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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Page 14
... sramana , during the greater part of the year , should reside in solitude ; but the injunction to carry the alms - bowl to the houses of the people would tend to produce an unfavourable consequence , as it would continually present to ...
... sramana , during the greater part of the year , should reside in solitude ; but the injunction to carry the alms - bowl to the houses of the people would tend to produce an unfavourable consequence , as it would continually present to ...
Page 18
... sramana , an ascetic . He must be at least eight years of age , and must have received the consent of his parents to his abandonment of the world . He cannot receive upasampadá , or ordination , until he is twenty years . of age ; were ...
... sramana , an ascetic . He must be at least eight years of age , and must have received the consent of his parents to his abandonment of the world . He cannot receive upasampadá , or ordination , until he is twenty years . of age ; were ...
Page 51
... sramana . * * In addition to the ordinances that refer to the outward conduct , the priests are directed to live in a state of entire abstraction from the world , so that when in the midst of enticements to evil , all im- purity may be ...
... sramana . * * In addition to the ordinances that refer to the outward conduct , the priests are directed to live in a state of entire abstraction from the world , so that when in the midst of enticements to evil , all im- purity may be ...
Page 60
... sramana recluse who enters into an intimacy with any other person , though it should even be a priest , will be prevented from acquiring the tranquillity at which he ought constantly to aim . He will be indisposed , by other calls upon ...
... sramana recluse who enters into an intimacy with any other person , though it should even be a priest , will be prevented from acquiring the tranquillity at which he ought constantly to aim . He will be indisposed , by other calls upon ...
Page 67
... sramana and the sangha . The community is allowed to be rich in lands , and to have splendid edifices dedicated to its use , whilst the individual priest is regarded as having renounced all worldly pos- sessions . That which is given to ...
... sramana and the sangha . The community is allowed to be rich in lands , and to have splendid edifices dedicated to its use , whilst the individual priest is regarded as having renounced all worldly pos- sessions . That which is given 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