This is the being from whom the enormous number of followers take their stand, under the title of Bouddhism, and with whom
christianity alone has the power of claiming an equal number of followers.
The books of his priests signalize twelve great epochs in his career, classed and entitled as follows:—
1. The celestial origin of Buddh.
2. His miraculous and divine conception in the bosom of a mortal mother.
3. His birth.
4. His progress in wisdom.
5. His marriage and royal splendour.
6. His retreat from the world.
7. His life as a hermit.