, O Subhuti, has the highest perfect knowledge been known by the Tathagata by the possession of signs? You should notNote 146 · “And if a Bodhisattva acquired endurance in selfless and uncreated things, then he would enjoy a larger stock of merit, immeasurable and innNote 147 · “Subhuti asked Buddha: World-honoured One! what is this you say, that Bodhisatwas cannot be said to appreciate reward? ‘Subhuti, the reward Note 148 · “And why? Because the word Tathagata means one who does not go to anywhere, and does not come from anywhere, and therefore he is called the Note 150 · “Bhagavat said, and a belief in matter itself, O Subhuti, is inestimable and inexpressible; it is neither a thing nor a no-thing, and this iNote 151 · “Because, O Subhuti, if a man were to say that belief in self, belief in a being, belief in life, belief in personality, had been preached bNote 152 · “Thus then, O Subhuti, are all things to be perceived, to be looked upon, and to be believed by one who has entered upon the path of the BodNote 153 · Gold, silver, pearls, coral, cornelian, glass, and crystal.Note 154 · “The wise man, the preacher, who wishes to expound this Sutra, must absolutely renounce falsehood, pride, calumny, and envy.... He is alwaysNote 155 · “By contemplation are obtained those conditions through which is eventually gained that supreme calm, undecaying, immortal state, which is sNote 156 · “Fa-Hien stayed at the dragon Vihara till after the summer retreat, and then, travelling to the south-east for seven Yojanas, he arrived at Note 157 · “Thus spake the Bhagavat enraptured; the elder Subhuti, and the friars, nuns, the faithful lay men and women, and the Bodhisattvas also, andNote 158 · “The vow of ‘obedience’ was never taken by the Buddhist monks and nuns, and in this it may be noticed a fundamental difference between them