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d his way and adored him as a _God_.[283:2] 35. Crishna had a beloved disciple--_Arjuna_.[283:3] 35. Jesus had a beloved disciple--_John_.[283:4] 36. Crishna was transfigured before his disciple Arjuna. "All in an instant, with a thousand suns, blazing with dazzling luster, so beheld he the glories of the universe collected in the one person of the God of Gods."[283:5] Arjuna bows his head at this vision, and folding his hands in reverence, says: "Now that I see thee as thou really art, I thrill with terror! Mercy! Lord of Lords, once more display to me thy human form, thou habitation of the universe."[283:6] 36. "And after six days, Jesus taketh Peter, James, and John his brother, and bringeth them up into a high mountain apart, and was transfigured before them. And his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light. . . While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and behold, a voice out of the cloud, which said: &c." "And when the disciples heard it, they fell on their faces, and were sore afraid."[283:7] 37. Crishna was "the meekest and best tempered of beings." "He preached very nobly indeed, and sublimely." "He was pure and chaste in reality,"[283:8] and, as a lesson of humility, "he even condescended to wash the feet of the Brahmins."[283:9] 37. Jesus was the meekest and best tempered of beings. He preached very nobly indeed, and sublimely. He was pure and chaste, and he even condescended to wash the feet of his disciples, to whom he taught a lesson of humility.[283:10] 38. "Crishna is the very Supreme Brahma, though it be a _mystery_ how the Supreme should assume the form of a man."[283:11] 38. Jesus is the very Supreme Jehovah, though it be a _mystery_ how the Supreme should assume the form of a man, for "Great is the mystery of Godliness."[283:12] 39. Crishna is the second person in the Hindoo Trinity.[283:13] 39. Jesus is the second person in the Christian Trinity.[283:14] 40. Crishna said: "Let him if seeking God by deep abstraction, abandon his possessions and his hopes, betake himself to some secluded spot, and fix his heart and thoughts on God alone."[284:1] 40. Jesus said: "But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when then hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father, which is in secret."[284:2] 41. Crishna said: "W
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