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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... demons , when they had exerted their utmost power without effect , passed away like the thunder - cloud retiring from the orb of the moon , causing it to appear in greater beauty . At the tenth hour of the same night B 2 I. GOTAMA BUDHA .
... demons , when they had exerted their utmost power without effect , passed away like the thunder - cloud retiring from the orb of the moon , causing it to appear in greater beauty . At the tenth hour of the same night B 2 I. GOTAMA BUDHA .
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... appear after intervals of time incon- ceivably vast . Previous to their reception of the Budhaship , they pass through countless phases of being ; at one time receiving birth as a déwa , and at another as a frog , in which they ...
... appear after intervals of time incon- ceivably vast . Previous to their reception of the Budhaship , they pass through countless phases of being ; at one time receiving birth as a déwa , and at another as a frog , in which they ...
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... appears to have been no law prohibiting such a course ; but when Sudinna yielded to the solicitations by which he was assailed , and was afterwards led , from a conviction that he had done wrong , to declare to his fellow priests what ...
... appears to have been no law prohibiting such a course ; but when Sudinna yielded to the solicitations by which he was assailed , and was afterwards led , from a conviction that he had done wrong , to declare to his fellow priests what ...
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... appear in thefollowing chapters , under the heads to which they respectively belong , it will not be neces- sary to insert them in the order in which they are recited in the bi - monthly convention of ecclesiastics . The various rules ...
... appear in thefollowing chapters , under the heads to which they respectively belong , it will not be neces- sary to insert them in the order in which they are recited in the bi - monthly convention of ecclesiastics . The various rules ...
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... appears in the Ceylon Friend , vol . ii . April , 1839 , & c . 6. Sékhiya . In this work , which is also written in Pali , there are seventy rules , by which the priest is to be guided in such mat- ters as the putting on of his robes ...
... appears in the Ceylon Friend , vol . ii . April , 1839 , & c . 6. Sékhiya . In this work , which is also written in Pali , there are seventy rules , by which the priest is to be guided in such mat- ters as the putting on of his robes ...
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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