Eastern Monachism: an Account of the Origin, Laws, Discipline, Sacred Writings, Mysterious Rites, Religious Ceremonies, and Present Circumstances, of the Order of Mendicants Founded by Gótama Budha, (compiled from Singhalese MSS. and Other Original Sources of Information); with Comparative Notices of the Usages and Institutions of the Western Ascetics, and a Review of the Monastic System |
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... Rajagaha , Wésáli , and Sewet ; but he visited many other parts of India , and is said to have proceeded as far as Ceylon . The déwas and brahmas were also included among his auditors , as he occasionally visited the celestial worlds in ...
... Rajagaha , Wésáli , and Sewet ; but he visited many other parts of India , and is said to have proceeded as far as Ceylon . The déwas and brahmas were also included among his auditors , as he occasionally visited the celestial worlds in ...
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... Rajagaha , and requested permission to go and see his parents according to the promise he had given . As his request was granted , he went to his native village , near which he remained in a garden called Migachíra , belonging to the ...
... Rajagaha , and requested permission to go and see his parents according to the promise he had given . As his request was granted , he went to his native village , near which he remained in a garden called Migachíra , belonging to the ...
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Robert Spence Hardy. time of Gótama , when he was a respectable brahman in Rajagaha , he entered the priesthood , and became a rahat . A florist named Sumana , who resided in Rajagaha , and presented to a former Budha eight nosegays of ...
Robert Spence Hardy. time of Gótama , when he was a respectable brahman in Rajagaha , he entered the priesthood , and became a rahat . A florist named Sumana , who resided in Rajagaha , and presented to a former Budha eight nosegays of ...
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... been given , he was prevented from enjoying it . " Thus it is necessary that what is given be given freely , with a spirit free from cove- tousness . 1 In Rajagaha there was a man whose employment it was 86 EASTERN MONACHISM .
... been given , he was prevented from enjoying it . " Thus it is necessary that what is given be given freely , with a spirit free from cove- tousness . 1 In Rajagaha there was a man whose employment it was 86 EASTERN MONACHISM .
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Robert Spence Hardy. In Rajagaha there was a man whose employment it was to cut sugar - cane . One day , as he was walking along with a bundle of canes over his shoulder , he was followed by an upásaka , carrying a child , which cried ...
Robert Spence Hardy. In Rajagaha there was a man whose employment it was to cut sugar - cane . One day , as he was walking along with a bundle of canes over his shoulder , he was followed by an upásaka , carrying a child , which cried ...
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abbot afterwards Alban Butler allowed alms alms-bowl Ananda ancient Anuradhapura appear ascetic asceticism attained nirwána become bhikshu birth bó-tree body Brahmans Budhists called cause ceived Ceylon church cloth colour dágoba death declared déwas dhyána disciples earth enter Evesham evil desire exercise existence feet forest four garments give given Gótama Budha India kalpas kasina kind king live Maha manner means meditation mendicant merit Méru Milinda mind mode Moggaliputta-tissa monastery monastic monks Nágaséna nimitta novice observed offering Pali pass paths Pátimokkhan performed persons Pitakas possession precepts present priest priestess priesthood priests of Budha principal professed rahat Rajagaha Rathapála received recluse regarded relics religion residence robe sacred sage samádhi sangha Sanskrit seen similar Singhalese sorrow sramana stanzas superior supposed supreme Budha Sútra temple things thought tion tree truth village Vishnu whilst wihára Winaya Wisudhi Margga Sanné word worship