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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... gives his advice . 15 , 16 , 17. A wihára near a seaport , a river , or a forest ; the mariners will request assistance , and these men are not believers in the truth . 18. A wihára on the borders of a country , as the resident will be ...
... gives his advice . 15 , 16 , 17. A wihára near a seaport , a river , or a forest ; the mariners will request assistance , and these men are not believers in the truth . 18. A wihára on the borders of a country , as the resident will be ...
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... give it to a priest , requesting to receive it from him again , that he may thus be able to commence his noviciate . He must then ask the priest to impart to him the tun - sarana , or three - fold protective formulary , which is as ...
... give it to a priest , requesting to receive it from him again , that he may thus be able to commence his noviciate . He must then ask the priest to impart to him the tun - sarana , or three - fold protective formulary , which is as ...
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... give the bowl into his hands , and accompany him to the village , carefully avoiding the sight of women , men , elephants , horses , chariots , or soldiers . According to the rules contained in the Sékhiyá , he is to proceed along the ...
... give the bowl into his hands , and accompany him to the village , carefully avoiding the sight of women , men , elephants , horses , chariots , or soldiers . According to the rules contained in the Sékhiyá , he is to proceed along the ...
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... gives a more favourable idea of the morality of Budhism ( though its principal defects are equally apparent ) than any other work I have seen . The first chapter is thus rendered in Mr. Go- gerly's translation : - " Mind precedes action ...
... gives a more favourable idea of the morality of Budhism ( though its principal defects are equally apparent ) than any other work I have seen . The first chapter is thus rendered in Mr. Go- gerly's translation : - " Mind precedes action ...
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... give orders relative to a thirst that has no existence . Again , when you are hungry , and wish to eat rice , do you tell your servants to plough the field and sow the grain ? Do you not cause the rice to be cul- tivated beforehand ...
... give orders relative to a thirst that has no existence . Again , when you are hungry , and wish to eat rice , do you tell your servants to plough the field and sow the grain ? Do you not cause the rice to be cul- tivated beforehand ...
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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