[4] “Characteristic physiological marks by which every Buddha may be recognised.”—_Handbook of Chinese Buddhism_. Eitel. “Can Tathagata be known by the thirty-two signs (of a hero)?”—_The Vagrakkhedika_. Max Müller. “The King saluted, and Queen Maya made To lay her babe before such holy feet; But when he saw the prince the old man cried ‘Ah, Queen not so!’ and thereupon he touched Eight times the dust, laid his waste visage there, Saying, ‘O Babe! I worship! Thou art He! I see the rosy light, the foot-sole marks, The soft curled tendrils of the Swastika, The sacred primal signs thirty-and-two, The eighty lesser tokens. Thou art Buddh, And thou wilt preach the Law and save all flesh Who learn the Law.’”—_The Light of Asia_. Sir Edwin Arnold. “Bright were the divine lineaments of his face, and as the Master (of the Law) gazed in awe and holy reverence, he knew not how to compare the spectacle; the body of Buddha and his Kashaya robe were of a yellowish red colour, and from his knees upward the distinguishing marks of his person were exceedingly glorious.”—_The Life of Hiuen-Tsang_. Beal. [5] The Chinese expression _Shen-Ming_—life, invariably refers to life in an ordinary material sense, and which may be offered in sacrifice. But in Buddhist philosophy there is a spiritual _Atman_, which can be disposed of only by knowledge. [6] “Were any one to fill the bowl of Buddha with the choicest food, or to present oil, sugar, honey, medicaments in the greatest abundance, or to build thousands of _Wiharas_ (monasteries or temples) splendid as those of Anuradhapura (an ancient city in Ceylon, the Anurogrammum of Ptolemy), or to present an offering to Buddha like that of Anepidu (a rich merchant of Sewet), the hearing or reading of one stanza of the _Bana_ (Law) would be more meritorious than all.”—_Eastern Monachism_. Spence Hardy. [Chapter 14] Upon that occasion, the venerable Subhuti, hearing the text of this scripture proclaimed, and profoundly realising its meaning, was moved to tears. Addressing the Lord Buddha, he said: “Thou art of transcendent wisdom, Honoured of the Worlds! The Lord Buddha in expounding this supreme canon of Scripture, surpassed in perspicuity every exposition previously heard by me, since my eyes[1] were privileged to perceive this most excellent wisdom. Honoured of the Worlds! In years to come, if disciples hearing this scripture proclaimed, and having within their minds a pure and holy faith, engender true concepts of the ephemeral nature of phenomena—we ought to realise that the cumulative merit of such disciples will be intrinsic and wonderful. Honoured of the Worlds! The true concept of phenomena is, that these are not essentially phenomena, and hence the Lord Buddha declared that they are merely termed phenomena.”