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XX, p. 325. Anando, if women had not received per- mission to go forth from domestic life and enter the homeless one, under the Doctrine and Discipline made public by the Tathagato, then, Anando, would the religious life have lasted long : the Gospel (Saddhammo) would have lasted for a thousand years. But, Anando, now that women have received that permission, the religious life will not last long: the Gospel, Anando, will now last only five hundred years. This passage is important as a time-mar...k in the history of the Canon, a fact which was pointed out in my provisional preface to this series of Parallels. {Open Court, February, 1900, p. 115). In patristic works written after the Christian era, such as Buddhaghoso's commentaries and the Great Chronicle of Ceylon, the figure 500 has been altered to 5000. This was because the five hundred years had expired, and still the faith flourisht. Therefore the sacred text has not been materially altered, and, 144 . O. DECLINE OF THE FAITH goes back behind the time of Christ.
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