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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... disciples , as we may learn from the similar stories that were invented relative to the western saints , in a period less extended . The father of Gótama Budha , Sudhódana , reigned at Kapilawastu , on the borders of Nepaul ; and in a ...
... disciples , as we may learn from the similar stories that were invented relative to the western saints , in a period less extended . The father of Gótama Budha , Sudhódana , reigned at Kapilawastu , on the borders of Nepaul ; and in a ...
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... disciples who could , with the utmost ease , have overturned the earth or arrested the course of the sun . At the age of eighty years he died , near Kusinára , which is supposed by some to be in Assam , and by others near Delhi . After ...
... disciples who could , with the utmost ease , have overturned the earth or arrested the course of the sun . At the age of eighty years he died , near Kusinára , which is supposed by some to be in Assam , and by others near Delhi . After ...
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... disciples . From that period , whenever he preached , multitudes of men and women embraced his doctrines , and took upon themselves certain obliga- tions , by which they declared themselves to be prawarjita , or to have renounced the ...
... disciples . From that period , whenever he preached , multitudes of men and women embraced his doctrines , and took upon themselves certain obliga- tions , by which they declared themselves to be prawarjita , or to have renounced the ...
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... disciples , forbid the commission of such and such things previous to their occurrence ? " Nágaséna replied that it was forseen by Budha , at the commencement , that there were 150 precepts it would be proper to enforce ; but he ...
... disciples , forbid the commission of such and such things previous to their occurrence ? " Nágaséna replied that it was forseen by Budha , at the commencement , that there were 150 precepts it would be proper to enforce ; but he ...
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... disciples . In the gospel there is a distinction between the clerus and laicus as to matters of discipline ; but the child , the woman , the slave , the lowest member of the church , whatever his condition , has an equal freedom of ...
... disciples . In the gospel there is a distinction between the clerus and laicus as to matters of discipline ; but the child , the woman , the slave , the lowest member of the church , whatever his condition , has an equal freedom of ...
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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