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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... passing through a course of ascetic discipline ; but as the austerities he practised led to no beneficial result , he reduced his daily allowance of food to a pepperpod , or some equivalent minimum , until his body was greatly ...
... passing through a course of ascetic discipline ; but as the austerities he practised led to no beneficial result , he reduced his daily allowance of food to a pepperpod , or some equivalent minimum , until his body was greatly ...
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... pass through countless phases of being ; at one time receiving birth as a déwa , and at another as a frog , in which they gradually accu- mulate a greater degree of merit . In this incipient state they are called Bodhisatwas . In the ...
... pass through countless phases of being ; at one time receiving birth as a déwa , and at another as a frog , in which they gradually accu- mulate a greater degree of merit . In this incipient state they are called Bodhisatwas . In the ...
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... passing away with the utter searing of every right affection or with life itself , when the recluse has to reflect that by the step he has taken he has sent the barbed arrow into the heart of an affectionate mother , or stricken to ...
... passing away with the utter searing of every right affection or with life itself , when the recluse has to reflect that by the step he has taken he has sent the barbed arrow into the heart of an affectionate mother , or stricken to ...
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... passing moment , but also to prevent the afflictions of the future . This is he taught from one of the conversations that took place between Milinda and Ná- gaséna . The king said to the sage , " Are the pains that you take intended to ...
... passing moment , but also to prevent the afflictions of the future . This is he taught from one of the conversations that took place between Milinda and Ná- gaséna . The king said to the sage , " Are the pains that you take intended to ...
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... passing through the sky ; unknowingly he happened to approach the bó - tree near which the prince Sidhártta became a supreme Budha ; but he was not able to pass over the sacred place ; his progress was arrested , though he knew not from ...
... passing through the sky ; unknowingly he happened to approach the bó - tree near which the prince Sidhártta became a supreme Budha ; but he was not able to pass over the sacred place ; his progress was arrested , though he knew not 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