The Gospel of Buddha, Compiled from Ancient Records
Part 20
Those who accept the truth and have faith in the truth, take refuge in the Buddha, the Dharma, and the Sangha. 13
Receive us, O Buddha, as thy disciples from this day hence, so long as our life lasts. 14
Comfort, O holy Teacher, compassionate and all-loving, the afflicted and the sorrow-laden, illumine those who go astray, and let us all gain more and more in comprehension and in holiness. 15
The truth is the end and aim of all existence, and the worlds originate so that the truth may come and dwell therein. 16
Those who fail to aspire for the truth have missed the purpose of life. 17
Blessed is he who rests in the truth, for all things will pass away, but the truth abideth forever. 18
The world is built for the truth, but false combinations of thought misrepresent the true state of things and bring forth errors. 19
Errors can be fashioned as it pleases those who cherish them; therefore they are pleasant to look upon, but they are unstable and contain the seeds of dissolution. 20
Truth cannot be fashioned. Truth is one and the same; it is immutable. 21
Truth is above the power of death; it is omnipresent, eternal, and most glorious. 22
Illusions, errors, and lies are the daughters of Māra, and great power is given unto them to seduce the minds of men and lead them astray upon the path of evil. 23
The nature of delusions, errors, and lies is death; and wrong-doing is the way to perdition. 24
Delusions, errors, and lies are like huge, gaudy vessels, the rafters of which are rotten and wormeaten, and those who embark in them are fated to be shipwrecked. 25
There are many who say: "Come error, be thou my guide," and when they are caught in the meshes of selfishness, lust, and evil desires, misery is begot. 26
Yet does all life yearn for the truth and the truth only can cure our diseases and give peace to our unrest. 27
Truth is the essence of life, for truth endureth beyond the death of the body. Truth is eternal and will still remain even though heaven and earth shall pass away. 28
There are not different truths in the world, for truth is one and the same at all times and in every place. 29
Truth teaches us the noble eightfold path of righteousness, and it is a straight path easily found by the truth-loving. Happy are those who walk in it. 30
C.
THE PRAISE OF ALL THE BUDDHAS.
All the Buddhas are wonderful and glorious. There is not their equal upon earth. They reveal to us the path of life. And we hail their appearance with pious reverence. 1
All the Buddhas teach the same truth. They point out the path to those who go astray. The Truth is our hope and comfort. We gratefully accept its illimitable light. 2
Ah the Buddhas are one in essence, Which is omnipresent in all modes of being, Sanctifying the bonds that tie all souls together, And we rest in its bliss as our final refuge. 3
TABLE OF REFERENCE.
THE GOSPEL OF BUDDHA CHAPTER AND VERSE (Gospel): I-III Sources: EA Parallelisms: --
Gospel: Descent from heaven omitted Sources: LV; rGya, iii-iv Parallelisms: Klopstock's _Messias_ Gesang I
Gospel: IV Sources: Fo, vv. 1-147 Parallelisms: --
Gospel: IV, 6 Sources: BSt, p. 64 Parallelisms: Mark vii, 32, 37; Matth. xi, 5
Gospel: IV, 9 Sources: Fo, vv. 22-24 Parallelisms: Matth. ii, 1
Gospel: IV, 12 Sources: Fo, vv. 39-40 Parallelisms: Luke ii, 36
Gospel: IV, 17 Sources: RB 150; RHB 52 Parallelisms: Pseudo Matth. 23
Gospel: IV, 27 Sources: Fo, v. 147 Parallelisms: Luke ii, 52
Gospel: Omitted Sources: RHB, pp. 103-108 Parallelisms: Matth. ii, 16
Gospel: V Sources: HM, p. 156; RB, p. 83; rGya, xii Parallelisms: --
Sources: Fo, vv. 152-156 Parallelisms: Luke ii, 46-47
Gospel: V, 9 Sources: Fo, v. 164 Parallelisms: Matth. iii, 16
Gospel: VI Sources: Fo, vv. 191-322 Parallelisms: --
Gospel: VI, 19-20 Sources: BSt, pp. 79-80; RB, p. 23 Parallelisms: Luke xi, 27-28
Gospel: VII Sources: Fo, vv. 335-417 Parallelisms: --
Gospel: VII, 7 Sources: BSt, p. 5-6 Parallelisms: --
Gospel: VII, 18-19 Sources: BSt, p. 18 Parallelisms: Matt. xxiv, 35; Luke xxi, 33; Luke xvi, 17
Gospel: VII, 23-24 Sources: BSt, p. 84 Parallelisms: Luke iv, 5-8 [see also Matth. iv, 1-7 and Mark i, 13]
Gospel: VIII Sources: Fo, vv. 778-918 Parallelisms: --
Gospel: VIII, 15 Sources: DP, v. 178 Parallelisms: --
Gospel: IX Sources: Fo, vv. 919-1035; Cf. "Arāda and Udraka" in Rhys Davids's _Dialogue_ Parallelisms: Compare the results of modern psychology
Gospel: IX, 6 Sources: MV. 1, 6, Secs. 36-38 [SB, xiii, p. 100] Parallelisms: --
Gospel: IX, 14 Sources: QKM, pp. 83-86 Parallelisms: Evolution theory
Gospel: IX, 15 Sources: QKM, p. 133 Parallelisms: --
Gospel: IX, 16 Sources: QKM, p. 111 Parallelisms: --
Gospel: X Sources: Fo, vv. 1000-1023 Parallelisms: --
Gospel: X, 4, 5 Sources: SN, vv. 425, 439; SN, v. 445 Parallelisms: Luke iv, 2-4; John iii, 46
Gospel: X, 11 Sources: Fo, vv. 1024; Fo, vv. 1222-1224 Parallelisms: Luke vii, 19; Matth ii, 3
Gospel: XI [See LXXXIX, 1-6] Sources: Fo, vv. 1026-1110 Parallelisms: Luke iv, 2; Matth. iv, 1-7; Mark i, 13
Gospel: XII Sources: Fo, vv. 1111-1199 Parallelisms: --
Gospel: XII, 8 Sources: QKM, p. 79; SDP, vii [SB, xxi, p. 172] Parallelisms: --
Gospel: XII, 11-15 Sources: SDP, iii [SB, xxi, p. 90]; MV, i, 6 Secs. 19-28; Cf. OldG, pp. 227-228, OldE, p. 211; RhDB, pp. 106-107 Parallelisms: --
Gospel: XII, 16 Sources: BSt, pp. 103-104; Cf. DP, pp. 153-154; Db, p. 12 Parallelisms: --
Gospel: XII, 20 Sources: rGya, 355 Parallelisms: Matth. v, 3-11
Gospel: XIII Sources: MV, i, 4 Parallelisms: --
Gospel: XIV Sources: MV, i, 5 Parallelisms: --
Gospel: XIV, 2 Sources: MV, i, 3, Sec. 4 Parallelisms: --
Gospel: XIV, 14 Sources: MPN, iii, 44, 45; Cf. W, p. 87 Parallelisms: --
Gospel: XV Sources: Fo, vv. 1200-1217; MV, i, 6, Secs. 1-9 Parallelisms: --
Gospel: XVI Sources: Fo, vv. 1217-1279; MV, i, 6, Secs. 10-47 Parallelisms: --
Gospel: XVI, 5 Sources: SN, v. 248 Parallelisms: --
Gospel: XVI, 6 Sources: RhDB p. 131 Parallelisms: --
Gospel: XVI, 7 Sources: SN, v. 241 Parallelisms: Matth. xv, 10
Gospel: XVII Sources: MV, i, 6, Sec. 10-47 Parallelisms: --
Gospel: XVII, 10-12 Sources: _Saniyuttaka Nikāya_, vol. iii, fol. sā, quoted by OldG, p. 364; OldE, p. 339 Parallelisms: --
Gospel: XVII, 13-18 Sources: MV, i, 11 Parallelisms: --
Sources: Fo, vv. 1297-1300 Parallelisms: Luke ix, 1-6; Luke x, 1-24
Gospel: XVII, 15 Sources: QKM, p. 264 Parallelisms: Matth. v, 16
Sources: QKM, p. 266 Parallelisms: Matth. vii, 6
Gospel: XVIII Sources: MV, 1, 7; 8, 9; Fo, vv. 1280-1296 Parallelisms: John iii, 2
Gospel: XVIII, 8 Sources: Fo, vv. 1289-1290 Parallelisms: --
Gospel: XVIII, 10 Sources: Fo, v. 1292 Parallelisms: --
Gospel: XIX Sources: Fo, vv. 1300-1334; MV, 1, 20-21 Parallelisms: --
Gospel: XX Sources: Fo, vv. 1335-1379; MV, 1, 22 Parallelisms: --
Gospel: XX, 19-20 Sources: SN, v. 148; _Metta Sutta._ [An often quoted sentence. RhDB, p. 109, Hardy, "Legends and Theories of the Buddhas," p. 212] Parallelisms: --
Gospel: XX, 23 Sources: RhDB, p. 62 Parallelisms: --
Gospel: XX, 28 Sources: Fo, v. 1733 Parallelisms: --
Gospel: XXI Sources: Fo, vv. 1380-1381; MV, 1, 22, Secs. 15-18 Parallelisms: Matth. xxi, 1-11; Mark. xi, 1-10; Luke xix, 28-38; John xii, 12-15
Gospel: XXII Sources: Fo, vv. 1382-1433; MV 1, 23-24; W, p. 89 Parallelisms: --
Gospel: XXII, 3-5 Sources: MV, 1, 23, Secs. 13-14 Parallelisms: -- Matth. xxi, 9; Mark xi, 9; John xii, 13
Gospel: XXIII, 10-20 Sources: EA Parallelisms: --
Gospel: XXIV Sources: Fo, vv. 1496-1521 Parallelisms: --
Gospel: XXV, 4 Sources: Fo, vv. 1516-1517 Parallelisms: Acts xx, 35
Gospel: XXV Sources: Fo, vv. 1522-1533, 1611-1671 Parallelisms: --
Gospel: XXVI, 1-7 Sources: AN, iii, 134. Parallelisms: Compare the results of modern psychology
Gospel: XXVI, 8-13 Sources: US, p. 112; W, p. xiv Parallelisms: --
Gospel: XXVII Sources: Fo, vv. 1534-1610; HM, p. 204 Parallelisms: --
Gospel: XXVIII Sources: HM, p. 203 et seqq.; BSt, pp. 125-126 Parallelisms: --
Gospel: XXIX Sources: MV, i, 54; HM, 208-209 Parallelisms: --
Gospel: XXX Sources: MV, viii, 23-36 [SB, xvii, pp. 193-194] Parallelisms: --
Gospel: XXXI Sources: Fo vv. 1672-1673 Parallelisms: --
Gospel: XXXII Sources: HM, pp. 353-354 Parallelisms: --
Gospel: XXXII, 4-6 Sources: W, pp. 443-444 Parallelisms: --
Gospel: XXXIII Sources: S42S; Fo, vv. 1757-1766; BP, p. 153 Parallelisms: Matth. v, 28
Gospel: XXXIII, 9-11 Sources: Fo vv. 1762-1763 Parallelisms: Eph. vi, 13-17
Sources: Fo, vv. 1763 Parallelisms: Mark ix, 47; Matth. v, 29; Matth. xviii, 9
Gospel: XXXIV Sources: MV, viii, 15. [SB, xvii, pp. 219-225.] Parallelisms: --
Gospel: XXXIV, 24 [Last part of the verse.] Sources: Bgt, p. 211 Parallelisms: Luke viii, 2; Matth. xiii, 24-27
Gospel: XXXV Sources: MV, ii Parallelisms: --
Gospel: XXXVI Sources: MV, x, 1, 2, Sec. 1-2; Sec. 20 C, vol iii, p. 139 Parallelisms: --
Gospel: XXXVII Sources: MV, x, 5-6, 2 Sec. 3-20 Parallelisms: --
Gospel: XXXVIII Sources: MV, v, 4 Parallelisms: --
Gospel: XXXVIII, 3 Sources: BSt, p. 311 Parallelisms: --
Gospel: XXXVIII, 5 Sources: MV, v, 4, 2 [SB, xvii, p. 18] Parallelisms: Matth. v, 46-47
Gospel: XXXIX Sources: Fo, vv. 1713-1734; HM, pp. 337-340 Parallelisms: --
Gospel: XXXIX, 4 Sources: Bst, p. 200 Parallelisms: --
Gospel: XXXIX, 7 Sources: DP, v. 227; SB, x, p. 58 (cf. ChD, p. 122) Parallelisms: Matth. xi, 16, 19
Gospel: XL Sources: V, xviii, xx; W, pp. 184-186 Parallelisms: --
Gospel: XLI Sources: MV, vi, 29 [SB, xvii, pp. 104-105.] Parallelisms: --
Gospel: XLI, 12-13 Sources: _Metta Sutta_; SN v. 148. [Cf. RhDB, p. 109] Parallelisms: --
Gospel: XLII Sources: RB, pp. 68-69. [Cf. RhDB, p. 71 and OldG, 376-378.] Parallelisms: Mark iii, 14; Luke ix, 2
Sources: Bgt, 212 Parallelisms: Matth. xiii, 3 et seq.; Mark iv, 3-20
Gospel: XLIV Sources: TPN, p. 129 Parallelisms: --
Gospel: XLV Sources: TPN, pp. 22-23 and p. 25 Parallelisms: --
Gospel: XLVI Sources: S42S, 4 Parallelisms: --
Gospel: XLVII Sources: SDP, x, xiii, xxvii Parallelisms: --
Gospel: XLVII, 23 Sources: SDP, xxiv, 22. [SB, xxi, p. 416.] Parallelisms: --
Gospel: XLVIII Sources: DP in SB, x Parallelisms: --
Gospel: XLVIII, 36-37 Sources: DP, v. 5 Parallelisms: Matth. v, 44
Gospel: XLVIII, 46 Sources: SN, vv. 784-785, 885-888, 834 [SB, x, 149, 159, 169.] Parallelisms: Matth. xi, 29-30
Gospel: XLVIII, 47 Sources: DP, v. 275 Parallelisms: II Cor. vii, 7
Gospel: XLVIII, 55 Sources: DP, v. 387 Parallelisms: --
Gospel: XLIX Sources: SB, xi, pp. 157-203 Parallelisms: --
Gospel: XLIX, 17 Sources: SB, xi, pp. 173-174 Parallelisms: Matth. xv, 14
Gospel: L Sources: SSP, pp. 297-320 [Cf. RhDB, 143.] Parallelisms: --
Gospel: LI, 1-14; LI, 31-75 Sources: MV, vi, 31. [SB, xvii, pp. 108-113.] Parallelisms: --
Gospel: LI, 15-30 Sources: EA [cf. QKM, pp. 254-257] Parallelisms: --
Gospel: LII Sources: EA [cf. CBS, p. 15 and also MV, v] Parallelisms: --
Gospel: LIII Sources: Compiled from HM, pp. 280 et seq.; Fo, v. 1682, 1683; W, p. 219; and QKM, pass. Parallelisms: --
Gospel: LIII, 18-23a Sources: QKM, p. 120 Parallelisms: --
Gospel: LIII, 23b Sources: QKM, p. 148 Parallelisms: John iii, 8
Gospel: LIII, 26-27 Sources: QKM, p. 67 Parallelisms: --
Gospel: LIII, 29-32 Sources: QKM, pp. 73-74 Parallelisms: --
Gospel: LIII, 47-59 Sources: QKM, pp. 63, 83-86 Parallelisms: --
Gospel: LIII, 53 Sources: US and W, motto Parallelisms: --
Gospel: LIV, 1-2 Sources: Fo, vv. 1208, 1228 Parallelisms: Matth. v, 3-11
Gospel: LIV, 3 Sources: _Brahmajāla Sutta_, quoted by RhD, p. 99 Parallelisms: John xvi, 16; Matth. xxiv, 23
Gospel: LIV, 4 Sources: Gospel: QKM, p. 114 Parallelisms: --
Gospel: LIV, 5 Sources: Fo, v. 1231 Parallelisms: --
Gospel: LIV, 6-8 Sources: rGya, p. 372 Parallelisms: Matth. xi, 28
Gospel: LIV, 9 Sources: S42S, 16 Parallelisms: --
Gospel: LIV, 10 Sources: QKM, p. 110 Parallelisms: John xiv, 6; John xviii, 37
Gospel: LV Sources: SDP, v Parallelisms: --
Gospel: LVI Sources: _Mahā Rāhula Sutta_ Parallelisms: --
Gospel: LVII Sources: S42S Parallelisms: --
Gospel: LVIII Sources: _Buddhist Catena_ Parallelisms: --
Gospel: LIX Sources: SN, pp. 58-62; p, 25; p. 147; p. 54; MV, i, 3, Sec. 4 [cf. OldE, p. 118]; _Nidhikanda Sutta_, quoted by RhDB, p. 127 Parallelisms: Matth. vi, 20
Gospel: LX, 7-8 Sources: RhDB, p. 156 Parallelisms: --
Gospel: LX, 12 Sources: Beal, _Buddhism of China_, chap, xii Parallelisms: --
Gospel: LX, 18-23 Sources: RhDB, p. 170 Parallelisms: --
Gospel: LX, 27-28 Sources: EH Parallelisms: --
Gospel: LX, 29 Sources: QKM, p. 127 Parallelisms: --
Gospel: LX, 31 Sources: RhDB, pp. 175-176 Parallelisms: --
Gospel: LX, 33 Sources: RhDB,p. 173 Parallelisms: --
Gospel: LXI Sources: MPN, 111, 22. [SB, xx, p. 48-49.] Parallelisms: --
Gospel: LXI, 3-5 Sources: _Chullavaggaxx_, 1-4. [SB, xx, 301-305] Parallelisms: Matth. v, 13
Gospel: LXI, 6-9 Sources: _Sutra Dsauglun_ [cf. R. Seydel "_Das Ev. v. Jesu in s. Verb. z. Buddha-Sage_" pp. 184-185] Parallelisms: Matth. v, 1-2
Gospel: LXII Sources: EA Parallelisms: --
Gospel: LXIII Sources: See O.C. xvii, pp. 353-354 Parallelisms: --
Gospel: LXIII, 7-9 Sources: UG, vii, 14 seq. Parallelisms: Matth. xxv, 14 et seq.
Gospel: LXIV Sources: DP, v Parallelisms: --
Gospel: LXV Sources: SDP, iv Parallelisms: Luke xv, 11 et seq.
Gospel: LXVI Sources: Bst, pp. 211, 299. [See PT, 11, 58.] Parallelisms: --
Gospel: LXVII Sources: Bst, pp. 315 et seq. Parallelisms: --
Gospel: LXVIII Sources: ChD, pp. 88-89 Parallelisms: --
Gospel: LXVIII, 6 Sources: ChD Parallelisms: Mark xii, 42-44
Gospel: LXIX Sources: ChD, p. 46 Parallelisms: The Story of Diogenes and his Lantern
Gospel: LXX Sources: ChD, p. 134 Parallelisms: --
Gospel: LXXI Sources: Bgp, pp. 107 et seq. Parallelisms: --
Gospel: LXXII Sources: ChD, p. 77 Parallelisms: Luke xii, 20
Gospel: LXXIII Sources: Bst, p. 147 Parallelisms: --
Gospel: LXXIII, 15 Sources: BSt Parallelisms: Exodus xvii, 6
Gospel: LXXIV Sources: SN, pp. 11-15 Parallelisms: Matth. xiii, 3 et seq.; Mark iv, 14
Gospel: LXXV Sources: SN, pp. 20 et seq. Parallelisms: --
Gospel: LXXVI Sources: Bf, p. 205. Parallelisms: John v, 5 et seq.
Gospel: LXXVII Sources: HM, pp. 317-319 Parallelisms: --
Gospel: LXXVIII, LXXIX Sources: _Jātaka Tales_ Parallelisms: --
Gospel: LXXX Sources: Bf, pp. 146 et seq. Parallelisms: --
Gospel: LXXXI Sources: _Fu-Pen-Hing-tsi-King_, tr. by S. Beal Parallelisms: --
Gospel: LXXXI, 7-10 Sources: EA Parallelisms: John ii, 1 et seq.
Gospel: LXXXII Sources: MV, i, 14 Parallelisms: --
Gospel: LXXXIII Sources: ChD, p. 130 et seq. Parallelisms: --
Gospel: LXXXIII, 5 Sources: BP, p. 16 Parallelisms: --
Gospel: LXXXIII, 5, 6, 9 Sources: ChD and SS Parallelisms: Matth. xxii, 30
Gospel: LXXXIV, 1-14 Sources: BP, pp. 98 et seqq. Parallelisms: Greek versions quoted by Jacob H. Thiessen, LKG.
Gospel: LXXXIV, 15-28 Sources: SB, x, p. 106 Parallelisms: --
Gospel: LXXXV Sources: ChD, pp. 50-51 Parallelisms: Matth. v. 25, 29
Gospel: LXXXV, 6 Sources: ChD, cf OC No. 470 Parallelisms: Rom. iii, 28
Gospel: LXXXVI Sources: ChD, pp. 94-98 Parallelisms: --
Gospel: LXXXVII Sources: C, ii p. 262 Parallelisms: --
Gospel: LXXXVIII Sources: MPN, i [SB, xi, p. 1 et seqq.] Parallelisms: --
Gospel: LXXXIX Sources: MPN, i, 19, 22; MV, vi, 28 Parallelisms: --
Gospel: XC Sources: MPN, i, 16 Parallelisms: --
Gospel: XCI Sources: MPN, ii, 9 Parallelisms: --
Gospel: XCI, 6 Sources: MPN Parallelisms: 1 Cor. 15, 55
Gospel: XCII Sources: MPN, 11, 12-24; Fo, vv. 1749-1753, 1768-1782 Parallelisms: --
Gospel: XCIII Sources: MPN, ii, 27-35 Parallelisms: --
Gospel: XCIV, 1 Sources: BSt,p. 84 Parallelisms: See Matth. iv, 1 and Mark i, 13
Gospel: XCIV, 2-13 Sources: MPN, iii, 46-63 Parallelisms: --
Gospel: XCV Sources: MPN, iv, 14-57 Parallelisms: --
Gospel: XCV, 6 Sources: MPN, iv, 25 Parallelisms: John xix, 28
Gospel: XCV, 14-22 Sources: MPN, iv, 47-52 Parallelisms: Matth. xxvii, 2; Mark ix, 2
Gospel: XCVI Sources: MPN, v, 1-14, concerning Metteyya see EH s.v. RhDB, pp. 180, 200; OldG, p. 153, etc. Parallelisms: John xiv, 26
Gospel: XCVII Sources: MPN, v, 52-69, and vi; Fo, vv. 2303-2310 Parallelisms: --
Gospel: XCVII, 19-20; XCVII, 23-24 Sources: _Mahātanhāsamkhaya-Sutta, Majjhima Nikāya_, vol. 1, p. 263, quoted by OldG, p. 349, E, p. 325. Parallelisms: --
Gospel: XCVII, 22 Sources: _Suttavibbanga, Parājika_ 1, pp. 1, 4 quoted by OldG, p. 349, E, p. 325 Parallelisms: 1 Cor. xv, 20
Gospel: XCVIII Sources: EA, embodying later traditions, see EH and almost any other work on Buddhism. Parallelisms: The Christian Trinity dogma
Gospel: XCIX Sources: EA Parallelisms: --
Gospel: C Sources: EA, in imitation of a formula at present in use among Northern Buddhists Parallelisms: --
ABBREVIATIONS IN THE TABLE OF REFERENCE.
AN.--Añguttara Nikāya in Warren's Buddhism in Translations.
Bf.--Burnouf, Introduction à l'histoire du Bouddhisme Indien, Paris 1844.
Bgt.--The Life or Legend of Gautama, by the R. Rev. P. Bigandet.
BL.--Buddhist Literature in China by Samuel Beal.
BP.--Buddhaghosha's Parables. Translated by T. Rogers, London, 1870.
BSt.--Buddhist Birth Stories or Jātaka Tales. Translated by Rhys Davids.
C.--The Jātaka edited by Prof. E.B. Cowell, Cambridge.
CBS.--A Catena of Buddhist Scriptures from the Chinese by Samuel Beal. London, 1871.
ChD.--[Chinese Dhammapada.] Texts from the Buddhist Canon, commonly known as Dhammapada. Translated by S. Beal, London and Boston, 1878.
Dh.--The Dharma, or The Religion of Enlightenment by Paul Carus. 5th ed. Chicago, 1907.
DP.--The Dhammapada. Translated from Pāli by F. Max Müller, Vol. X, Part I, of the Sacred Books of the East. Oxford, 1881.
EA.--Explanatory Addition.
EH.--Handbook of Chinese Buddhism, by Ernest J. Eitel. London, 1888.
Fo.--The Fo-Sho-Hing-Tsan-King. A Life of Buddha by Asvaghosha, translated from Sanskrit into Chinese by Dharmarakhsha, A.D. 420, and from Chinese into English by Samuel Beal. Vol. XIX of the Sacred Books of the East. Oxford, 1883.
G.--Reden Gotamo's by Karl Eugen Neumann.
HF.--Hymns of the Faith (Dhammapada) transl. by Albert J. Edmunds.
HM.--A Manual of Buddhism, by R. Spence Hardy.
LKG.--Die Legende von Kisāgotamī, by Jakob H. Thiessen. Breslau, 1880.
LV.--Lalita Vistara, translated into German by Dr. S. Lefmann. Berlin, 1874.
MPN.--The Mahāparinibbāna Suttanta. The Book of the Great Decease. Vol. XI of the Sacred Books of the East. Oxford 1881.
MP.--The Mahāvagga. I-IV in Vol. XIII; V-X in Vol. XVII of the Sacred Books of the East. Oxford, 1881-1882.
MY.--Outlines of the Mahāyāna as Taught by Buddha, by S. Kuroda. Tokyo, Japan, 1893.
OC.--The Open Court, a monthly magazine, published by the Open Court Publishing Company, Chicago.
OldG.--German Edition, Buddha, sein Leben, seine Lehre und seine Gemeinde, by H. Oldenberg. Second Edition. Berlin, 1890.
OldE.--English translation, Buddha, His Life, His Doctrine, and His Order by H. Oldenberg. London, 1882.
PT.--Pantschatantra, translated into German by Theodor Benfey. Two vols. Leipsic, 1859.
QKM.--The Questions of King Milinda, translated from Pāli by T.W. Rhys Davids, Vol. XXXV of the Sacred Books of the East. Oxford, 1890.
RB.-The Life of the Buddha from Thibetan Works, transl. by W.W. Rockhill. London, 1884.
rGya.--rGya Tchee Roll Pa, Histoire du Bouddha Sakya Mouni, by Foucaux. Paris, 1868.
RHB.--The Romantic History of Buddha from the Chinese Sanskrit, by S. Beal. London, 1875.
RhDB.--Buddhism, by T.W. Rhys Davids, in the Series of Non-Christian Religious Systems. London, 1890.
S42S.--Sutra of Forty-two Sections. Kyoto, Japan.
SB.-Sacred Books of the East.
SN.--Sutta Nipāta, translated from the Pāli by V. Fausböll. Part II, Vol. X of the Sacred Books of the East. Oxford, 1881.
SS.--A Brief Account of Shin-Shiu by R. Akamatsu. Kyoto, Japan, 1893.
SSP.--Sept Suttas Pālis by M.P. Grimblot. Paris, 1876.
TPN.--Buddhistische Anthologie. Texte aus dem Pāli-Kanon. By Dr. Karl Eugen Neumann. Leyden, 1892.
Ug.--Uttarādhyayana, translated by H. Jacobi. Vol. XLV of the Sacred Books of the East.
US.--The Udāna by Major General D.M. Strong.
V.--Visuddhi-Magga in Warren's Buddhism in Translations.
W.--Buddhism in Translations by Henry Clarke Warren.
The original Pāli texts are published in the Journal of the Pāli Text Society, London, Henry Frowde.
GLOSSARY OF NAMES AND TERMS.
[In the text of the present booklet all unnecessary terms have been avoided. Whenever a good English equivalent could be found, the foreign expression has been dropped. Nevertheless, the introduction not only of many foreign-sounding names, but also of some of the original terms, was unavoidable.
Now we have to state that the Eastern people, at least those of Hindu culture during the golden age of Buddhism in India, adopted the habit of translating not only terms but also names. A German whose name is Schmied is not called Smith in English, but Buddhists, when translating from Pāli into Sanskrit, change Siddhattha into Siddhartha. The reason of this strange custom lies in the fact that Buddhists originally employed the popular speech and did not adopt the use of Sanskrit until about five hundred years after Buddha. Since the most important names and terms, such as Nirvāna, Karma and Dharma, have become familiar to us in their Sanskrit form, while their Pali equivalents, Nibbāna, Kamma and Dhamma, are little used, it _appeared advisable to prefer for some terms the Sanskrit forms_, but there are instances in which the Pāli, for some reason or other, has been preferred by English authors [e. g. Krishā Gautamī is always called Kisāgotamī], we present here in the Glossary both the Sanskrit and the Pāli forms.