Jesus In India — Page 126
126 J e s u s i n I n d i a the multitude (not to monks), ‘Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God. ’ The Buddha and his followers next proceeded to R ā jagriha. ’ Buddhism : being a Sketch of the Life and Teachings of Gautama, the Buddha, by T. W. Rhys Davids, M. A. Ph. D. (Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, London 1882) Page 183. ‘His mother was the best and the purest of the daughters of men. ’ In the footnote of page 183, Davids quotes St. Jerome: ‘St. Jerome says (contra Jovian. bk. I): ‘It is handed down as a tradition among the Gymnosophists of India, that Buddha, the founder of their system, was brought forth by a virgin from her side. ’ The Life of the Buddha and the Early History of his Order, derived from Tibetan Works in the Bkah-Hgyur and Bstan-Hgyur, translated by W. Woodville Rockhill (Trübner & Co. London 1884) Page 32. ‘The rumour had reached Kapilavastu that the prince had died under the excess of his penances, and all the court was plunged in despair, and his wives fell fainting to the ground; but a little after came the news that he had attained enlightenment, and great was the rejoicing everywhere. ’ Page 141. ‘As soon as the Blessed One expired the mighty earth was shaken, thunderbolts did fall, and the gods in the sky did shriek with (or like) sound of drum (f. 635 a ). At that time the venerable Mahâkâçyapa was stopping in the Kalantakanivasa Bamboo grove at Râjagriha; and when the earth quaked he sought what might be the reason, and he saw that the Blessed One had utterly passed away…’