"Bright shineth the sun in his splendor by day
And bright the moon's radiance by night,
Bright shineth the hero in battle array,
And the sage in his thought shineth bright.
But by day and by night, none so glorious so bright
As Lord Buddha, the source of all spiritual light."

NOTES.

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[1]1 For details of the pabbajja (or initiation) and the upasampada (or ordination) see Mahavagga, first khandaka (S.B.E., Vol. XIII).

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[2]2 The time of our story is the fifth century after the Buddha's enlightenment, which corresponds to the first century of the Christian era.

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[3]3 Cf. 'Buddhist Chants and Processions," Journal of the Buddhist Text Society of India, Vol. III, Part II.

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[4]4 Dhammapada, 21.

[5]5 Dhammapada, 223.

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[6]6 Dhammapada, 134.

[7]7 Dhammapada, 313.

[8]8 Dhammapada, 258; 240.

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[9]9 Dhammapada, 254.

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[10]10 Kevaddha's story is an abbreviated account of an ancient Buddhist Pali text. The verses as well as other details are almost literally translated. Cf. Henry Warren's Buddhism in Translations, pp. 308-313.

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[11]11 Uposatha, or confession, was held regularly on the days of the full and the new moon. For a detailed account of the ceremony see Mahavagga, second Khandhaka (S.B.E., Vol. XIII).

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[12]12 The Greeks.

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[13]13 Padhana sutta, 16. S.B.E., X, p. 71.

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[14]14 Dhammapada, 151.

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[15]15 Cf. T. Suzuki's translation of Acvaghosha's Discourse on the Awakening of Faith in the Mahayana, pp. 101, 142 et seq. The term "highest truth" is called by Acvaghosha in Sanskrit paramarthasatya.

[16]16 Compare Samuel Beal's Abstract of Form Lectures on Buddhist literature in China, p. 177, where we read: "He who is possessed of the highest self, he is able to see Buddha. Buddha, although he dwell in the world, can be seen by none but those possessed of this highest self. Maharaja! Most true it is that though Buddha has attained Nirvana, yet may you behold him."

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[17]17 Dhammapada 5.

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[18]18 For full accounts of Prince Long-life see Mahavagga, X, 3-20. (Sacred Books of the East, Vol. XVII.)

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[19]19 The Saddharmapundarika, chapter 7.

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[20]20 Amitabha (and with him Buddha) is never called Creator, but he is frequently addressed as "Father." See the Saddharmapundarika, III, 97, 104, and the Fo-sho-hing-tsan-king, III, 15, 1231.

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