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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... period less extended . The father of Gótama Budha , Sudhódana , reigned at Kapilawastu , on the borders of Nepaul ; and in a garden near that city the future sage was born , B. c . 624. At the moment of his birth he stepped B upon the ...
... period less extended . The father of Gótama Budha , Sudhódana , reigned at Kapilawastu , on the borders of Nepaul ; and in a garden near that city the future sage was born , B. c . 624. At the moment of his birth he stepped B upon the ...
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... period he saw a dead body , green with corruption , with worms creeping out of the nine apertures . * And a year after the sight of the aged man he saw a recluse proceeding along the road in a manner that indicated the possession of an ...
... period he saw a dead body , green with corruption , with worms creeping out of the nine apertures . * And a year after the sight of the aged man he saw a recluse proceeding along the road in a manner that indicated the possession of an ...
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... periods regularly recurring , and by agencies that are equally regular in the manner of their operation . Upon the earth there are four great continents , which do not communicate with each other , except in specified cases . In the ...
... periods regularly recurring , and by agencies that are equally regular in the manner of their operation . Upon the earth there are four great continents , which do not communicate with each other , except in specified cases . In the ...
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... period immensely great , it is not infinite . The Budhas are beings who 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 ...
... period immensely great , it is not infinite . The Budhas are beings who 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 ...
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... 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 world . From time to ...
... 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 world . From time to ...
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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