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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... possession of an inward tranquillity ; modest in his deportment , his whole appearance was strikingly decorous . Having The text is almost a literal parallelism to the words of the old ballad . " On looking up , on looking down , She ...
... possession of an inward tranquillity ; modest in his deportment , his whole appearance was strikingly decorous . Having The text is almost a literal parallelism to the words of the old ballad . " On looking up , on looking down , She ...
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... possession of super- natural power was a common occurrence , and there were thousands of his disciples who could , with the utmost ease , have overturned the earth or arrested the course of the sun . At the age of eighty years he died ...
... possession of super- natural power was a common occurrence , and there were thousands of his disciples who could , with the utmost ease , have overturned the earth or arrested the course of the sun . At the age of eighty years he died ...
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... possession of a miraculous energy . At his death the rahat invariably attains nirwana , or ceases to exist . But this review must be regarded as containing only a brief sum- mary of some of the principal doctrines of Budhism , intended ...
... possession of a miraculous energy . At his death the rahat invariably attains nirwana , or ceases to exist . But this review must be regarded as containing only a brief sum- mary of some of the principal doctrines of Budhism , intended ...
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... possessions . At that time there appears to have been no law prohibiting such a course ; but when Sudinna yielded to the solicitations by which he was assailed , and was afterwards led , from a conviction that he had done wrong , to ...
... possessions . At that time there appears to have been no law prohibiting such a course ; but when Sudinna yielded to the solicitations by which he was assailed , and was afterwards led , from a conviction that he had done wrong , to ...
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... possession of a record that they consider to be divine , the reverse of that which took place among the ancients of the west is presented ; individual speculation is almost entirely discountenanced , and the bare reading . of the record ...
... possession of a record that they consider to be divine , the reverse of that which took place among the ancients of the west is presented ; individual speculation is almost entirely discountenanced , and the bare reading . of the record ...
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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