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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... 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 to assist the reader of the following pages ; 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 to assist the reader of the following pages ; the ...
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... rahat . But on another occasion it is said by Nága- séna that certain priests were prevented from attaining nirwana by the sins they had unknowingly committed before they abandoned the world . Milinda said to him , " There is a laic who ...
... rahat . But on another occasion it is said by Nága- séna that certain priests were prevented from attaining nirwana by the sins they had unknowingly committed before they abandoned the world . Milinda said to him , " There is a laic who ...
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... rahat . 4. Wounding the person of a supreme Budha ( his life cannot pos- sibly be taken ) . 5. Causing a schism among the priesthood . But though this reply may seem to prove the uniformity of the system , it lays it open to a serious ...
... rahat . 4. Wounding the person of a supreme Budha ( his life cannot pos- sibly be taken ) . 5. Causing a schism among the priesthood . But though this reply may seem to prove the uniformity of the system , it lays it open to a serious ...
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... rahat . From this may be learnt the benefit of keeping the eyes from wandering ; they must not be permitted to roll about , like those of a monkey , or of a beast of the forest when in fear , or of a child ; they must be directed ...
... rahat . From this may be learnt the benefit of keeping the eyes from wandering ; they must not be permitted to roll about , like those of a monkey , or of a beast of the forest when in fear , or of a child ; they must be directed ...
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... rahat , a Pasé . Budha , and a supreme Budha . In this pro- portion the reward accumulates : -according to the earth in a threshing - floor , in four miles , in sixteen miles , in the earth , in a sakwala . In a former age Bódhisat was ...
... rahat , a Pasé . Budha , and a supreme Budha . In this pro- portion the reward accumulates : -according to the earth in a threshing - floor , in four miles , in sixteen miles , in the earth , in a sakwala . In a former age Bódhisat was ...
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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