^86:* It must be remembered that other Buddhist Sects do not accept this. According to the Shingon, Amida does not represent the Dharmakaya at all, but only the Sambhogakaya--Hoshin--the next lower forms of Manifestation. For them Vairocana, the Abraxas of the Gnostics, the Supreme God of the Manichaeans, is the Highest Manifestation of God.

^87:* It was the Hoben Hosshin which became man in Hozo Biku. Hozo therefore stands on a higher plane than Sakyamuni, who was merely Ojin or Keshin (Nirmana Kaya). To say that a man was a Keshin, of Amida, Kwannon, or Seishi, meant no more than what we say of a man, "The Spirit of God is in him"--It is in this lower sense that the term Keshin is used of men like Genku, Shinran or Shotoku Taishi. And according to the Shinshu there has, never been more than one Incarnation like that of Hozo.

^88:* The parallelism is so striking that I need not comment on it. I will content myself with quoting the exact words of Shinshu Hyakuwa section 49. Hoshin Butsu (i e. the Sambhogakaya). Kore we Shinshu (Jodo mon) ni hanzon to suru Amida butsu no gotoki, in-i ni oite shutoku gyo do no ko ni mukuite, arawaretaru kekkwa no Buddha wo sashite in no de arimasu. Dr. Anezaki, who has been kind enough to read these pages for me suggests that the Sambhogakaya of Buddha corresponds rather to the Holy Spirit in Christian theology. But the above quotation is very clear.