n doctrine is indicated by the terms 'Great Vehicle'
and 'Little Vehicle' respectively, the former the works of
N[=a]g[=a]rjuna's school (see below).]

[Footnote 57: As M[=a]itrakanyaka Buddha came once to earth
"to redeem the sins of men."]

[Footnote 58: Of historic interest is the rapport between
Brahmanic, Jain. and Buddhist tales. A case of this sort has
been carefully worked out by Leumann, _Die Legende von Citta
und Sambh[=u]ta_, WZKM. v. III; vi. 1.]

[Footnote 59: "The gods who were worshipped as true
divinities in India have been rendered false ... by my
zeal"; inscription cited by Barth, p. 135. But Acoka was a
very tolerant prince. Barth's notion of Buddhistic
persecution can hardly be correct.]

[Footnote 60: Koeppen, _Die Religion des Buddha_, p. 198.]

[Footnote 61: Not to be confused with the seventeen heresies
and sixty-three different philosophical systems in the
church itself.]

[Footnote 62: For more details see Barth, _loc. cit_., p.
130 ff. According to tradition Buddhism was introduced into
Tibet in the fourth century, A.D., the first missionaries
coming from Nep[=a]l (Rockhill, p. 210).]

[Footnote 63: Barth justly discredits the tale of Buddhism
having been persecuted out of India. In this sketch of later
Buddhism we can but follow this author's admirable summary
of the causes of Buddhistic decline, especially agreeing
with him in assigning the first place to the torpidity of
the later church in matters of religion. It was become a
great machine, its spiritual enthusiasm had been exhausted;
it had nothing poetical or beautiful save the legend of
Buddha, and this had lost its freshness; for Buddha was now,
in fact, only a grinning idol.]

[Footnote 64: Here are developed fully the stories of hells,
angels, and all supernatural paraphernalia, together with
theism, idolatry, and the completed monastic system; magic,
fable, absurd calculations in regard to nothings, and
spiritual emptiness.]

[Footnote 65: At the same time the Ceylon canon was fixed by
the commentary of Buddhaghosha.]

[Footnote 66: Later it follows the mystical school. Both
schools have been affected by Brahmanism. The Great Vehicle,
founded by N[=a]g[=a]rjuna, was recognized at a fourth
council in Kashmeer abo