of it. Our present period is a Bhadra-kalpa
and four Buddhas have already appeared. It is to last 236 million years
but over 151 millions have already elapsed.
[9] "The king of demons." The name Mara is explained by "the
murderer the destroyer of virtue and similar appellations. He is says
Eitel
the personification of lustthe god of lovesinand deaththe arch-
enemy of goodnessresiding in the heaven Paranirmita Vasavartin on the
top of the Kamadhatu. He assumes different formsespecially monstrous
onesto tempt or frighten the saintsor sends his daughtersor inspires
wicked men like Devadatta or the Nirgranthas to do his work. He is often
represented with 100 armsand riding on an elephant." The oldest form of
the legend in this paragraph is in "Buddhist Suttas Sacred Books of the
East
vol. xi
pp. 41-55
where Buddha says that
if Ananda had asked him
thrice
he would have postponed his death.
[10] Or the Vinaya-pitaka. The meeting referred to was an important
one
and is generally spoken of as the second Great Council of the
Buddhist Church. See
on the formation of the Buddhist Canon
Hardy's E.
M.
chap. xviii
and the last chapter of Davids' Manual
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