To Divest The
Barlaam-Buddha Of This Character, And See Him In His Original Form, We Must
Take A Further Journey And Seek Him In His Home Beyond The Himalayas."
[Illustration: Sakya Muni as a Saint of the Roman Martyrology.
"Wie des Kunigs Son in dem aufscziechen am ersten sahe in dem Weg eynen
blinden und eyn aufsmoerckigen und eyen alten krummen Man."[7]]
Professor Gaston Paris, in answer to Mr. Jacobs, writes (Poemes et Leg.
du Moyen Age, p. 213): "Mr. Jacobs thinks that the Book of Balauhar and
Yudasaf was not originally Christian, and could have existed such as it is
now in Buddhistic India, but it is hardly likely, as Buddha did not
require the help of a teacher to find truth, and his followers would not
have invented the person of Balauhar-Barlaam; on the other hand, the
introduction of the Evangelical Parable of The Sower, which exists in
the original of all the versions of our Book, shows that this original was
a Christian adaptation of the Legend of Buddha. Mr. Jacobs seeks vainly to
lessen the force of this proof in showing that this Parable has parallels
in Buddhistic literature." - H.C.]
NOTE 3. - Marco is not the only eminent person who has expressed this view
of Sakyamuni's life in such words. Professor Max Mueller (u.s.) says:
"And whatever we may think of the sanctity of saints, let those who doubt
the right of Buddha to a place among them, read the story of his life as
it is told in the Buddhistic canon.
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