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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... . The king said to the sage , " Are the pains that you take intended to drive away past sorrow ? " and when he answered that Wisudhi Margga Sanné + Ibid . Ibid . D they were not , the king again asked , “ IV . THE NOVICIATE . 33.
... . The king said to the sage , " Are the pains that you take intended to drive away past sorrow ? " and when he answered that Wisudhi Margga Sanné + Ibid . Ibid . D they were not , the king again asked , “ IV . THE NOVICIATE . 33.
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... asked , “ Are they to drive away pre- sent sorrow ? " but the answer was the same . Milinda : " Then if it be neither to drive away past sorrow nor present , why do you take pains at all ? " Nágaséna : — “ We thus exert ourselves that ...
... asked , “ Are they to drive away pre- sent sorrow ? " but the answer was the same . Milinda : " Then if it be neither to drive away past sorrow nor present , why do you take pains at all ? " Nágaséna : — “ We thus exert ourselves that ...
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... asked them to come and try to persuade him to change it . The friends accordingly came to the place where he was , and thrice urged the same reasons as his parents to induce him to remain a laic ; but he still remained silent . They ...
... asked them to come and try to persuade him to change it . The friends accordingly came to the place where he was , and thrice urged the same reasons as his parents to induce him to remain a laic ; but he still remained silent . They ...
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... asked him if he was the same now , he confessed that his former energy had passed away ; and when the priest further enquired how this had come to pass , said , “ I am now old ; I am eighty years of age ; if I think to place my foot ...
... asked him if he was the same now , he confessed that his former energy had passed away ; and when the priest further enquired how this had come to pass , said , “ I am now old ; I am eighty years of age ; if I think to place my foot ...
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... , having been called , the candi- date is asked if the requisites of the priest ( as the alms - bowl , robes , * Bunsen's Church of the Future . & c . that have been previously prepared and deposited 44 EASTERN MONACHISM . ORDINATION.
... , having been called , the candi- date is asked if the requisites of the priest ( as the alms - bowl , robes , * Bunsen's Church of the Future . & c . that have been previously prepared and deposited 44 EASTERN MONACHISM . ORDINATION.
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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