Birthday of Yo-shi Fo (The Buddha who instructs in healing, Bhaishajyaguru Buddha), 9th month, 30th day.--The world governed by this Buddha is in the East.

Birthday of O-mi-to Fo or "Amida" (Amitabha) Buddha, 11th month, 17th day.--The Buddha who rules in the universe to the west of that governed by Shakya, and grants the request of all those who pray to him to admit them to the Western heaven.

Birthday of Mi-li Fo (Maitreya Buddha), 1st month, 1st day.--The Buddha who is to succeed Shakyamuni in the government of the world. Maitreya was visited in one of the paradises by Shakyamuni, and foretold his destiny.

Birthday of the female Buddha, Chun-ti, 3d month, 6th day.--Great powers of sorcery are attributed to this personage.

Birthday of "Wen-shu p'u-sa" (Manjusiri Bodhisattwa), 4th month, 4th day.--One of the Bodhisattwas of Northern Buddhism.

Birthday of "P'u-hien p'u-sa" (Samantabhadra), 2d month, 21st day.--A fictitious Bodhisattwa of Northern Buddhism.

Birthday of "Kwan-shi-yin p'u-sa" (Avalokiteshwara), 2d month, 19th day.--This fabulous Bodhisattwa has in China been usually represented with female attributes. In the Fa-hwa-king, Kwan-yin is described as being able to assume any form at pleasure, whether that of Buddhas, Devas, men, or others, and as being guided in such voluntary metamorphoses by a constant desire to proclaim the Buddhist doctrine to those who need it, in the form most likely to effect the object. Kwan-yin is thus able to save

any of the inhabitants of the Saha (or Saba) world, i.e., the present race of mankind. When Kwan-yin is translated, not inappropriately, "Goddess of mercy," it should be remembered that female attributes are only temporarily assumed by the Bodhisattwa in question. (See the "Kwan-yin" section, near the end of the Fa-hwa-king.)

Birthday of Ta-shi-chi p'u-sa, 7th month, 13th day.--The position of this Bodhisattwa is to the right of Amitabha Buddha, while Kwan-yin takes the left. They are styled together, "the Three Sages of the West" (Si-fang-san-sheng).

Birthday of Ti-tsang p'u-sa, 7th month, 30th day.

4. CHARACTERS IN CHINESE BUDDHIST HISTORY.

Anniversary of the death of "Bodhidharma" (Ta-mo), 10th month, 5th day.--The first of the six patriarchs.

Death of Pe-Chang, 1st month, 19th day.--He was a teacher of Bodhidharma's system in the T'ang dynasty. He wrote the work Ts'ing-kwei from which these notices of fasts and festivals are taken.

Death of Chi-k'ai, 11th month, 24th day.--The founder of the T'ien-t'ai school.

Death of Hien-sheu, 11th month, 14th day.--A founder of a school bearing his name, and advocating the "Great Development" system (Ta-ch'eng).

Death of Tau-siuen, 10th month, 3d day.--A founder of the Discipline school.