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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... eyes by which he had the power to see all things within the space of the infinite systems of worlds as clearly as if they were close at hand ; and at the tenth hour of the follow- ing morning , or the close of the third watch of the ...
... eyes by which he had the power to see all things within the space of the infinite systems of worlds as clearly as if they were close at hand ; and at the tenth hour of the follow- ing morning , or the close of the third watch of the ...
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... eyes must have seen beforehand the faults of his disciples , forbid the commission of such and such things previous to their occurrence ? " Nágaséna replied that it was forseen by Budha , at the commencement , that there were 150 ...
... eyes must have seen beforehand the faults of his disciples , forbid the commission of such and such things previous to their occurrence ? " Nágaséna replied that it was forseen by Budha , at the commencement , that there were 150 ...
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... eye is ever filled with the gushing tear , as he looks around upon the social circle and sees that the place is vacant where the object of his brightest hopes once sat . Yet it was accounted as an additional merit by the Nicene doctors ...
... eye is ever filled with the gushing tear , as he looks around upon the social circle and sees that the place is vacant where the object of his brightest hopes once sat . Yet it was accounted as an additional merit by the Nicene doctors ...
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... eyes ; the women will not leave the road when they are met , and they will make a noise with their earthen vessels ; and the place will be resorted to by great men . 11. A wihára near which there is much fuel or timber for building , as ...
... eyes ; the women will not leave the road when they are met , and they will make a noise with their earthen vessels ; and the place will be resorted to by great men . 11. A wihára near which there is much fuel or timber for building , as ...
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... eyes are anointed with collyrium ; but nirwána is despised . Householder ! you are like a man who places a gin made of withs to catch deer ; you have displayed before me this wealth that I might be ensnared ; but I am like the deer that ...
... eyes are anointed with collyrium ; but nirwána is despised . Householder ! you are like a man who places a gin made of withs to catch deer ; you have displayed before me this wealth that I might be ensnared ; but I am like the deer that ...
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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