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Title: The dragon, image, and demon; or, The three religions of China: Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism, giving an account of the mythology, idolatry, and demonolatry of the Chinese
Year: 1887 (1880s)
Authors: DuBose, Hampden C
Subjects: Taoism Buddhism Confucianism
Publisher: New York, A. C. Armstrong & son
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
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elatter said, You have five hundred sons, why go mourn-ing and sorrowing after this one ? Others have onlythree or five. After awhile Buddha told her if shewould promise to stop the practice of eating otherpeoples little children she might have her boy. Thefond mother promised. He then showed her the baby-devil in a cage, and she called her four hundred andninety-nine sons to take him out. Their united effortswere unavailing, and at last she appealed to Buddha toturn the little fellow loose. Mrs. Devil leading littlebaby-devil by the hand is sometimes seen in the templesstanding near Buddha. Nanda.—The younger brother of Buddha was namedNanda. Buddha went to his house, shaved his head, and l8o The Di^agon, hnage, and Demon, made him a priest. Nanda, however, kept thinking abouthis sweetheart and drawing her picture on the tiles, andone day when his elder brother was out he ran away.Buddha followed; Nanda dodged behind a tree ; Buddhacaused the tree to be lifted up and caught him. He
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Paradise and Tartarus. took him up to heaven and showed him the sights.In one palace there were ladies only. Nanda asked, Why only ladies and no men ? An angel told himthis palace was reserved specially for him. Nanda ex-claimed, Let me stay now ; I do want to stay so much.* Oh no ! said the ladies, we are heavenly; you are Bt:ddha, the Night of Asia, i8i of the earth ; finish your mortal existence, and then youmay be born in heaven. Shakyamuni then led little Bud to hell, where he sawcaldrons of boiling oil and men cooking in them; onevery hot was empty. Nanda asked, Who is this for ? iNIaras attendants replied, For Nanda, because he willnot be a priest. Nanda said to Buddha, Oh ! do nottalk to me about heaven ; just let me escape this, andever after the yoke of the priesthood was an easy one tohim. The Monastery of Jetas Garden.—Several in-cidents in the life of the World-Honoured sage showthat his boasted asceticism was at times in a measurelimited. Shaky a was invited to Shravas

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