The bodhisattvas have now come to the purified altar and while the abbot offers incense to them, the monks repeat the words: "The fields are destroyed so that they resemble the back of a tortoise.
"Buddhism and Buddhists in China"
Lewis Hodus
This is done by making a pleasing offering to the guardians and officers of purgatory, and to the gods and bodhisattvas whose mercy saves people.
"Buddhism and Buddhists in China"
Lewis Hodus
In contrast to many of the bodhisattvas, the saviours of the Buddhists, Jesus is a historical character.
"Buddhism and Buddhists in China"
Lewis Hodus