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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... afterwards he saw a leper , presenting an appearance utterly loathsome . Again , after the elapse of a similar period he saw a dead body , green with corruption , with worms creeping out of the nine apertures . * And a year after the ...
... afterwards he saw a leper , presenting an appearance utterly loathsome . Again , after the elapse of a similar period he saw a dead body , green with corruption , with worms creeping out of the nine apertures . * And a year after the ...
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... 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 various states ...
... 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 various states ...
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... afterwards the six organs of sense . Again , from the organs of sense comes contact ; from contact , desire ; from desire , sensation ; from sensation , the cleaving to existing objects ; from this cleaving , reproduction ; and from ...
... afterwards the six organs of sense . Again , from the organs of sense comes contact ; from contact , desire ; from desire , sensation ; from sensation , the cleaving to existing objects ; from this cleaving , reproduction ; and from ...
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... afterwards led , from a conviction that he had done wrong , to declare to his fellow priests what had taken place , Budha , after reproving him for his conduct , enacted the following law , and declared that it was universally binding ...
... afterwards led , from a conviction that he had done wrong , to declare to his fellow priests what had taken place , Budha , after reproving him for his conduct , enacted the following law , and declared that it was universally binding ...
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... afterwards received puts on the robe of a recluse , he may at first , and in his youth , be charmed by the honour he receives , so as to be more than reconciled to his situation ; and should there be , at a subsequent period , a painful ...
... afterwards received puts on the robe of a recluse , he may at first , and in his youth , be charmed by the honour he receives , so as to be more than reconciled to his situation ; and should there be , at a subsequent period , a painful ...
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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