" Ten-dai and Shin-gon are "the
medieval sects." The remaining four, of which we shall now treat, and
which are more particularly Japanese in spirit and development, are "the
modern sects."
CHAPTER IX - THE BUDDHISM OF THE JAPANESE
"A drop of spray cast by the infinite
I hung an instant there, and threw my ray
To make the rainbow. A microcosm I
Reflecting all. Then back I fell again,
And though I perished not, I was no more."--
The Pantheist's Epitaph.
"Buddhism is essentially a religion of compromise."
"Where Christianity has One Lord, Buddhism has a dozen."
"I think I may safely challenge the Buddhist priesthood to give
a plain historical account of the Life of Amida, Kwannon,
Dainichi, or any other Mah[=a]y[=a]na Buddha, without being in
serious danger of forfeiting my stakes."
"Christianity openly puts this Absolute Unconditioned Essence in
the forefront of its teaching. In Buddhism this absolute
existence is only put forward, when the logic of circumstances
compels its teachers to have recourse to it."--A. Lloyd, in The
Higher Buddhism in the Light of the Nicene creed.
"Now these six characters, 'Na-mu-A-mi-da-Butsu,' Zend-[=o] has
explained as follows: 'Namn' means [our] following His
behest--and also [His] uttering the Prayer and bestowing [merit]
upon us.
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