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The throne of truth is righteousness; and love and justice and good-will are its ornaments.10
Righteousness is the place in which truth dwells, and here in the hearts of mankind aspiring after the realization of righteousness, there is ample space for a rich and ever richer revelation of the truth.12
This is the Gospel of the Blessed One. This is the revelation of the Enlightened One. This is the bequest of the Holy One.13
Those who accept the truth and have faith in the truth, take refuge in the Buddha, the Dharma, and the Sangha.14
Receive us, O Buddha, as thy disciples from this day hence, so long as our life lasts.15
Comfort, O holy Teacher, compassionate and all-loving, the afflicted and the sorrow-laden, illumine those who go astray, and let us all gain more and more in comprehension and in holiness.16
The truth is the end and aim of all existence, and the worlds originate so that the truth may come and dwell therein.17
Those who fail to aspire for the truth have missed the purpose of life.18
Blessed is he who rests in the truth, for all things will pass away, but the truth abideth forever.19
The world is built for the truth, but false combinations of thought misrepresent the true state of things and bring forth errors.20
Errors can be fashioned as it pleases those who cherish them; therefore they are pleasant to look upon, but they are unstable and contain the seeds of dissolution.21
Truth cannot be fashioned. Truth is one and the same; it is immutable.22
Truth is above the power of death; it is omnipresent, eternal, and most glorious.[Pg 258] 23
Illusions, errors, and lies are the daughters of Mra, and great power is given unto them to seduce the minds of men and lead them astray upon the path of evil.24
The nature of delusions, errors, and lies is death; and wrong-doing is the way to perdition.25
Delusions, errors, and lies are like huge, gaudy vessels, the rafters of which are rotten and wormeaten, and those who embark in them are fated to be shipwrecked.26
There are many who say: "Come error, be thou my guide," and when they are caught in the meshes of selfishness, lust, and evil desires, misery is begot.27
Yet does all life yearn for the truth and the truth only can cure our diseases and give peace to our unrest.28
Truth is the essence of life, for truth endureth beyond the death of the body. Truth is eternal and will still remain even though heaven and earth shall pass away.29
There are not different truths in the world, for truth is one and the same at all times and in every place.30
Truth teaches us the noble eightfold path of righteousness, and it is a straight path easily found by the truth-loving. Happy are those who walk in it.31
All the Buddhas are wonderful and glorious.
There is not their equal upon earth.
They reveal to us the path of life.
And we hail their appearance with pious reverence.1
All the Buddhas teach the same truth.
[Pg 259]They point out the path to those who go astray.
The Truth is our hope and comfort.
We gratefully accept its illimitable light.2
Ah the Buddhas are one in essence,
Which is omnipresent in all modes of being,
Sanctifying the bonds that tie all souls together,
And we rest in its bliss as our final refuge.3
[list of abbr. in this table follows here]
THE GOSPEL OF BUDDHA CHAPTER AND VERSE (Gospel): I-III
Sources: EA
Parallelisms: —
Gospel: Descent from heaven omitted
Sources: LV; rGya, iii-iv
Parallelisms: Klopstock's Messias Gesang I
Gospel: IV
Sources: Fo, vv. 1-147
Parallelisms: —
Gospel: IV, 6
Sources: BSt, p. 64
Parallelisms: Mark vii, 32, 37; Matth. xi, 5
Gospel: IV, 9
Sources: Fo, vv. 22-24
Parallelisms: Matth. ii, 1
Gospel: IV, 12
Sources: Fo, vv. 39-40
Parallelisms: Luke ii, 36
Gospel: IV, 17
Sources: RB 150; RHB 52
Parallelisms: Pseudo Matth. 23
Gospel: IV, 27
Sources: Fo, v. 147
Parallelisms: Luke ii, 52
Gospel: Omitted
Sources: RHB, pp. 103-108
Parallelisms: Matth. ii, 16
Gospel: V
Sources: HM, p. 156; RB, p. 83; rGya, xii
Parallelisms: —
Sources: Fo, vv. 152-156
Parallelisms: Luke ii, 46-47
Gospel: V, 9
Sources: Fo, v. 164
Parallelisms: Matth. iii, 16
Gospel: VI
Sources: Fo, vv. 191-322
Parallelisms: —
Gospel: VI, 19-20
Sources: BSt, pp. 79-80; RB, p. 23
Parallelisms: Luke xi, 27-28
Gospel: VII
Sources: Fo, vv. 335-417
Parallelisms: —
Gospel: VII, 7
Sources: BSt, p. 5-6
[Pg 261]Parallelisms: —
Gospel: VII, 18-19
Sources: BSt, p. 18
Parallelisms: Matt. xxiv, 35; Luke xxi, 33; Luke xvi, 17
Gospel: VII, 23-24
Sources: BSt, p. 84
Parallelisms: Luke iv, 5-8 [see also Matth. iv, 1-7 and Mark i, 13]
Gospel: VIII
Sources: Fo, vv. 778-918
Parallelisms: —
Gospel: VIII, 15
Sources: DP, v. 178
Parallelisms: —
Gospel: IX
Sources: Fo, vv. 919-1035; Cf. "Arda and Udraka" in Rhys Davids's Dialogue
Parallelisms: Compare the results of modern psychology
Gospel: IX, 6
Sources: MV. 1, 6, Secs. 36-38 [SB, xiii, p. 100]
Parallelisms: —
Gospel: IX, 14
Sources: QKM, pp. 83-86
Parallelisms: Evolution theory
Gospel: IX, 15
Sources: QKM,p. 133
Parallelisms: —
Gospel: IX, 16
Sources: QKM, p. 111
Parallelisms: —
Gospel: X
Sources: Fo, vv. 1000-1023
Parallelisms: —
Gospel: X, 4, 5
Sources: SN, vv. 425, 439; SN, v. 445
Parallelisms: Luke iv, 2-4; John iii, 46
Gospel: X, 11
Sources: Fo, vv. 1024; Fo, vv. 1222-1224
Parallelisms: Luke vii, 19; Matth ii, 3
Gospel: XI [See LXXXIX, 1-6]
Sources: Fo, vv. 1026-1110
Parallelisms: Luke iv, 2; Matth. iv, 1-7; Mark i, 13
Gospel: XII
Sources: Fo, vv. 1111-1199
Parallelisms: —
Gospel: XII, 8
Sources: QKM, p. 79; SDP, vii [SB, xxi, p. 172]
Parallelisms: —
Gospel: XII, 11-15
Sources: SDP, iii [SB, xxi, p. 90]; MV, i, 6 Secs. 19-28; Cf. OldG, pp. 227-228, OldE, p. 211; RhDB, pp. 106-107
Parallelisms: —
Gospel: XII, 16
Sources: BSt, pp. 103-104; Cf. DP, pp. 153-154; Db, p. 12
Parallelisms: —
Gospel: XII, 20
Sources: rGya, 355
[Pg 262]Parallelisms: Matth. v, 3-11
Gospel: XIII
Sources: MV, i, 4
Parallelisms: —
Gospel: XIV
Sources: MV, i, 5
Parallelisms: —
Gospel: XIV, 2
Sources: MV, i, 3, Sec. 4
Parallelisms: —
Gospel: XIV, 14
Sources: MPN, iii, 44, 45; Cf. W, p. 87
Parallelisms: —
Gospel: XV
Sources: Fo, vv. 1200-1217; MV, i, 6, Secs. 1-9
Parallelisms: —
Gospel: XVI
Sources: Fo, vv. 1217-1279; MV, i, 6, Secs. 10-47
Parallelisms: —
Gospel: XVI, 5
Sources: SN, v. 248
Parallelisms: —
Gospel: XVI, 6
Sources: RhDB p. 131
Parallelisms: —
Gospel: XVI, 7
Sources: SN, v. 241
Parallelisms: Matth. xv, 10
Gospel: XVII
Sources: MV, i, 6, Sec. 10-47
Parallelisms: —
Gospel: XVII, 10-12
Sources: Saniyuttaka Nikya, vol. iii, fol. s, quoted by OldG, p. 364; OldE, p. 339
Parallelisms: —
Gospel: XVII, 13-18
Sources: MV, i, 11
Parallelisms: —
Sources: Fo, vv. 1297-1300
Parallelisms: Luke ix, 1-6; Luke x, 1-24
Gospel: XVII, 15
Sources: QKM, p. 264
Parallelisms: Matth. v, 16
Sources: QKM, p. 266
Parallelisms: Matth. vii, 6
Gospel: XVIII
Sources: MV, 1, 7; 8, 9; Fo, vv. 1280-1296
Parallelisms: John iii, 2
Gospel: XVIII, 8
Sources: Fo, vv. 1289-1290
Parallelisms: —
Gospel: XVIII, 10
Sources: Fo, v. 1292
Parallelisms: —
Gospel: XIX
Sources: Fo, vv. 1300-1334; MV, 1, 20-21
Parallelisms: —
Gospel: XX
Sources: Fo, vv. 1335-1379; MV, 1, 22
Parallelisms: —
Gospel: XX, 19-20
Sources: SN, v. 148; Metta Sutta. [An often quoted sentence. RhDB, p. 109, Hardy, "Legends and Theories of the Buddhas," p. 212]
Parallelisms: —
Gospel: XX, 23
Sources: RhDB, p. 62
Parallelisms: —
Gospel: XX, 28
Sources: Fo, v. 1733
[Pg 263]Parallelisms: —
Gospel: XXI
Sources: Fo, vv. 1380-1381; MV, 1, 22, Secs. 15-18
Parallelisms: Matth. xxi, 1-11; Mark. xi, 1-10; Luke xix, 28-38; John xii, 12-15
Gospel: XXII
Sources: Fo, vv. 1382-1433; MV 1, 23-24; W, p. 89
Parallelisms: —
Gospel: XXII, 3-5
Sources: MV, 1, 23, Secs. 13-14
Parallelisms: — Matth. xxi, 9; Mark xi, 9; John xii, 13
Gospel: XXIII, 10-20
Sources: EA
Parallelisms: —
Gospel: XXIV
Sources: Fo, vv. 1496-1521
Parallelisms: —
Gospel: XXV, 4
Sources: Fo, vv. 1516-1517
Parallelisms: Acts xx, 35
Gospel: XXV
Sources: Fo, vv. 1522-1533, 1611-1671
Parallelisms: —
Gospel: XXVI, 1-7
Sources: AN, iii, 134.
Parallelisms: Compare the results of modern psychology
Gospel: XXVI, 8-13
Sources: US, p. 112; W, p. xiv
Parallelisms: —
Gospel: XXVII
Sources: Fo, vv. 1534-1610; HM, p. 204
Parallelisms: —
Gospel: XXVIII
Sources: HM, p. 203 et seqq.; BSt, pp. 125-126
Parallelisms: —
Gospel: XXIX
Sources: MV, i, 54; HM, 208-209
Parallelisms: —
Gospel: XXX
Sources: MV, viii, 23-36 [SB, xvii, pp. 193-194]
Parallelisms: —
Gospel: XXXI
Sources: Fo vv. 1672-1673
Parallelisms: —
Gospel: XXXII
Sources: HM, pp. 353-354
Parallelisms: —
Gospel: XXXII, 4-6
Sources: W, pp. 443-444
Parallelisms: —
Gospel: XXXIII
Sources: S42S; Fo, vv. 1757-1766; Bf, p. 153
Parallelisms: Matth. v, 28
Gospel: XXXIII, 9-11
Sources: Fo vv. 1762-1763
Parallelisms: Eph. vi, 13-17
Sources: Fo, vv. 1763
Parallelisms: Mark ix, 47; Matth. v, 29; Matth. xviii, 9
Gospel: XXXIV[Pg 264]
Sources: MV, viii, 15. [SB, xvii, pp. 219-225.]
Parallelisms: —
Gospel: XXXIV, 24 [Last part of the verse.]
Sources: Bgt, p. 211
Parallelisms: Luke viii, 2; Matth. xiii, 24-27
Gospel: XXXV
Sources: MV, ii
Parallelisms: —
Gospel: XXXVI
Sources: MV, x, 1, 2, Sec. 1-2; Sec. 20; C, vol iii, p. 139
Parallelisms: —
Gospel: XXXVII
Sources: MV, x, 5-6, 2 Sec. 3-20
Parallelisms: —
Gospel: XXXVIII
Sources: MV, v, 4
Parallelisms: —
Gospel: XXXVIII, 3
Sources: BSt, p. 311
Parallelisms: —
Gospel: XXXVIII, 5
Sources: MV, v, 4, 2 [SB, xvii, p. 18]
Parallelisms: Matth. v, 46-47
Gospel: XXXIX
Sources: Fo, vv. 1713-1734; HM, pp. 337-340
Parallelisms: —
Gospel: XXXIX, 4
Sources: BSt, p. 200
Parallelisms: —
Gospel: XXXIX, 7
Sources: DP, v. 227; SB, x, p. 58 (cf. ChD, p. 122)
Parallelisms: Matth. xi, 16, 19
Gospel: XL
Sources: V, xviii, xx; W, pp. 184-186
Parallelisms: —
Gospel: XLI
Sources: MV, vi, 29 [SB, xvii, pp. 104-105.]
Parallelisms: —
Gospel: XLI, 12-13
Sources: Metta Sutta; SN v. 148. [Cf. RhDB, p. 109]
Parallelisms: —
Gospel: XLII
Sources: RB, pp. 68-69. [Cf. RhDB, p. 71 and OldG, 376-378.]
Parallelisms: Mark iii, 14; Luke ix, 2
Sources: Bgt, 212
Parallelisms: Matth. xiii, 3 et seq.; Mark iv, 3-20
Gospel: XLIV
Sources: TPN, p. 129
Parallelisms: —
Gospel: XLV
Sources: TPN, pp. 22-23 and p. 25
Parallelisms: —
Gospel: XLVI
Sources: S42S, 4
Parallelisms: —
Gospel: XLVII
Sources: SDP, x, xiii, xxvii
Parallelisms: —
Gospel: XLVII, 23
Sources: SDP, xxiv, 22. [SB, xxi, p. 416.]
Parallelisms: —
Gospel: XLVIII
Sources: DP in SB, x
[Pg 265]Parallelisms: —
Gospel: XLVIII, 36-37
Sources: DP, v. 5
Parallelisms: Matth. v, 44
Gospel: XLVIII, 46
Sources: SN, vv. 784-785, 885-888, 834 [SB, x, 149, 159, 169.]
Parallelisms: Matth. xi, 29-30
Gospel: XLVIII, 47
Sources: DP, v. 275
Parallelisms: II Cor. vii, 7
Gospel: XLVIII, 55
Sources: DP, v. 387
Parallelisms: —
Gospel: XLIX
Sources: SB, xi, pp. 157-203
Parallelisms: —
Gospel: XLIX, 17
Sources: SB, xi, pp. 173-174
Parallelisms: Matth. xv, 14
Gospel: L
Sources: SSP, pp. 297-320 [Cf. RhDB, 143.]
Parallelisms: —
Gospel: LI, 1-14; LI, 31-75
Sources: MV, vi, 31. [SB, xvii, pp. 108-113.]
Parallelisms: —
Gospel: LI, 15-30
Sources: EA [cf. QKM, pp. 254-257]
Parallelisms: —
Gospel: LII
Sources: EA [cf. CBS, p. 15 and also MV, v]
Parallelisms: —
Gospel: LIII
Sources: Compiled from HM, pp. 280 et seq.; Fo, v. 1682, 1683; W, p. 219; and QKM, pass.
Parallelisms: —
Gospel: LIII, 18-23a
Sources: QKM, p. 120
Parallelisms: —
Gospel: LIII, 23b
Sources: QKM, p. 148
Parallelisms: John iii, 8
Gospel: LIII, 26-27
Sources: QKM, p. 67
Parallelisms: —
Gospel: LIII, 29-32
Sources: QKM, pp. 73-74
Parallelisms: —
Gospel: LIII, 47-59
Sources: QKM, pp. 63, 83-86
Parallelisms: —
Gospel: LIII, 53
Sources: US and W, motto
Parallelisms: —
Gospel: LIV, 1-2
Sources: Fo, vv. 1208, 1228
Parallelisms: Matth. v, 3-11
Gospel: LIV, 3
Sources: Brahmajla Sutta, quoted by RhDB, p. 99
Parallelisms: John xvi, 16; Matth. xxiv, 23
Gospel: LIV, 4
Sources: Gospel: QKM, p. 114
Parallelisms: —
Gospel: LIV, 5
Sources: Fo, v. 1231
Parallelisms: —
Gospel: LIV, 6-8
Sources: rGya, p. 372
Parallelisms: Matth. xi, 28
Gospel: LIV, 9
Sources: S42S, 16
Parallelisms: —
Gospel: LIV, 10
Sources: QKM, p. 110
Parallelisms: John xiv, 6; John xviii, 37
Gospel: LV
Sources: SDP, v
Parallelisms: —
Gospel: LVI
Sources: Mah Rhula Sutta
[Pg 266]Parallelisms: —
Gospel: LVII
Sources: S42S
Parallelisms: —
Gospel: LVIII
Sources: Buddhist Catena
Parallelisms: —
Gospel: LIX
Sources: SN, pp. 58-62; p, 25; p. 147; p. 54; MV, i, 3, Sec. 4 [cf. OldE, p. 118]; Nidhikanda Sutta, quoted by RhDB, p. 127
Parallelisms: Matth. vi, 20
Gospel: LX, 7-8
Sources: RhDB, p. 156
Parallelisms: —
Gospel: LX, 12
Sources: Beal, Buddhism of China, chap, xii
Parallelisms: —
Gospel: LX, 18-23
Sources: RhDB, p. 170
Parallelisms: —
Gospel: LX, 27-28
Sources: EH
Parallelisms: —
Gospel: LX, 29
Sources: QKM, p. 127
Parallelisms: —
Gospel: LX, 31
Sources: RhDB, pp. 175-176
Parallelisms: —
Gospel: LX, 33
Sources: RhDB,p. 173
Parallelisms: —
Gospel: LXI
Sources: MPN, 111, 22. [SB, xx, p. 48-49.]
Parallelisms: —
Gospel: LXI, 3-5
Sources: Chullavaggaxx, 1-4. [SB, xx, 301-305]
Parallelisms: Matth. v, 13
Gospel: LXI, 6-9
Sources: Sutra Dsauglun [cf. R. Seydel "Das Ev. v. Jesu in s. Verb. z. Buddha-Sage" pp. 184-185]
Parallelisms: Matth. v, 1-2
Gospel: LXII
Sources: EA
Parallelisms: —
Gospel: LXIII
Sources: See OC, xvii, pp. 353-354
Parallelisms: —
Gospel: LXIII, 7-9
Sources: Ug, vii, 14 seq.
Parallelisms: Matth. xxv, 14 et seq.
Gospel: LXIV
Sources: DP, v
Parallelisms: —
Gospel: LXV
Sources: SDP, iv
Parallelisms: Luke xv, 11 et seq.
Gospel: LXVI
Sources: BSt, pp. 211, 299. [See PT, 11, 58.]
Parallelisms: —
Gospel: LXVII
Sources: BSt, pp. 315 et seq.
Parallelisms: —
Gospel: LXVIII
Sources: ChD, pp. 88-89
Parallelisms: —
Gospel: LXVIII, 6
Sources: ChD
Parallelisms: Mark xii, 42-44
Gospel: LXIX
Sources: ChD, p. 46
[Pg 267]Parallelisms: The Story of Diogenes and his Lantern
Gospel: LXX
Sources: ChD, p. 134
Parallelisms: —
Gospel: LXXI
Sources: Bgp, pp. 107 et seq.
Parallelisms: —
Gospel: LXXII
Sources: ChD, p. 77
Parallelisms: Luke xii, 20
Gospel: LXXIII
Sources: BSt, p. 147
Parallelisms: —
Gospel: LXXIII, 15
Sources: BSt
Parallelisms: Exodus xvii, 6
Gospel: LXXIV
Sources: SN, pp. 11-15
Parallelisms: Matth. xiii, 3 et seq.; Mark iv, 14
Gospel: LXXV
Sources: SN, pp. 20 et seq.
Parallelisms: —
Gospel: LXXVI
Sources: Bf, p. 205.
Parallelisms: John v, 5 et seq.
Gospel: LXXVII
Sources: HM, pp. 317-319
Parallelisms: —
Gospel: LXXVIII, LXXIX
Sources: Jtaka Tales
Parallelisms: —
Gospel: LXXX
Sources: Bf, pp. 146 et seq.
Parallelisms: —
Gospel: LXXXI
Sources: Fu-Pen-Hing-tsi-King, tr. by S. Beal
Parallelisms: —
Gospel: LXXXI, 7-10
Sources: EA
Parallelisms: John ii, 1 et seq.
Gospel: LXXXII
Sources: MV, i, 14
Parallelisms: —
Gospel: LXXXIII
Sources: ChD, p. 130 et seq.
Parallelisms: —
Gospel: LXXXIII, 5
Sources: BP, p. 16
Parallelisms: —
Gospel: LXXXIII, 5, 6, 9
Sources: ChD and SS
Parallelisms: Matth. xxii, 30
Gospel: LXXXIV, 1-14
Sources: BP, pp. 98 et seqq.
Parallelisms: Greek versions quoted by Jacob H. Thiessen, LKG.
Gospel: LXXXIV, 15-28
Sources: SB, x, p. 106
Parallelisms: —
Gospel: LXXXV
Sources: ChD, pp. 50-51
Parallelisms: Matth. v. 25, 29
Gospel: LXXXV, 6
Sources: ChD, cf OC No. 470
Parallelisms: Rom. iii, 28
Gospel: LXXXVI
Sources: ChD, pp. 94-98
Parallelisms: —
Gospel: LXXXVII
Sources: C, ii p. 262
Parallelisms: —
Gospel: LXXXVIII
Sources: MPN, i [SB, xi, p. 1 et seqq.]
Parallelisms: —
Gospel: LXXXIX
Sources: MPN, i, 19, 22; MV, vi, 28
Parallelisms: —
Gospel: XC
Sources: MPN, i, 16
Parallelisms: —
Gospel: XCI
Sources: MPN, ii, 9
Parallelisms: —
Gospel: XCI, 6
Sources: MPN
Parallelisms: 1 Cor. 15, 55
Gospel: XCII
Sources: MPN, 11, 12-24; Fo, vv. 1749-1753, 1768-1782
[Pg 268]Parallelisms: —
Gospel: XCIII
Sources: MPN, ii, 27-35
Parallelisms: —
Gospel: XCIV, 1
Sources: BSt,p. 84
Parallelisms: See Matth. iv, 1 and Mark i, 13
Gospel: XCIV, 2-13
Sources: MPN, iii, 46-63
Parallelisms: —
Gospel: XCV
Sources: MPN, iv, 14-57
Parallelisms: —
Gospel: XCV, 6
Sources: MPN, iv, 25
Parallelisms: John xix, 28
Gospel: XCV, 14-22
Sources: MPN, iv, 47-52
Parallelisms: Matth. xxvii, 2; Mark ix, 2
Gospel: XCVI
Sources: MPN, v, 1-14, concerning Metteyya see EH s.v. RhDB, pp. 180, 200; OldG, p. 153, etc.
Parallelisms: John xiv, 26
Gospel: XCVII
Sources: MPN, v, 52-69, and vi; Fo, vv. 2303-2310
Parallelisms: —
Gospel: XCVII, 19-20; XCVII, 23-24
Sources: Mahtanhsamkhaya-Sutta, Majjhima Nikya, vol. 1, p. 263, quoted by OldG, p. 349, E, p. 325.
Parallelisms: —
Gospel: XCVII, 22
Sources: Suttavibbanga, Parjika 1, pp. 1, 4 quoted by OldG, p. 349, E, p. 325
Parallelisms: 1 Cor. xv, 20
Gospel: XCVIII
Sources: EA, embodying later traditions, see EH and almost any other work on Buddhism.
Parallelisms: The Christian Trinity dogma
Gospel: XCIX
Sources: EA
Parallelisms: —
Gospel: C
Sources: EA, in imitation of a formula at present in use among Northern Buddhists
Parallelisms: —
