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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... leaf in my hand and the ex - priest of Budha by my side , to assist me in cases of diffi- culty , entitle me to claim attention to my translations as a faithful transcript of the original documents . Further than this , I speak of my ...
... leaf in my hand and the ex - priest of Budha by my side , to assist me in cases of diffi- culty , entitle me to claim attention to my translations as a faithful transcript of the original documents . Further than this , I speak of my ...
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... leaves his robe and becomes a laic , it is not the fault of the system but of the man ; he is not sincere ; therefore the system has no hold upon him , as the lotus does not allow the water to adhere to its petals , or as the sea casts ...
... leaves his robe and becomes a laic , it is not the fault of the system but of the man ; he is not sincere ; therefore the system has no hold upon him , as the lotus does not allow the water to adhere to its petals , or as the sea casts ...
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... leaf upon its surface , a slight im- pression , in a moment gone . Intercessory prayer is a practice that he disdains to follow , as such an exercise would be a confession of weakness ; a spectre of earth in the shrine where angels only ...
... leaf upon its surface , a slight im- pression , in a moment gone . Intercessory prayer is a practice that he disdains to follow , as such an exercise would be a confession of weakness ; a spectre of earth in the shrine where angels only ...
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... leaves of trees , and on herbs gathered in the fields , boiled with a little salt . According to some writers , there were three kinds of poverty among them ; some had nothing , either of their own or in common ; others had something in ...
... leaves of trees , and on herbs gathered in the fields , boiled with a little salt . According to some writers , there were three kinds of poverty among them ; some had nothing , either of their own or in common ; others had something in ...
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... . The alms - bowl of the Budhist is a convenient article to carry , and answers all the purposes required by the priest , in countries where the green leaf , or the cocoa - nut shell , has not yet 78 EASTERN MONACHISM .
... . The alms - bowl of the Budhist is a convenient article to carry , and answers all the purposes required by the priest , in countries where the green leaf , or the cocoa - nut shell , has not yet 78 EASTERN MONACHISM .
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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