leaking,"--signifying that condition of supreme intelligence
triumphant over birth and death.
VI.--The Wheel-of-a-Thousand-Spokes (Sansc. "Tchakra "). This
emblem, called in Japanese Senfuku-rin-so, is curiously explained
by various quotations. The Hokke-Monku says:--"The effect of a
wheel is to crush something; and the effect of the Buddha's
preaching is to crush all delusions, errors, doubts, and
superstitions. Therefore preaching the doctrine is called,
'turning the Wheel.'"... The Sei-Ri-Ron says: "Even as the common
wheel has its spokes and its hub, so in Buddhism there are many
branches of the Hasshi Shodo ('Eight-fold Path,' or eight rules
of conduct)."
VII.--The Crown of Brahma. Under the heel of the Buddha is the
Treasure-Crown (Ho-Kwan) of Brahma (Bon-Ten-O),--in symbol of the
Buddha's supremacy above the gods.

But I think that the inscriptions upon any of these Butsu-soku-
seki will be found of more significance than the above imperfect
attempts at an explanation of the emblems. The inscriptions upon
the monument at Dentsu-In are typical. On different sides of the
structure,--near the top, and placed by rule so as to face
certain points of the compass,--there are engraved five Sanscrit
characters which are symbols of the Five Elemental Buddhas,
together with scriptural and commemorative texts. These latter
have been translated for me as follows:--

The HO-KO-HON-NYO-KYO says:--"In that time, from beneath his
feet, the Buddha radiated a light having the appearance of a
wheel of a thousand spokes. And all who saw that radiance became
strictly upright, and obtained the Supreme Enlightenment."