Footnote 247: Weber, _Indian Literature_, p. 306. Footnote 248: Dhammapadda, 141; _Sacred Books of the East_, vol. x. Part i.; Pâtimokkha Sekhiyá Dhammâ, 1, 2, 3, 4; _ibid._ vol. xiii. p. 59. Footnote 249: Mahâparanibhâna Sutta, iii. 65; _Sacred Books of the East_, vol. xi. Footnote 250: Kuenen, Hibbert Lectures, p. 279. Footnote 251: Mahavagga, i. 11; _Sacred Books of the East_, vol. xiii. Footnote 252: _Ibid._ i. 12; _ibid._ vol. xiii. Footnote 253: _Ibid._ viii. 27. 5; _ibid._ vol. xvii.; Kullavagga, vi. 1. 3; _ibid._ vi. 9. 2; _ibid._ vol. xx. Footnote 254: Kuenen, Hibbert Lectures, pp. 251 _seq._ The doctrine that it bore nobler fruit is expressly contradicted by some. See Âpastamba, pres. ii. pat. ix. khan. 23; also pres. ii. pat. ix. k. 24. 15; _Sacred Books of the East_, vol. ii. pp. 156, 159. Footnote 255: The way of “Works”—ceremonial and sacrificial religion; the way of “Faith”—devotion (heart) to the deities without works; the way of “Knowledge,” or true enlightenment.—Sir Monier Williams, _Buddhism_, p. 95. Footnote 256: Saint-Hilaire, _Le Bouddha, etc._, p. 152. Footnote 257: Not without protest, however, by fathers and doctors of the Church. See Hermas, _Simil._ v.; Clem. _Strom._ iii.; Tertullian, _De Jejunio_, p. 123 _seq._; _De Pallio_, p. 181 _seq._ Footnote 258: Gieseler, _Eccles. Hist._ vol. i. pp. 289 _seq._; Neander’s _Church Hist._ vol. iii. pp. 305 _seq._ Footnote 259: Hom. on St. Matth. 69, 70. Footnote 260: Montalembert, _Monks of the West_, vol. i. p. 319; Neander’s _Church History_, vol. iii. pp. 338, 339. Footnote 261: Cassian, _Collationes_, ii. 5-8; _De Instit. Monachi_, x.; _De capitalibus vitiis_, quoted by Farrar, _Lives of the Fathers_, vol. ii. p. 224; Burton, _Anatomy of Melancholy_, ii. 510. Footnote 262: _Monks of the West_, vol. i. p. 27. Footnote 263: Sutta Nipâta, 75-81; _Sacred Books of the East_, vol. x. p. ii. Footnote 264: Theod. _Eccles. Hist._ lib. iv. cap. 26. Footnote 265: “They prayed for the whole world.”—Chrysost. H. 78, _In Johannem_. Footnote 266: Oldenberg, _Buddha, etc._, pp. 317, 318. Footnote 267: Mahavagga, viii. 15; _Sacred Books of the East_, vol. xvii. Footnote 268: “I am not aware of any instances in which the pariah of the age is mentioned as a member of the Order.” “According to Buddhist dogmatics, a good Sudra or Vaisya could only hope to be re-born as a Kshatrya, and this clearly indicates that the distinctions of castes had by no means vanished or become worthless in Buddha’s consciousness” (_Buddha, etc._, p. 156). Footnote 269: Mahavagga, i. 39. 76; _Sacred Books of the East_, vol. xiii. Footnote 270: