EASTERN MONACHISM.

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GOTAMA BUDIIA:

Containing an account of-1. The System of the Universe, as received by the Budhists. 2. The various Orders of Sentient Existence. 3. The primitive Inhabitants of the Earth; their fall from Purity; and their Division into four Castes. 4. The Budhas who preceded Gótama. 5. The Virtues of Gótama Bodhisat, and the States of Being through which he passed anterior to the Birth in which he became a supreme Budha. 6. The Ancestors of Gótama Budha. 7. The Legends of the Life of Gótama Budha. S. The Psychology of Budhism. 9. Its Ethics.

ORIGIN, LAWS, DISCIPLINE, SACRED WRITINGS,
MYSTERIOUS RITES,

RELIGIOUS CEREMONIES, AND PRESENT CIRCUMSTANCES

OF THE

ORDER OF MENDICANTS

FOUNDED BY

GÓTAM A

BUDHA,

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(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.

BY

R. SPENCE HARDY,

MEMBER OF THE CEYLON BRANCH OF THE ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY.

Τὸ γεγεννημένον ἐκ τῆς σαρκὸς, σάρξ ἐστι·
I. H. S.

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AND

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1860.