In the Bhagavadgitá loving devotion for Krishna is demanded as the only means of salvation; but Krishna-worship began very considerably later than the origin of Christianity. Professor Müller admits (Gifford Lectures, p. 99) that Christian influences were possible then, but says that there is no necessity for admitting them. He cites the passage from Bhagavad. ix. 29 (_Sacred Books of the East_, vol. viii. p. 34), “They who worship me with devotion or love, they are in me, and I in them,” as an interesting parallel to John vi. 7 and xvii. 23, but we must remember that St. John’s words were circulating all over the world for generations before these were penned. Footnote 146: Mahavagga, v. 1. 18. Footnote 147: The Lalita Vistara, of which there are many versions, is the chief authority for the legends. In the _Buddhist Birth-Stories_, translated by T. W. Rhys Davids, in Bigandet’s _Life of Gaudama_, and Spence Hardy’s Manual (_Legends of the Buddhists_), in the _Romantic Legend_ of Sakya Buddha, translated by Professor S. Beal, will be found a large and interesting miscellany of the prodigies connected with the coming of Buddha. Footnote 148: A wife, not a virgin; _Romantic Legend_, pp. 32, 36, 37, 41. Footnote 149: Lalita Vistara, p. 63, Calcutta edition; _Buddhist Birth-Stories_, pp. 62, 68. Footnote 150: Nalaka Sutta, Sutta Nipâta, xi. 1. 20, 21; _Sacred Books of the East_, vol. x. Asita, the aged ascetic, is said to have ascended to heaven after his daily repast, and upon finding the gods in joyful commotion he at length returned to see the new-born wonder (_Birth-Stories_, p. 69). Footnote 151: Title given by the translator of the Dhanima-Kakka-ppavatana Sutta, in vol. xi. of _Sacred Books of the East_. Footnote 152: Spence Hardy, _Manual of Buddhism_, p. 187, quoting the Pujáwaliya, said to be later than the thirteenth century A.D. Footnote 153: Sutta Nipâta, _Sacred Books of the East_, vol. x. Part ii. p. 17. Footnote 154: _Ibid._ vol. x. Part ii. pp. 31, 45. Footnote 155: Mahâparanibhâna Sutta, iv. 49, 50, _ibid._ vol. xi. p. 81. Footnote 156: Bigandet, _op. cit._ p. 323; Spence Hardy, _Manual_, p. 347; Mahâparinibhâna Sutta, vi. 11-16. Footnote 157: _Das Evangelium von Jesu in seinen Verhältnissen zur Buddha-Sage und Buddha-Lehre_; Leipzig, 1882. Footnote 158: