[155] Compare this Buddhist sentiment of universal love with that of the Christian religion and we shall see the truth that all religions are one at the bottom. We read in Thomas à Kempis’s _Imitation of Christ_ (ch. XIII): “My son, I descended from heaven for thy salvation; I took upon me thy sorrows, not necessity but love drawing me thereto; that thou thyself mightest learn patience and bear temporal sufferings without repining. For from the hour of my birth, even until my death on the cross, I was not without suffering of grief.” This is exactly the sentiment that stimulates the Bodhisattvas to their gigantic task of universal salvation. Those who are free from sectarian biases will admit without hesitation that there is but one true religion which may assume various forms according to circumstances. “Many are the roads to the summit, but when reached there we have but one universal moonlight.” [156] The _Dharmapada_, XIV. 5. Mr. A. J. Edmunds’s translation is, “Ceasing to do all wrong, Initiation into goodness, Cleansing the heart: This the religion of the Buddhas.” TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES. Page numbers are given in {curly brackets}. The following have been left as-printed: Archaic and inconsistent spellings (_e.g._, Corea, Nirvâna/Nirvana, coördination/co-ordination, efficience/efficiency, Âlaya-vijñâna/Âlayavijñâna, etc.). Ellipses of varying lengths. (p. 317) The Eightfold Noble Path is listed omitting the seventh step (Right mindfulness). Also, the sixth step is usually given as “Right effort,” not “Right recollection.” The usage of both “fn.” and “ft.” to denote “footnote” in the Index. Lastly, some syntactical errors with possible corrections given in square brackets: (p. 83) “Its foundation lies too deeply buried in [the] human heart to be damaged by knowledge or science.” (p. 104) “When Bodhi-Dharma... saw Emperor Wu of [the] Liang dynasty (A.D. 502-556), he was asked...” (p. 214) “In good karma we are made to live eternally, but in [an] evil one we are doomed...” (p. 215) “Pious Buddhists believe that... he enters right into the soul and becomes [an] integral part of his being.” Alterations to the text: Abandon the use of drop-caps. Convert footnotes to endnotes and add a corresponding entry in the TOC. Punctuation corrections: several missing/invisible periods and a few commas, some quotation mark pairings/nestings, etc. [TOC] Add missing “Two Forms of Knowledge” subsection under Chapter IV. Under Chapter XII, change “Bhimukhî” to “Abhimukhî”. [Introduction] Change “the other schools, which _latter_ became a class by itself” to _later_. “led to the dissension _af_ Mahâyânism and Hînayânism” to _of_. “Kant, for instance, as _promotor_ of German philosophy” to _promoter_. “a few _centnries_ after Açvaghoṣa, the progressive party” to _centuries_. “while the _Prayekabuddhas_ and the Çrâvakas are considered” to _Pratyekabuddhas_.