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    ofstormanddark-

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    ndthe F allen

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    hoots,atthe west,

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    ndescendantsfishing

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    b e t ween theSuna nd the

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    dredyearsbefore

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    mo v ed to r el i eve t he

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    heheavensbyhis

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    wasoftheYadava

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    ourneywith his

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    ng .

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    etiredoneach

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    eswhoaccompanied

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    wr s h ipo fC r i sh na wa s

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    fenceofthegood

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    our,R edeemer,Pre-

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    essedbytwogroups

    t place:W hatis

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    rindreamsand

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    hers, saysEdward

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    w i sdom,o rL og os,

    liesttimeshadits

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    used,anda name

    me.Thesymbols

    a ns t he c ro ss , s e r-

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    a r enowve ne r at ed

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    eachingsoftheNew

    tsarefromMahab-

    enmanycenturies

    ve s b yg i f ts su b -

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    dovercometheevil

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    l t h i s i s t hec on -

    mindedmendelight

    of theirowninter-

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    ndhewhoisnot

    dwithcostlygifts,

    ense,aswith the

    gainsandsancti-

    he speech,is

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    ithersubstance

    sts,duehospi-

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    e r t hy f l esh ,be fo r ed e -

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    e E n der,whosecha r i ot ee r i sS i ck -

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    odor injuryto

    request,aman

    ylookingonhis

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    irits.

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    eGardenofthe

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    t,wheretheSun

    he earth.They

    i n a seao fb lue

    he pureether.Ina

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    e S el f - e i s t ent , an d f o r th is

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    nstigatedbyhis

    inthisblossom,

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    ucceededin doing

    medtomiseryand

    g-treeisendowed

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    f Knowledge,or

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    am a n dI saac , and s e v-

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    hiscommand,

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    afterthedeathof

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    ardscalledB uddha

    w h o , t he l egendsa ys , " l e f t

    nto earth,because

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    supon himself,

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    inevitablyendure.

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    -Maya,andsaid:

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    shallgivejoyand

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    A th i sb i r t hah os t

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    B .

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    hismission,meets

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    e t o Buddha ,bu t l e av e

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    a l ut e B uddha.

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    nandordinationof

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    lytheblack tem-

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    inghimselfas

    eachers.

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    aughtthatall men

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    s n e ighbo r.H i sd i s -

    enouncetheworld,

    racepoverty.

    h e f o l lowing: " To

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    u t B uddha ,whe nhi s

    lifelikegrass,for

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    l l en t l aw.Fo r th i s

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    wallowedupand

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    ofhis coffinwas

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    t h e Tribeo fSakya , t he

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    ertreasureswhich

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    t te n Sono fGod ,wh ohad

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    idtobethe dayon

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    wasthat the

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    yrrh.Itwas

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    f t h eSun ,wh ich th ey

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    hemselvesandpray-

    e e N o te4 .

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    nd w a sca l led theL am b

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    ords:O L ambof

    of theworld,have

    ce.Itwasbe-

    ,A siaMinor,and

    nput todeath,been

    nagain fromthe

    hibitedthebodyof

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    pleswatched

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    mbledworld,and

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    e Tab l e so f theL a w f r om

    e ry s t r i k ing .

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    ttheannualfesti-

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    wasca rr i e d i nap ro -

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    wastheobjectof

    5.

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    i s t r i p l e in fo rm o nh i s

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    wasbelievedin

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    g o t t en,Sav iou r, t heAn o i n t e d ,

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    nualbeneficent

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    heB abylonianlion-

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    therock andwher-

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    ml e s ( t he sh ips w i th

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    teocallis,orH ousesof

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    alledA quarius.

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    contact with

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    , i n f a c t , t he en t i r e t he -

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    hadbeenplantedinthe

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    Greeks.These

    Girnur,inGuzerat.

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    elicitingtheunbounded

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    oneanotherand

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    tallawswere,to

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    m.Theylivedin

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    spisedmoney,

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    wivesisregarded

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    hushasnotmentioned

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    t , a nd i t i s suppos e d t ha t

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    esignificationof

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    i d en t bo th in J u daea an d

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    onica,preciselysuch

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    i nt a i n s the iden ti t y in

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    v o l. i i . p . 43 .Lon do n : 182 7 .

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    tama-B uddha,who

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    havebeenreceived

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    ve ationswhich

    jectedto, andfor

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    rethatnone ofhis

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    ,fromwhencethetrue

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    fortheearlyhis-

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    on,speakingofhim,

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    cclesiasticalscholar,

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    orderthatthenew

    ceivedby thewise

    .p. 21.

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    ouslies,theywere

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    t s, b yyou tooc red u l ou s c r ea -

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    notthePaganswhowere

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    h r i s ti an i ty :

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    yabsurd.I main-

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    becauseitwas

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    e R a m. I twasa l so cal l e d

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    smindwasmoved

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    A sfo r thead ora t i on

    s ob j ec t t oaga i ns tu s

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    thereis noevi-

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    u l iu sCaesa r.A l l i ed

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    t h e l a t te r, b e l i eve r s

    t hough theya dm it t e d t h e

    p . 4 05 .

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    ve beeninsomemystic

    encalledspiritu-

    e v e l a ti on ; bu t , n ot -

    onstheyheld,they

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    t i an s , s ays :

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