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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... clothing , scales for equality , the mantra for spells and charms , the lamp for dispelling darkness , and the pre- cept for restraining the disobedient ; so is an attention to the Thir- teen Ordinances for the nourishing of asceticism ...
... clothing , scales for equality , the mantra for spells and charms , the lamp for dispelling darkness , and the pre- cept for restraining the disobedient ; so is an attention to the Thir- teen Ordinances for the nourishing of asceticism ...
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... at a later period the parents wrapped the hands of their children * Elliott's Roman Catholicism . + Vaughan's Wycliffe . Taylor's Ancient Christianity . in the altar - cloth . By Cod . Just C 2 IV . THE NOVICIATE . 19.
... at a later period the parents wrapped the hands of their children * Elliott's Roman Catholicism . + Vaughan's Wycliffe . Taylor's Ancient Christianity . in the altar - cloth . By Cod . Just C 2 IV . THE NOVICIATE . 19.
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Robert Spence Hardy. in the altar - cloth . By Cod . Just . i . 3 , 55 , parents were forbidden to hinder their children from becoming monks , if they so wished . Even among the Budhists , it sometimes occurs that a woman vows she will ...
Robert Spence Hardy. in the altar - cloth . By Cod . Just . i . 3 , 55 , parents were forbidden to hinder their children from becoming monks , if they so wished . Even among the Budhists , it sometimes occurs that a woman vows she will ...
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... cloth or skin that he is accustomed to place under him , he shall again worship ( with his forehead to the ground , and touching the ground with his knees and toes ) . The next act that he is required to per- form is to look at his lita ...
... cloth or skin that he is accustomed to place under him , he shall again worship ( with his forehead to the ground , and touching the ground with his knees and toes ) . The next act that he is required to per- form is to look at his lita ...
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... cloth , and burn it upon the pyre . He cannot take with him either property or wealth ; even the cloth in which he is enwrapped is burnt . When about to die , neither relatives , friends , nor companions , can afford him any protection ...
... cloth , and burn it upon the pyre . He cannot take with him either property or wealth ; even the cloth in which he is enwrapped is burnt . When about to die , neither relatives , friends , nor companions , can afford him any protection ...
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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