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 ... Western Ascetics, and a Review of the Monastic System |
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... Budha . 6. The Ances- tors of Gótama Budha . 7. The Legends of the Life of Gótama Budha . S. The Psychology of Budhism . 9. Its Ethics . ว EASTERN MONACHISM : AN ACCOUNT OF THE ORIGIN ,
... Budha . 6. The Ances- tors of Gótama Budha . 7. The Legends of the Life of Gótama Budha . S. The Psychology of Budhism . 9. Its Ethics . ว EASTERN MONACHISM : AN ACCOUNT OF THE ORIGIN ,
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... BUDHA . ABOUT two thousand years before the thunders of Wycliffe were rolled against the mendicant orders of the west , Gótama Budha commenced his career as a mendicant in the east , and established a religious system that has exercised ...
... BUDHA . ABOUT two thousand years before the thunders of Wycliffe were rolled against the mendicant orders of the west , Gótama Budha commenced his career as a mendicant in the east , and established a religious system that has exercised ...
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... Budha Gaya was afterwards built , received the supreme Budhaship . In births innumerable , previous to his present state of existence as a man , he had set the office of a budha before him as the object of his ambition ; and in all the ...
... Budha Gaya was afterwards built , received the supreme Budhaship . In births innumerable , previous to his present state of existence as a man , he had set the office of a budha before him as the object of his ambition ; and in all the ...
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... Budha he had received a power by which he could perform any act whatever , and a wisdom by which he could see perfectly any object , or understand any truth , to which he chose to direct his attention . At this time he began the ...
... Budha he had received a power by which he could perform any act whatever , and a wisdom by which he could see perfectly any object , or understand any truth , to which he chose to direct his attention . At this time he began the ...
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... Budha they are always of woman born , and pass through infancy and youth like ordinary beings , until at a prescribed age they abandon the world and retire to the wilderness , where , after a course of ascetic observance , at the foot ...
... Budha they are always of woman born , and pass through infancy and youth like ordinary beings , until at a prescribed age they abandon the world and retire to the wilderness , where , after a course of ascetic observance , at the foot ...
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abbot afterwards Alban Butler allowed alms alms-bowl Ananda ancient Anuradhapura appear ascetic asceticism attained nirwana become bhikshu birth bó-tree body Brahmans Budhists called cause ceived Ceylon church cloth colour dágoba death declared déwas dhyána disciples earth enter 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 monarch monastery monastic monks Nágaséna nimitta nirwána novice observed offering Pali pass paths 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