[56] Upasaka, a sect of the followers of Buddhism who are laymen though they observe the rules of clerical life.
[57] Meitreya, a Buddhisatva destined to reappear as a Buddha after the lapse of an incalculable series of years.
[58] It is the Oriental custom that when one offers up a prayer, he first washes his hands, to free them from all impurity.
[59] According to the Buddhist's doctrine of the Hosso sect, all the souls of the dead pass, during seven weeks after death, into an intermediate state, and then their fate is decided. According to the Tendai sect, the best and the worst go immediately where they deserve, but those of a medium nature go through this process.
[60] An offering made of paper, to the God of roads, which travellers were accustomed to make, before setting out on a journey.
CHAPTER V
YOUNG VIOLET
