[186:1] Monumental Christianity, p. 128. [186:2] Ancient Faiths, vol. i. p. 411. [186:3] Luke, xxiii. 39-43. [186:4] Vasudeva means God. See Vishnu Purana, p. 274. [186:5] Vishnu Purana, p. 612. [187:1] See Prog. Relig. Ideas, vol. i. p. 72. [187:2] "Si ita se res habet, ut existimat Beausobrius, _Indi_, et _Budistæ_ quorum religio, eadem est ac Tibetana, nonnisi a Manichæis nova hæc deliriorum portenta acceperunt. Hænamque gentes præsertim in urbe Nepal, Luna XII. _Badr_ seu _Bhadon Augusti_ mensis, dies festos auspicaturæ Dei _Indræ_, erigunt ad illius memoriam ubique locorum _cruces_ amictas _Abrotono_. Earum figuram descriptam habes ad lit. B, Tabula pone sequenti. Nam A effigies est ipsius _Indræ crucifixi_ signa Telech in fronte manibus pedibusque gerentis." (Alph Tibet, p. 203. Quoted in Higgins' Anacalypsis, vol. i. p. 130.) [188:1] "Ils conviennent qu'il a répandu son sang pour le salut du genre humain, ayant été percé de clous par tout son corps. Quoiqu'ils ne disent pas qu'il a souffert le supplice de la croix, ou en trouve pourtant la figure dans leurs livres." (Quoted in Higgins' Anacalypsis, vol. ii. p. 118.) [188:2] "Although the nations of Europe have changed their religions during the past eighteen centuries, the Hindoo has not done so, except very partially. . . . The religious creeds, rites, customs, and habits of thought of the Hindoos generally, have altered little since the days of Manu, 500 years B. C." (Prof. Monier Williams: Indian Wisdom, p. iv.) [188:3] See Higgins: Anacalypsis, vol. i. pp. 147, 572, 667 and 750; vol. ii. p. 122, and note 4, p. 185, this chapter. [188:4] See Max Müller's Science of Religion, p. 224. [188:5] Quoted in Lillie's Buddhism, p. 93. [188:6] See Bunsen's Angel-Messiah, p. 20. [188:7] See Bunsen's Angel-Messiah, pp. 20, 25, 85. Prog. Relig. Ideas, vol. i. p. 247. Huc's Travels, vol. i. pp. 326, 327, and almost any work on Buddhism. [188:8] See Bunsen's Angel-Messiah, p. 20. [188:9] Ibid. Johnson's Oriental Religions, p. 604. See also Asiatic Researches, vol. iii., or chapter xii. of this work. [188:10] See Bunsen's Angel-Messiah, p. 18. [188:11] Ibid. [188:12] Ibid. [188:13] Vol. i. p. 118. [189:1] Quoted in Anacalypsis, vol. ii. p. 118. [189:2] Bunsen's Angel-Messiah, p. 20. [189:3] Beal: Hist. Buddha, p. 33. [189:4] Huc's Travels, vol. i. pp. 326, 337. [189:5] Müller: Hist. Sanscrit Literature, p. 80. [189:6] See Maurice: Indian Antiquities, vol. v. p. 95, and Williams: Hinduism, p. 214. [189:7] "He in mercy left paradise, and came down to earth, because he was filled with compassion for the sins and miseries of mankind. He sought to lead them into better paths, _and took their sufferings upon himself, that he might expiate their crimes_, and mitigate the punishment they must otherwise inevitably undergo." (Prog. Relig. Ideas, vol. ii. p. 86.)