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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... Existence . 3. The primi- tive 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 ...
... Existence . 3. The primi- tive 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 ...
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... existence . " Upon his person were certain signs that enabled the soothsayers to foretell that he would become a recluse , preparatory to his reception of the supreme Budhaship . Five days after his birth he received the name of ...
... existence . " Upon his person were certain signs that enabled the soothsayers to foretell that he would become a recluse , preparatory to his reception of the supreme Budhaship . Five days after his birth he received the name of ...
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... 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 of existence through which he passed , animal , human and divine , had accomplished some end , or exercised ...
... 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 of existence through which he passed , animal , human and divine , had accomplished some end , or exercised ...
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... existence , the cause of all sorrow and of its cessation . The object of his protracted toils and numerous sacrifices , carried on incessantly through myriads of ages , was now accomplished . By having become a Budha he had received a ...
... existence , the cause of all sorrow and of its cessation . The object of his protracted toils and numerous sacrifices , carried on incessantly through myriads of ages , was now accomplished . By having become a Budha he had received a ...
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... existence have attained a superior degree of merit . Within the earth is a material fire , the abode of those who possess a decided preponderance of demerit . Neither the one state nor the other is of permanent duration ; though it may ...
... existence have attained a superior degree of merit . Within the earth is a material fire , the abode of those who possess a decided preponderance of demerit . Neither the one state nor the other is of permanent duration ; though it may ...
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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