Jesus In India — Page 155
APPENDIX had attained enlightenment, and great was the rejoicing everywhere. Page 141. As soon as the Blessed One expired the mighty earth was shaken, thunderbolts did fall, and the gods in the sky did shriek with (or like) sound of drum (f. 6352). At that time the venerable Mahâkâçyapa was stopping in the Kalantakanivasa Bamboo grove at Râjagriha; and when the earth quaked he sought what might be the reason, and he saw that the Blessed One had utterly passed away. . . 145 EXTRACT 5 Buddha: His Life, His Doctrine, His Order by Dr. Hermann Oldenberg, Translated from the German by William Hoey, M. A. , D. Lit. (Williams & Norgate, London 1882) Page 142 (footnote): On the occasion of a prophecy of Buddha's regarding Metteyya, the next Buddha, who will in the far future appear upon the earth, it is said: “He will be the leader of a band of disciples, numbering hundreds of thousands, as I am now the leader of bands of disciples, numbering hundreds. —Cakkavatti Suttanta. Page 419. Regarding the wife and child of Buddha the chief passage is “Mahavagga,” i, 54; Râhula is frequently mentioned in the Sutta texts as Buddha's son, without any