^146:1 I have already shown how widely, even in As'oka's days, was the expansion of Buddhism among non-Indian peoples.

^147:1 In the "Acta Archelai" we read, "Scythianus thought of making an excursion into Judaea, with the purpose of meeting all those that had a reputation there as teachers." And this is said to have been in the days of the Apostles. See my paper on the "Formative Elements of Japanese Buddhism," in Trans. As. Soc. Japan, vol. xxxv.

^147:2 In the "Acta Archelai" it is "Babylon, a province which is now held by the Persians."

^147:3 Does the name of some great Mahayanist doctor--for instance, Nagarjuna--lurk behind Terebinthus? Nag is the name of a tree, "the arjuna tree sacred to the worship of the Nagas," and always appears in Japanese as Ryu ju, the "tree of the Dragon" or Naga. Can it be that the name of Nagarjuna was similarly translated into Greek, and that the terebinthus was the "sacred tree of the Nagas"? Nagarjuna's date corresponds roughly with that assigned to Terebinthus. There is a great similarity of ideas between Nag. and Manichaeism; the "Thibetan Life of Nagarjuna," translated by Mr. Das in J.A.S. Bengal, speaks of a journey westwards undertaken by Nagarjuna, and Nagarjuna, like Terebinthus, was known amongst his contemporaries as "Buddha." The establishment of this conjectural identification would clear up many difficulties.

^148:1 The name also means "painter." The Greeks, not unnaturally perhaps, nicknamed him the Maniac.

^150:1 Kessler, l.c.

^150:2 See my "Shinran and His Work," p. 166.

^151:1 Cf. "Shinran and His Work." The lower class of Manichaean disciples, the "Hearers," corresponds, even philologically, with the S'ravakas of Buddhism. The distinction lies at the basis of the distinction, common in Japanese sects, of Shintai and Zokutai.