Jesus In India — Page 124
124 J e s u s i n I n d i a Buddhism , in its Connexion with Br ā hmanism and Hind ū ism, and in its Contrast with Christianity, by Sir Monier Monier-Williams, K. C. I. E. , Second Edition, (John Murray, London 1890) Pages 134-135. ‘He said of himself (Mah ā -vagga 1. 6,8),— ‘I am the all- subduer (sabb ā bhibh ū ); the all- wise; I have no stains; through myself I possess knowledge; I have no rival (patipuggalo); I am the chief Arhat— the highest teacher; I alone am the absolutely wise (Sambuddha); I am the Conqueror (Jina); all the fires of desire are quenched (s ī tibh ū to) in me; I have Nirv ā na (nibbuto). ’ Page 135 (foot- note). ‘In fact Gautama remained a Bodhi-sattva until he was thirty-four or thirty-five, when he attained perfect enlightenment and Buddhahood. ’ Page 126. ‘1. Kill not any living thing. 2. Steal not. 3. Commit not adultery. 4. Lie not. 5. Drink not strong drink…. 6. Eat no food except at stated times. 7. Use no wreaths, ornaments, or perfumes. 8. Use no high or broad bed, but only a mat on the ground. 9. Abstain from dancing, singing, music, and worldly spectacles. 10. Own no gold, or silver of any kind, and accept none. (Mah ā -vagga 1. 56). [This Buddhist Dasa-s ī la may be contrasted with the Mosaic Decalogue. ]’ Pages 45-47. ‘The Buddha’s early disciples were not poor men; for the sixth to be admitted to the Sangha was a high-born youth named Yasa…. . In sending forth these sixty monks to proclaim his own gospel of deliverance, he addressed them thus:- ‘I am delivered from all fetters (p. 127), human and divine. You too, O monks, are freed from the same fetters. Go forth and wander everywhere, out of compassion for the world and for the welfare of gods and men. Go forth, one by one, in different directions. Preach the doctrine (Dharmam), salutary (kaly ā na) in its beginning, middle, and end, in its spirit (artha) and in its letter (vyañjana). Proclaim a life of perfect restraint, chastity, and celibacy (brahma ć ariyam). I will