Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 2 by Sir Charles Eliot
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[Footnote 60: The stupa was apparently at Benares but Hsüan Chuang's
narrative is not clear and other versions make Râjagṛiha or Srâvasti the scene of the prediction.] [Footnote 61: Campa. This is his bodhi tree under which he will obtain enlightenment as Sâkyamuni under the _Ficus religiosa_. Each Buddha has his own special kind of bodhi tree.] [Footnote 62: _Record of the Buddhist religion_, Trans. Takakusu, p. 213. See too Watters, _Yüan Chwang_, II. 57, 144, 210, 215.] [Footnote 63: Chinese P'u-hsien. See Johnston, _From Peking to Mandalay_, for an interesting account of Mt. Omei.] [Footnote 64: Or Mahâsthâna. Chinese, Tai-shih-chih. He appears to be the Arhat Maudgalyâyana deified. In China and Japan there is a marked tendency to regard all Bodhisattvas as ancient worthies who by their vows and virtues have risen to their present high position. But these euhemeristic explanations are common in the Far East and the real origin of the Bodhisattvas may be quite different.] [Footnote 65: _E.g._ Watters, I. p. 229, II. 215.] [Footnote 66: Kshitigarbha is translated into Chinese as Ti-tsang and JizŠis the Japanese pronunciation of the same two characters.] [Footnote 67: In _Ostasiat. Ztsft_. 1913-15. See too Johnston, _Buddhist China_, chap. VIII.] [Footnote 68: The Earth goddess is known to the earliest Buddhist |
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