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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... MEDITATION . 243 CHAPTER XXI . ASCETIC RITES AND SUPERNATURAL POWERS . 252 CHAPTER XXII . NIRWANA ; ITS PATHS AND FRUITION .. 280 CHAPTER XXIII . THE MODERN PRIESTHOOD 309 CHAPTER XXIV . THE VOICE OF THE PAST 346 CHAPTER XXV . THE ...
... MEDITATION . 243 CHAPTER XXI . ASCETIC RITES AND SUPERNATURAL POWERS . 252 CHAPTER XXII . NIRWANA ; ITS PATHS AND FRUITION .. 280 CHAPTER XXIII . THE MODERN PRIESTHOOD 309 CHAPTER XXIV . THE VOICE OF THE PAST 346 CHAPTER XXV . THE ...
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... meditation is exercised ; and there is opposition to all evil . There are also ten other virtues that must be possessed : such as faith or purity , great diligence , freedom from all that tends to deceive , res- pect for the precepts ...
... meditation is exercised ; and there is opposition to all evil . There are also ten other virtues that must be possessed : such as faith or purity , great diligence , freedom from all that tends to deceive , res- pect for the precepts ...
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Robert Spence Hardy. well as he can from his preceptor , and afterwards meditate at his leisure on the instruction he has ... meditation . 4. A wihára near a high road , as stranger priests will be continually calling , who will require ...
Robert Spence Hardy. well as he can from his preceptor , and afterwards meditate at his leisure on the instruction he has ... meditation . 4. A wihára near a high road , as stranger priests will be continually calling , who will require ...
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... meditate on the obligations , considering whether he has kept them or not . The bell will then ring , and he must reflect that greater than the gift of 100 elephants , 100 horses , and 100 chariots , is the reward of him who takes one ...
... meditate on the obligations , considering whether he has kept them or not . The bell will then ring , and he must reflect that greater than the gift of 100 elephants , 100 horses , and 100 chariots , is the reward of him who takes one ...
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... meditate on the nine virtues of Budha , with a fixed and determined mind ; and having worshipped , seek absolution for his negligences and faults , just as if the sacred things ( before which he worships ) had life . Having risen from ...
... meditate on the nine virtues of Budha , with a fixed and determined mind ; and having worshipped , seek absolution for his negligences and faults , just as if the sacred things ( before which he worships ) had life . Having risen from ...
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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