[a20] The two prejudices or obstacles that lie in our way to enlightenment are: 1 that which arises from intellectual shortsightedness; 2. that which arises from impurity of heart. [a21] _Sûtra on Mahâkâṣyapa’s Question Concerning the Absolute._ [a22] _Suvarna-Prabhâ Sûtra._ [a23] _Suvarna-Prabhâ Sûtra_, Chap. 26 [a24] _Padmapani Sûtra_, Fas. 8. [a25] _The Avatamsaka Sutra._ [a26] This means that the heart of the Bodhisattva which is pure and eternal in its essential nature has nothing added externally to it by studying the Dharma; for the Dharma is nothing else than the expression of his own heart. [a27] The _Avatamsaka_, fas. IX, p. 48. This pantheistic thought of the One-All is generally considered to be Buddhistic; but the truth is that every genuine religious sentiment inevitably leads us to this final conviction. Even in the so-called transcendental monotheistic Christianity, we find the pantheistic thought boldly proclaimed and put in contrast to the idea of “our Father which art in Heaven.” For instance, read the following passage from Thomas à Kempis: “He to whom all things are one, he who reduceth all things to one, and seeth all things in one, may enjoy a quiet mind, and remain at peace in God.” (Chap. III.) The passage in the Gospel of John declaring that “the Father is in me and I in him,” when logically carried out, comes to echo the same sentiment entertained by Buddhists, who recognise a manifestation of the Dharmakâya in all beings, animate as well as inanimate. The Christianity of to-day is that of Paul as expounded in his letters, but the future one will advance a few steps more and will be that of John. [a28] From the _Avatamsaka Sutra_. [a29] From the _Avatamsaka Sutra_. INDEX. {409} Abhimukî (sixth stage of Bodhisattvahood), 318. Acalâ (eighth stage of Bodhisattvahood), 322. Açoka, King, 49. Açrava (evil), explained, 249 ft. Açûnya, 22, 95. Açvaghosha, 4, 8, 61 ft., 65 ft., 111, 115; on Âlaya, 66 ft., 129, 139 ft.; _Awakening of Faith_, 7; on Suchness, 99; on Ignorance, 118; and Dionysius, 102 ft.; _Buddhacarita_, quoted, 147; on Mahâyânism, 246; on the Sambhogakâya, 258, 333. Agnosticism, 25. Âlaya (or Âlaya-vijñâna), All-conserving Soul, 66; as depository of “germs”, 66; creator of the universe, 68; and the Garbha, 125 et seq.; its evolution, 128; and the soul, 165; and the twelve nidânas, 183. Amitâbha, 207, 219, 269. Anânârtha (non-particularisation), 72. Ânanda attempts to locate the soul, 157. Ânâpânam, exercise in breathing, 53 ft. Arada, 146. Arcismatî (fourth stage of Bodhisattvahood), 316. Arhatship and Mahâyânism, 288. Âryadeva, 3 ft., 8, 60. Asanga (and Vasubandhu), 4, 62, 65, 69, 87, 88, 153, 231, 234, 263, 354. {410} Asceticism repudiated, 52, 53. Atman, and Samkhyan Lingham, 38; and the Vedantic çarîra, 38; and Vijñâna, 39; and unity of consciousness, 40; and karma, 41; and impermanency, 43; and egoism, 44; and the “old man”, 165. (_See also_ “ego” and “soul”.)