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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... According to the doctrines propounded by Gótama Budha , there are innumerable systems of worlds , called sakwalas , which attain their prime , and then decay and are destroyed , at periods regularly recurring , and by agencies that are ...
... According to the doctrines propounded by Gótama Budha , there are innumerable systems of worlds , called sakwalas , which attain their prime , and then decay and are destroyed , at periods regularly recurring , and by agencies that are ...
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... According to Budhism , there is no Creator , no being that is self- existent and eternal . All sentient beings are homogeneous . The difference between one being and another is only temporary , and results from the difference in their ...
... According to Budhism , there is no Creator , no being that is self- existent and eternal . All sentient beings are homogeneous . The difference between one being and another is only temporary , and results from the difference in their ...
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... according to the laws given to the priesthood , if he shall , without having made con- fession of his weakness and become a laic , hold intercourse with a female of what kind soever , is overcome and excluded . " * Of the five sections ...
... according to the laws given to the priesthood , if he shall , without having made con- fession of his weakness and become a laic , hold intercourse with a female of what kind soever , is overcome and excluded . " * Of the five sections ...
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... according to circumstances . 4. Nissagiyá- páchittiyá - dhammá , thirty in number , requiring forfeiture of such articles as the priests are permitted to possess . 5. Páchittiyá- dhammá , ninety - two in number , requiring confession ...
... according to circumstances . 4. Nissagiyá- páchittiyá - dhammá , thirty in number , requiring forfeiture of such articles as the priests are permitted to possess . 5. Páchittiyá- dhammá , ninety - two in number , requiring confession ...
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... according to the office that it represents . The rites of religion could only be performed among the Greeks and Romans by members of the sacerdotal class ; but these persons were not thereby incapacitated , by any positive law , from ...
... according to the office that it represents . The rites of religion could only be performed among the Greeks and Romans by members of the sacerdotal class ; but these persons were not thereby incapacitated , by any positive law , from ...
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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