Indian Sculpture and Painting, Illustrated by Typical Masterpieces, with an Explanation of their Motives and Ideals c8.38
Indian Sculpture and Painting, Illustrated by Typical Masterpieces, with an Explanation of their Motives and Ideals c8.38
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The Bharhut sculptors also show the interesting fact that in Asoka's time the worship of the person of Buddha was not a part of Buddhist ritual: "Everything is Buddhist, but it is Buddhism without Buddha. He nowhere appears either as a heavenly person to be worshipped or even as an ascetic." The objects which attract the reverent homage of both men and beasts are the symbols of the faith: the sacred footprints, the bodhi-tree in which the Presence dwelt, but not the Presence itself.