Then from the East comes the Bodhisattva, Universal-Virtue, with his unlimited, infinite, incalculable host. Countless realms are shaken by his passage, while jewel-lotuses rain down upon them, and numberless celestial instruments pour forth their exquisite music. He, too, has heard that the Lotus Sutra is being preached and has brought his host of Bodhisattvas to hear it.

The Buddha responds to him, announcing what may be considered as the equivalent in Mahayana for the Four Noble Truths of the Hinayana.

“If any good son or daughter acquires the four following requisites, such a one will possess this Law-Flower Sutra after the extinction of the Tathagata:

“First, place himself under the care of Buddhas:

Second, plant the roots of virtue:

Third, enter into correct concentration (or meditation):

Fourth, seek the salvation of all the living.

Any good son or good daughter, who attains to these four requisites, will assuredly possess this Sutra after the extinction of the Tathagata.”

Thereupon the Bodhisattva Universal-Virtue, whose title may be taken to indicate the moral basis and Catholicism of Mahayana, promises to protect those who keep this Truth, and to give ease of mind and freedom from the affliction of Mara, Mara-sons, Mara-daughters, Mara-people, Mara-satellites, yakshas and so on.

“Wherever such a one walks or stands, reading and reciting this Sutra, I will at once mount the royal six-tusked white elephant and, with a host of great Bodhisattvas, go to that place and, revealing myself, will serve and protect him, comforting his mind; also thereby serving the Law-Flower Sutra. Wherever such a one sits, pondering over this Sutra, I will at once again mount the royal white elephant and show myself to him. If such a one forgets, be it but a single word or verse of the Law-Flower Sutra, I will teach him it, read and recite it with him, and again cause him to master it. Thereupon he who receives and keeps, reads and recites the Law-Flower Sutra, on seeing me will greatly rejoice and renew his zeal. Through seeing me, he will at once attain to the samadhis and the dharanis.”

Wherever the followers of this Sutra meet together for three sevenfold days, then Universal Truth declares:

“I will mount my six-tusked white elephant, and accompanied by countless Bodhisattvas, appear before those people in the form the living delight to see, and preach to them, revealing, instructing, benefitting and rejoicing them. Moreover I will give them spells, so that no human or non-human beings can injure them, nor any woman beguile them.”

Such is the promise of the spiritual presence, power, and aid of Universal Virtue.

Those who keep, read, remember, apprehend, and practise the Sutra as preached are assured that they are “doing the works of Universal-Virtue, have deeply planted roots of goodness under numberless, countless Buddhas, and that their heads will be caressed by the hands of the Tathagatas”. If they merely copy this Sutra, they will be reborn in a heaven, where they will be welcomed with music by eighty-four thousand nymphs, and they, wearing jewelled crowns, will dwell among those nymphs, joyful and delighted. If such be the reward of a mere copyist, how much greater will be the reward of him who reads, remembers, and practises it. To him

“the hands of a thousand Buddhas will be offered, that he may fear not, neither fall into any evil destiny, but go straight to Maitreya’s heaven, where are hosts of Great Bodhisattvas and hundreds, thousands, myriads, kotis of nymph-followers; amongst these will he be re-born.”

“Therefore,” says Universal-Virtue, “the wise should with all their minds themselves copy it, or cause others to copy it, receive and keep, read and recite, rightly remember, and practise it as preached. World-honoured One! I now by my supernatural power will guard and protect this Sutra so that, after the extinction of the Tathagata, it may spread abroad without cease in the world.”

“Then Śakyamuni Buddha ♦extols him, saying: ‘It is well, it is well, Universal Virtue, that you are able to protect and assist this Sutra, and bring happiness and weal to the living in so many places. You have already attained to inconceivable merits and profound benevolence and compassion. From a long distant past have you aspired to Perfect Enlightenment, and been able to make this supernatural vow to guard and protect this Sutra. And I, by supernatural power, will guard and protect those who are able to receive and keep the name of the Bodhisattva Universal-Virtue.

♦ “extolls” replaced with “extols”

“Universal-Virtue! If there be any who receive and keep, read and recite, rightly remember, practise and copy this Law-Flower Sutra, know that such are attending on Śakyamuni Buddha, as if they were hearing this Sutra direct from the Buddha’s mouth; know that such are paying homage to Śakyamuni Buddha; know that the Buddha is praising them, ‘Well done!’ Know that the heads of such are being caressed by the hands of Śakyamuni Buddha. Know that such are covered by the robe of Śakyamuni Buddha. Such as these will not again be eager for worldly pleasure, nor be fond of heretical scriptures and writings; nor ever again take pleasure in intimacy with worldly men, or with evil persons, whether butchers, or herders of boars, sheep, fowls, and dogs, or hunters, and panderers. But such as these will be right-minded, have correct aims and be auspicious. Such will not be harassed by the Three Poisons, nor be harassed by envy, pride, haughtiness, and arrogance; such will be content with few desires, and able to do the works of Universal-Virtue.

“Universal-Virtue! After the extinction of the Tathagata, in the latter five hundred years (of decadence), if any one sees one who receives and keeps, reads and recites the Law-Flower Sutra, he must reflect thus: ‘This man will ere long go to the wisdom-plot, destroy the host of Mara, attain to Perfect Enlightenment, and rolling onward the Law-wheel, beating the Law-drum, blowing the Law-conch, and pouring the rain of the Law, will sit on the lion-throne of the Law amid a great assembly of gods and men.’

“Universal-Virtue! Whoever in future ages receive and keep, read and recite this Sutra, such persons will no longer be greedily attached to clothes, bedding, drink, food, and things for the support of life; whatever they wish will never be in vain, and in the present life they will obtain their blessed reward. Suppose any one slights and slanders them, saying: ‘You are only mad men, pursuing this course in vain, with never a thing to be gained’—the doom for such sin as this is blindness, generation after generation. If any one makes offerings to and praises them, he will obtain visible reward in the present world. Again, if any one sees those who receive and keep this Sutra, and proclaims their errors and sins, whether true or false, such a one in the present life will be smitten with leprosy. If he ridicules them, generation after generation his teeth will be sparse and missing, his lips vile, his nose flat, his hands and feet contorted, his eyes asquint, his body stinking and filthy with evil scabs and bloody pus, he will be dropsical and short of breath, and have every evil disease. Therefore, Universal-Virtue, if one sees those who receive and keep this Sutra, he should stand up and greet them from afar, just as if he were paying reverence to the Buddha.”

“While the chapter of the Encouragement of the Bodhisattva Universal-Virtue was being preached, innumerable, incalculable Bodhisattvas, equal to the sands of Ganges, attained to the dharani of the Hundreds, Thousands, Myriads, Kotis of Progress, and Bodhisattvas equal to the atoms of a Three-Thousand-Great-Thousandfold World became perfect in the Way of Enlightenment.

“When the Buddha preached this Sutra, Universal-Virtue and the other Bodhisattvas, Śariputra and the other sravakas, and the gods, dragons, human and non-human beings, and all others in the great assembly, greatly rejoiced together, and taking possession of the Buddha’s words, made salutation to him and withdrew.”

GLOSSARY

_Ajita_, _idem_ Maitreya, _q.v._

_Amitābha_, _Amitāyus_, or _Amita_. Infinite light and infinite life, possibly a Persian concept adapted by Mahāyānists. It is in this Sutra that he first has mention. He is the most popular Buddha in the Far East, and to Sukhavatī, his Paradise, or Pure-land, where also Kuan-yin dwells, it is the prayer of most devotees to go.

_Ānanda_, p. 146.

_Anātman_. Without a permanent personality, or soul.

_Anuttara-samyak-saṁbōdhi_. Unsurpassed perfect wisdom.

_Araṇya_. Hermitage.

_Arhat_, _Arhān_, in Chinese ‘Lo-han’. One who has attained to spiritual ārya or saintship; one who strives after it; a higher class of Buddhist disciple.

_Arjaka_. Symplocos Racemosa; but it may be Marjaka which is said to split into seven pieces when cut down.

_Asaṃkhyēya_. Beyond number, countless, numberless; by some explained as 1 followed by 17 ciphers, by others as by 97 ciphers, by others as a world period of 1,344,000,000 years.

_Asita_, p. 20.

_Aśōka_. The first great royal patron of Buddhism in the third century B.C.; _see_ p. 6.

_Asuras_. Titans, powerful rivals of the gods; _see_ Nāga.

_Avalōkiteśvara_. Regarder of cries, Kuan-yin. The original form is uncertain.

_Avīci_. Unintermitted reincarnation in the last of the eight hot hells.

_Avinivartanīyaḥ_. Never retrograding, or returning to mortality.

_Bhikshu_, _Bhikshuṇī_. Mendicants, monks, nuns.

_Bōdhi_. Enlightenment; awake, aware, enlightened.

_Bōdhisattva_. A disciple who has become enlightened and freed from the miseries of mortality; also an angelic being ready for final buddhahood, who remains in a lower state to save others; _see_ Mahasattva.

_Bōdhisattva-Mahāsattva_. _See_ Mahāsattva.

_Brahmā_. The first person in the Brahminical trinity. By Buddhists he is considered as subject to mortality, and therefore inferior to one who has attained to Bōdhi. In this Sūtra he is mentioned as the ‘Father of all the living’, perhaps as Dēva of the present world.

_Brāhmaṇas_. Brahmins, i.e. those of the highest caste.

_Buddha_. The enlightened; awake, aware.

_Dēva_. The gods of Brahminism; gods in general; they are all subject to metempsychosis.

_Dēvadatta_, p. 20.

_Dhāraṇī_. Magic formula, spell, incantation.

_Dharmagupta_, p. 7.

_Dharmaraksha_, p. 7.

_Dhuta_. Discipline.

_Gandharva_. Beings superior to men, able to smell incense and make music; see Nāga.

_Garuḍa_. Winged spirits resembling powerful birds able to fight Nāgas, _q.v._

_Gayā_. An ancient city of Magadha, where Śākyamuni lived for seven years before attaining his enlightenment; pp. 197, 200.

_Gṛidhrakūṭa_. The Vulture Peak, p. 13.

_Hīnayāna_. Small conveyance, or vehicle; whereby the few are saved by works.

_Indra_. One of the most ancient gods of Brahminism, now protector of Buddhism, though considered inferior to a Buddha. His symbol is the vajra.

_Īśvara_. A sovereign (in his own right), see Maheśvara.

_Jñanāgupta_, p. 7.

_Kalaviṅka_. A fabulous bird of melodious song; p. 220.

_Kalpa_. There are many kinds, but the general meaning is an aeon or age.

_Kanishka_. _See_ p. 6.

_Karma_. Deed, conduct, moral action; used also in the sense of character as the resultant of moral thought and action. _See_ p. 44.

_Kāśyapa_. _See_ Mahā-Kāśyapa.

_Kinnara_. Supernatural beings usually represented with horses’ heads; the musicians of Kuvera, or Pluto; _see_ Naga.

_Kōṭī_. A figure varying from 100,000 to 10,000,000,000.

_Kshatriyas_. The second caste, of kings and warriors, from which Buddhas come.

_Kumārajīva_. _See_ p. 7.

_Kumbhāṇḍa_. Monstrously deformed demons.

_Kuntī_. Name of a demoness.

_Mahā-Kāśyapa_. One of the principal disciples of the Buddha.

_Mahāsattva_. Great being. Bōdhisattvas superior to all beings except Buddhas, and who are saviours of all creatures.

_Mahāyanā_. Great vehicle; by which all are saved through faith.

_Mahā-Kātyāyana_. One of the four oldest disciples; p. 129.

_Mahā-Māudgalyāyana_. One of the four oldest disciples; p. 129.

_Mahēśvara_. King of dēvas. Śiva.

_Mahōraga_. Boa-demons; large bellied demons; see Nāga.

_Māitrēya_. The next Buddha, the Messiah of the Buddhists. Also called Ajita.

_Mañjuśrī_. An imaginary Bōdhisattva, the apotheosis of transcendental wisdom.

_Māra_. The murderer or enemy of goodness; the devil.

_Nāga_. Snake, boa, dragon, monster. The eight classes beyond the human stage are Dēvas, Nāgas, Rakshas, Gandharvas, Asuras, Garuḍas, Kinnaras, Mahōragas.

_Namo_, or _Namaḥ_. A formula of adoration like Ave.

_Nayuta_. Some say a hundred thousand millions.

_Nirvāṇa_. Extinction, but whether of existence, or of reincarnation, or of all impurity, is much debated.

_Pāramitās_. The (six) virtues which ferry over the saṃsāra stream to nirvāṇa—renunciation, purity, endurance, advance, concentrated meditation, wisdom.

_Pārinirvāṇa_. Final extinction, _see_ Nirvāṇa.

_Pratyēkabuddha_. An individualist who saves himself but does not save others; an ascetic.

_Puṇḍarīka_. The great, or white lotus.

_Rāhula_. Son of the Buddha, born before the latter left home.

_Rakshas_. Demons who devour men, the retinue of Vāiśravaṇa; _see_ Nāga.

_Saddharma_. Good Law, True Law, somewhat similar to ‘Gospel’. In Chinese it is translated by Miao Fa, which means wonderful, beautiful, supernatural law.

_Sāgara_. Dragon-King of the Ocean, whose palace is full of pearls, and who is the bestower of rain; p. 172.

_Śakra_, _idem_ Indra.

_Saha_. A mortal world.

_Śākyamuni_. Saint of the Śākya clan, whose other names were Siddhārtha and Gautama.

_Samādhi_. Mystical meditation, concentrated contemplation, ecstatic absorption.

_Saṃgha_. The assembly of monks; the ‘Church’ of Buddhism, hence the third member of the trinity Buddha, Law, Church.

_Śāriputra_. Son of Śāri, the most learned of the Buddha’s disciples.

_Śramaṇa_. A monk, an ascetic.

_Śrāmaṇēras_. Novices.

_Śrāvaka_. A hearer, or disciple; an elementary stage of sainthood.

_Stūpa_. A reliquary, or shrine, of cupola-shape to contain remains after cremation, especially of the Buddha.

_Subhūti_. One of the four oldest disciples; p. 129.

_Sumēru_. The central mountain of every world, whose height above the sea is 84,000 yōjanas, but whose total height from its invisible base to its summit is 168,000 yōjanas.

_Sūtra_. A work supposed to give the discourses of the Buddha.

_Tāla_. The fan palm; a length of about 70 feet.

_Tathāgata_. One who comes, or goes, as he should, a term for a Buddha.

_Udumbara_. A tree supposed to flower only once in 3,000 years.

_Utpala_. The blue lotus.

_Vajra_. The sceptre of Indra as god of lightning and thunder.

_Vārāṇasī_. Benares.

_Yaksha_. A class of demons.

_Yōjana_. A measure of length, a league, variously estimated at from 41⁄2 to 9 miles.

INDEX

Abundant-Treasures, Buddha, 18, 155–68, 170, 193, 231–2, 234–5, 241, 244–6.

Abuse, _see_ Slander, Persecute.

Action, sphere of, 181–91.

Aggregates, Five, 84.

Ajita, _see_ Maitreya.

Alms, _see_ Giving.

Altruism, 181–91. _See_ Pity, Giving.

Amitabha, 45, 47.

Amitayus, 239.

Ananda, 146–7.

Anatman, 43–5, 50.

Ancient Buddha, 18, 19, 23, 39, 51, 54–5. _See_ Abundant-Treasures.

Apocalypse, 4, 13, 28, 37, 47, 53, 153, 163, 236.

Aranya, 178–9.

Arhats, 66, 141, 179.

Arjaka, 253.

Arms, 237.

Arya, 119.

Asamkhyeya, _see_ Numbers.

Ascetics, 65. _See_ Hinayana.

Asita, 20.

Aśoka, 6.

Assurance of No Re-birth, 240, 246, 254.

Asuras, 59, 84, 149, 220, 230, 235, 245.

Atom, 201, 209, 265. _See_ Dust, Ink.

Aunt, Buddha’s, 22, 59, 176–7.

Author, 4, 5, 36, 53, 56, 79.

Avalokiteśvara, 11, 28, 31. _See_ Kuan-yin.

Avinivartaniyah, 99.

Awakening of Faith, v, 6.

Beautiful, 29, 30, 236–41.

Bhagavadgita, v.

Bhikshu, _see_ Monks.

Bhikshuni, _see_ Nuns.

Birth and death (neither), _see_ Mortality and Reincarnation.

Blasphemy, 17, 49. _See_ Sutra, Slander of.

Blindness, _see_ Eye, 78, 102, 264.

Bodhi, 38, 79, 171–5. _See_ Perfect Enlightenment.

Bodhisattva, 45 and _passim._ Great Bodhisattvas, _see_ Mahasattvas.

Bodhi-tree, 79, 132, 197.

Body, the merits of, 223–5, 227.

Boundless, 131, 182. _See_ Infinite, Eternal.

Brahma, 13, 79, 132–3, 166, 174, 191, 212, 221, 245, 248, 250.

Brahmans, 108, 179, 184, 186, 245, 248.

Buddha, _passim._

Buddhahood, 2, 70, _passim._ _See_ Perfect Enlightenment.

Buddhas of the Buddha, 159–68.

Burma, 1, 5.

Burn, _see_ Cremate.

Burning Body, arms, &c., _see_ Giving.

Burning House (of the world), 16, 38, 42, 54, 86–97, 166, 207–8.

Burning Light, 201.

Burning pit, 249.

Burnouf, Eugène, 9.

Butchers, 23, 181, 263.

Calumniate, _see_ Slander, Sutra.

Caravan, 238.

Causation, 182, 242.

Central Asia, 4, 5.

Ceylon, 1, 5.

Children, 61, 76–7, 86–94.

Chiliocosm, 122–3, 131, 160–1, 166, 172, 174, 201, 219, 265.

China, v-viii, 1–11, 52, 53.

Christianity, v, vi, 2, 6, 36, 40, 44–5, 55, 72.

Clerical order, 52–3. _See_ Monks, Nuns, Samgha.

Cloud, _see_ Rain.

Compassion, _see_ Pity.

Concentration, _see_ Samadhi.

Conflagration, _see_ Burning House.

Constellation, King Wisdom of the Pure-Flower-, 242–6.

Conversion, immediate, 171–5.

Creator, 41.

Cremate, 29. _See_ Burning, Giving, Relics.

Crown-jewel, parable of, 186–91.

Date of Sutra, 4–6.

Decline, period of, _see_ Semblance Law, Burning House.

Deliverance, _see_ Emancipation.

Despise, 184–5. _See_ Never Despise.

Determinism, 42, 44.

Deva, 39, 63, 67, 73, 79, 82, 84, 127, 142, 149, 155, 164, 168, 170, 175, 186, 207, 214, 220, 222, 224, 230, 235, 240, 245, 248, 252, 265.

Devadatta, 20, 169–70, 253.

Devil, _see_ Mara.

Dharanis, 29, 31–2, 172, 237, 252–4, 261, 265.

Dharma, _passim._

Dharmagupta, 7.

Dharmaraksha, 7, 28.

Dhuta, 168, 197.

Doctrine, 34–56.

Dogs, 95–6, 101, 103.

Dragon, Dragon-kings, 59, 67, 82, 84, 149, 155, 223–4, 230, 245, 249, 265.

Dragon King, Daughter and Palace, 21, 171–5.

Drama, vi, 4, 13, 37, 53–6, 153, 157, 163, 236.

Drum, 62, 63, 77, 134, 207, 209, 220, 264.

Drunk, 144–5.

Dust, 131. _See_ Atoms, Ink.

Ear, 25, 219–21, 227.

Egg-born &c., 216.

Elephant, 114, 187–8, 218, 261.

Emanated Buddhas, _see_ Springing-up, Buddhas of the Buddha.

Emancipation, 66, 92–3, 98, 124–5, 128, 187, 217.

Enlightenment, _see_ Perfect Enlightenment.

Eternal, 13, 50, 52, 82, 131, 209, 211. _See_ Immortal, Infinite.

Eternal Buddha, 24, 35, 40–2, 55, 79, 192–9, 200–4, 206–8, 209–11.

Expediency, 14–15, 35–6, 47, 54, 66, 68–9, 74–5, 86–94, 97–9, 109–13, 118–19, 137–43, 202–8.

Extinction, 135 _et al._ _See_ Nirvana.

Eye, 25, 61, 219, 227, 240, 264.

Faith, 2, 14, 25, 34–5, 44–5, 46–9, 66, 70–3, 99, 153, 194, 210–11.

Fakirs, 181.

Father, 41–2, 44, 86–94, 106–17, 198, 204–6, 208. _See_ Son.

Fearless, 72, 89–94, 248.

Female, _see_ Woman.

Final Commission, 27, 234–5.

Final Revelation, 34.

Flower-light, 83–4.

Flowers, 63–4, 78, 83, 209, 214–15, 231, 236, 239, 242, 253.

Form and Content, 10–34.

Four Noble Truths, 84, 97–8, 134–5, 260.

Fragrance, 236–41. _See_ Incense, Nose.

Freewill, 42, 73, 86–7.

Friend, 258.

Gandharvas, 59, 84, 149, 230, 245.

Ganges sands, 23, 25, 29, 55, 61, 67, 103, 120, 135–6, 161, 164–5, 192–5, 209, 240, 242, 248, 252, 258, 265.

Garudas, 59, 84, 149, 230, 245.

Gaya, 197, 200.

Giving, 61, 75, 169, 173, 210, 213–14, 216–17, 234, 236–41.

Gnosis, 38.

God, 137.

Goddess of Mercy, 248. _See_ Kuan-yin.

Gods, _see_ Devas.

Gospel, v, 34, 50, 53, 55.

Graeco-Bactria, 6.

Gridhrakuta, 13, 30, 59, _et al._ _See_ Vulture Peak.

Hands, laying on of, 27, 153, 234, 262–3.

Hard (to preach, or keep), _see_ Sutra.

Hay, 167.

Healing, Lord of, 17, 22, 29, 32, 45, 48, 59, 149–56, 176, 236–41, 252, 255–9.

Heaven, heavens, 59, 60, 90, 221, 239. _See_ Paradise, Pure-land.

Hells, 35, 50, 59, 60–2, 100–3, 219, 220, 236, 245, 250.

Hinayana, 1–6, 15, 26, 37–8, 43, 46, 54–5, 62, 65, 68, 70–80, 81, 85, 130, 135, 142–3, 146, 178–80, 181–3, 185, 194, 226–8, 245, 248, 260.

Historical, 1–10.

Hodgson, Brian, 9.

Homage, _see_ Sutra, 238, 253 _et al._

Hsüan Tsang, 9.

Images, 76–8.

Immanence, 35, 39.

Immortality, 209, 211. _See_ Eternal.

Incense, 149–51, 209, 214, 231, 239, 253.

India, 4, 5, 53.

Indra, 132, 248.

Infinite, 14, 94, 182, 209, 231–2, 260. _See_ Eternal, Numbers.

Infinite-Thought, 247.

Infinity, meaning of, 59, 64, 131.

Ink, 131. _See_ Atoms, Dust.

Intimacy, sphere of, 181–91.

Invocation, _see_ Faith.

Isvara, 245, 248.

Jan Teng, _see_ Burning Light.

Japan, vi-vii, 1, 53.

Jewels, 23, 49, 83, 137–41, 144–5, 151–2, 160–1, 186–91, 209, 211, 231, 238, 248, 257.

Jñanagupta, 7, 28.

Kalavinkas, 220.

Kalpa, 74, 83–4, 101, 103, 105, 120, 131, 134, 135, 146–7, 164, 179, 185, 201, 203, 207–8, 214, 228, 232, 234. _See_ Numbers, Infinite.

Kanishka, 6.

Karma, 43–5, 82, 150, 199, 208, 219.

Kato, Bunno, v, 10.

Kern, H., 9, 28.

King, 23, 67, 108, 111, 115, 122, 147, 174, 181, 183–4, 186, 238.

King who gives crown jewel, 23, 49, 186–91.

Kinnaras, 59, 84, 149, 230, 245.

Korea, 1.

Kotis, _see_ Numbers.

Kshatriyas, 108, 111.

Kuan-yin, Kwannon, 11, 28, 31, 45, 59, 247–51.

Kumarajiva, v, 7, 8, 10, 20, 28, 45.

Kumbhanda, 96.

Kunti, 252, 254.

Lamp, 238–9, 254.

Law, _passim._

Le Lotus de la bonne loi, 9.

Light, 236. _See_ Ray.

Light of Asia, 44.

Lion throne, roar, &c., _passim._

Lips, 218. _See_ Mouth, Teeth.

Lotus, passim, 243.

Lotus, blue, 218, 240, 244.

Love, 43. _See_ Pity.

Magic, 256.

Magic City, 38, 54, 137–41.

Maha-Kaśyapa, 16, 50–1, 129.

Maha-Katyayana, 129.

Maha-Maudgalyayana, 129.

Mahasattvas, 59, 67, 84, 143, 149, 192–9, 231, 234–5, 236, 239, 247, 252, 262.

Mahayana, 1–6, 15, 26, 34–7, 69, _et saepe_.

Mahesvara, 245.

Mahoragas, 84, 149, 230, 245.

Maitreya, 24, 45–6, 59, 60, 63, 195–9, 200, 209, 212, 216–17, 262.

Manjuśri, 21, 30, 59, 60, 63–4, 170–5, 181–91, 230, 243, 245.

Mara, 49, 62, 82, 129, 132, 174, 180, 187–9, 240, 244, 261, 264.

Medicine, 103, 204–8.

Medicine, King of, _see_ Healing, Lord of.

Meditation, _see_ Samadhi.

Merit, 25, 70, 85, 144, 210–15, 216–25, 232, 239–40, 243, 248, 251.

Messiah, _see_ Maitreya.

Metempsychosis, _see_ Reincarnation.

Milky Way, 238.

Mind, 25, 39, 41, 224–5, 227.

Mithra, 45.

Monastery, 211–15. _See_ Stupa.

Mongolia, vi, 1, 53.

Monks, 52–3, 60, 70, 84, 99, 137–8, 142, 149, 151, 155, 178–80, 183, 185, 203, 211–15, 226–8, 230, 245, 248.

Mortality, 71, 73, 78, 202, 239. _See_ Reincarnation.

Mouth, 218. _See_ Lips, Teeth.

Music, 77, 207, 212, 214, 220, 236, 244, 260. _See_ Drums.

Naga, 82, 84, 164, 173. _See_ Dragon.

Naked, 238.

Namah, 231.

Nayutas, _see_ Numbers.

Never Despise, 26, 52, 226–9.

Nirvana, 1, 2, 40, 50, 60, 66, 71, 74–6, 79, 81–2, 93, 98, 106, 112–13, 118, 123, 125, 127–8, 137, 139, 141, 144–5, 153, 156–68, 183, 190, 201–8, 229, 234, 237, 246, 248.

Nose, 25, 221–2, 227.

Numbers, 23, 29, 30, 32, 40, 48, 50–4, 114, 131, 144, 146–7, 149, 153, 161–4, 171, 192–9, 201, 209–10, 212, 216–24, 228, 230–4, 240, 242, 247. _See_ Ganges, Infinite, Eternal.

Nuns, 52–3, 60, 70, 84, 149, 177, 226–8, 230, 245, 248.

Omnipresence, 40–1, 155–6, 207.

Omniscience, 40, 65, 70, 92–4, 121–4, 131, 152, 201–2. _See_ Perfect Enlightenment.

Pain, _see_ Suffering.

Palaces, 134, 207, 211.

Pantheism, 39, 73.

Paradise, 51, 152. _See_ Pure-land.

Paramitas, 90, 210.

Parinirvana, 232, 237.

Passions, the, 78.

Pearl, 174, 257.

Perfect Enlightenment, 38, 50, 52, 59, 61, 65, 66–7, 69, 71–80, 81, 85, 90–4, 106, 118–22, 124, 132–6, 141, 144–56, 168–9, 172–7, 185–6, 197–8, 200–2, 209–10, 213, 228–9, 232, 234, 238, 251, 258, 263–5.

Peril, 138–9, 247–51.

Persecution, 62, 155, 178–80, 190, 226–8.

Personality, 43–5, 49, 52, 136.

Physician, Good, 24, 204–8.

Pit, 67, 249.

Pity, 77, 79, 87, 90, 93, 120, 134, 145, 149–50, 152, 172, 181–91, 205, 247–51, 258.

Players, 23.

Poetic sections, _see_ Verse.

Poison, 190, 204–8, 249–50.

Pratyeka, 70, 92, 99, 143, 149.

Prayer-wheels, 47.

Preach, Preacher, 17, 49, 52, 142, 150, 152, 155, 166, 176–80, 181–91, 202, 207–8, 218–25, 253, 257, 261.

Prediction, 15–17, 50, 83, 129–30, 142, 144–8, 170, 177, 226–8.

Prodigal Son, 16, 42, 54, 106–17. _See_ Son.

Protect, 252–4, 260–5. _See_ Sutra.

Punishment, 100, 264. _See_ Sutra, slander of.

Pure-land, 208. _See_ Heaven, Paradise.

Purity, Sexual, 182.

Puma, 142–3.

Rahula, 146–8, 177.

Rain, 16, 43, 54, 63, 122–8, 264.

Rakshas, 247, 252.

Rareness (of Buddha’s appearance, &c.), 68–9, 80, 125, 147, 164, 172, 203, 207, 209, 229, 256, 259.

Ray, Buddha-, 14, 18, 19, 41, 53, 60, 63, 132, 159, 242, 257, 259.

Reality, 65, 171, 202.

Reincarnation, 50–1, 82–3, 85, 91, 100–4, 135, 209, 219, 242, 246, 250, 254, 259.

Relics, 60, 76.

Resplendent, King, 255–9.

Rewards (_see_ Punishment), 100, 190, 210–15, 216–25.

Richard, Dr. Timothy, v, 137.

Rope, 84, 153, 155.

Rosary, 47.

Sacrifice, Self-, _see_ Giving.

Saddharma Pundarika, 9.

Sagara, 171–5.

Saha-world, 163, 192, 197, 201, 243.

Sailors, 247.

St. John, v, 55, 146.

Sakra, 174.

Sakya, 200, 211.

Śakyamuni, _passim._

Salvation, 35, 44, 47, 49, 77–8, 123–8, _et al._

Samadhi, 62, 64–5, 93, 198, 242–3, 246, 257, 261.

Samgha, 206.

Samskara, _see_ Mortality, Reincarnation.

Śariputra, 15, 65–7, 74, 79, 80, 81, 83–105, 235, 265.

Saunders, K. J., v.

Saviours, 45, 77–8.

Scavenger, 109–10.

Semblance Law, period of decline, 84, 176, 179, 264.

Serene Life, or Mind, 23, 181–91.

Shrine, _see_ Stupa.

Siam, 1, 5.

Sixteen sons, 17, 132–6.

Sky, 163, 166, 171, 227, 236, 242, 249, 258.

Slander, _see_ Sutra, slander of.

Smell, _see_ Nose.

Socrates, 39.

Son, Sonship, 16, 17, 42–3, 49, 54, 62–3, 67, 81, 86–94, 106–21, 132–6, 152, 168, 204–6, 208, 215, 246, 255–9.

Soul, 43–5, 49, 52.

Spells, _see_ Dharanis.

Spheres, Four, 181–91.

Spirit, 240.

Springing out of the earth, 23, 157, 192–9, 230, 235.

Sramaneras, 182.

Sravaka, 70, 92, 99, 113, 143, 149, 213, 265.

Star-cluster, King of, 236–41.

Star-King, 255.

Stein, Sir Aurel M., 8, 9.

Stupa, 18, 27, 29, 49, 54, 60, 63, 76–7, 120, 154, 157–68, 193, 211–15, 232, 235, 237–8, 241.

Subhuti, 16, 129.

Suffering, 74, 79, 97–8, 100–4, 112, 134–5, 236, 239, 247–51.

Sumeru, 133, 165, 238, 249.

Summary, 52–6.

Sun and Moon, 63, 236, 238.

Supreme Bodhi, _see_ Perfect Enlightenment.

Supreme Way, 63, 72, 78, 80. _See_ Perfect Enlightenment.

Sutra, difficulty of preaching, &c., this, 152, 165–9, 178–80. _See_ Protect.

Sutra, homage to this, 149–56, 165, 169, 176, 211–15, 217–25, 263.

Sutra, slander of this, 100, 104, 151, 155, 178–80, 264.

Tactfulness, _see_ Expediency.

Tathagata, 27, 33, 41, 49, 51, 72, 83, 89, 91–4, 112–13, 122–5, 127, 137, 139, 148, 150–5, 155–68, 172, 176–7, 187–90, 193–6, 200–4, 211–12, 232, 234, 237, 240–1, 243–4, 259–60, 264.

Teeth, 25, 33, 218, 252, 259, 264.

Temple, _see_ Stupa.

Theosophy, 36.

Thirty-two signs, 141.

Thought, _see_ Mind.

Three-thousand-great-thousand-fold-World, _see_ Chiliocosm.

Thunder, 125, 242, 245. _See_ Drum.

Thunder-Voice, 32, 255–9.

Tibet, vi, 1, 53.

Toe, 166, 238.

Tongue, 25–7, 218–19, 222–3, 227, 230–1.

Trance, _see_ Samadhi.

Transcendence, 35, 39.

Transformations, 245.

Transmigration, _see_ Reincarnation.

Trees and Herbs, Parable of, 16, 43, 54, 122–8.

Triple world, 93, 202.

Truth, ultimate, 65–6. _See_ Perfect Enlightenment.

Tun Huang, 9.

Twelve Causes of reincarnation, 135.

Udumbara, 68.

Universalism, 1, 2, 35, 37, 39, 50, 54, 68, 72–80, 81, 123–8, 175, 226–9, 260.

Universal-Surpassing-Wisdom, 131–5.

Universal Virtue, 33, 260–5.

Universe, 65. _See_ Chiliocosm.

Utpala, _see_ Lotus.

Vaisravana, 245.

Varanasi, 84.

Vehicle, 15, 61, 69, 70–2, 75, 78, 81, 88–94, 113, 121, 128, 137–41, 169, 171–3, 233. _See_ Mahayana, Hinayana.

Verse, 11, 12.

Versions in Chinese, 7.

Void, 125, 137, 182.

Vow, 73, 78, 168, 176, 180, 181.

Vulture Peak, 1, 13, 30, 53, 59, 106, 171, 206–7, 211, 243. _See_ Gridhrakuta.

Wife, Buddha’s, 22, 59.

Wind, 233.

Wisdom, _see_ Perfect Enlightenment.

Wisdom-store, 170–5.

Woman, 21–2, 61, 70, 143, 172–5, 176–7, 182–3, 219, 222, 226–8, 230, 236, 238–9, 245, 248, 255–9, 260–3. _See_ Nun.

Wonder-Sound, 30, 146, 242–6.

Works, 65. _See_ Faith.

Yak, 78.

Yaksha, 82, 84, 95–7, 149, 224, 230, 245, 253, 261.

Yojana, 132, 139, 161.

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