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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... whole region will be gained ; when the initiatory labours I am now pursuing will be forgotten , as they will have been succeeded by more authoritative investigations . Nevertheless , in the present state of our knowledge of Budhism ...
... whole region will be gained ; when the initiatory labours I am now pursuing will be forgotten , as they will have been succeeded by more authoritative investigations . Nevertheless , in the present state of our knowledge of Budhism ...
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... whole appearance was strikingly decorous . Having * The text is almost a literal parallelism to the words of the old ballad . " On looking up , on looking down , She saw a dead man on the ground ; And from his nose , unto his chin , The ...
... whole appearance was strikingly decorous . Having * The text is almost a literal parallelism to the words of the old ballad . " On looking up , on looking down , She saw a dead man on the ground ; And from his nose , unto his chin , The ...
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... whole of the rules con- tained in the Pátimokkhan appear in thefollowing chapters , under the heads to which they respectively belong , it will not be neces- sary to insert them in the order in which they are recited in the bi - monthly ...
... whole of the rules con- tained in the Pátimokkhan appear in thefollowing chapters , under the heads to which they respectively belong , it will not be neces- sary to insert them in the order in which they are recited in the bi - monthly ...
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... whole series . The entire number may be kept by priests , eight by priestesses , twelve by novices , seven by female novices , and two by the lay devotees called upasakas , whether male or female . Thus there are in all forty - two ...
... whole series . The entire number may be kept by priests , eight by priestesses , twelve by novices , seven by female novices , and two by the lay devotees called upasakas , whether male or female . Thus there are in all forty - two ...
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... whole of it has been translated by the Rev. D. J. Gogerly , and appears in the Ceylon Friend , vol . ii . April , 1839 , & c . 6. Sékhiya . In this work , which is also written in Pali , there are seventy rules , by which the priest is ...
... whole of it has been translated by the Rev. D. J. Gogerly , and appears in the Ceylon Friend , vol . ii . April , 1839 , & c . 6. Sékhiya . In this work , which is also written in Pali , there are seventy rules , by which the priest is ...
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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