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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Page 17
... respect it stands in perfect contrast with the system to which it is the greatest antagonist . No one can become a Brahman , ex- cept by birth ; but the privileges of the ascetic are offered to all who will receive them upon the ...
... respect it stands in perfect contrast with the system to which it is the greatest antagonist . No one can become a Brahman , ex- cept by birth ; but the privileges of the ascetic are offered to all who will receive them upon the ...
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... respecting any matter he must ask to have them solved ; or if accustomed to read the sacred books as a lesson , it must now be done , and he must repeat the Sékhiya and Chatu- párasudhi - síla . If there be in the same wihára a priest ...
... respecting any matter he must ask to have them solved ; or if accustomed to read the sacred books as a lesson , it must now be done , and he must repeat the Sékhiya and Chatu- párasudhi - síla . If there be in the same wihára a priest ...
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... respect the body ? " and when the sage replied in the negative , he again asked , " Then why do they take so much pains to preserve it ? Do they not by this means say , this is me , or mine ? " Nágaséna : - " Were you ever wounded by an ...
... respect the body ? " and when the sage replied in the negative , he again asked , " Then why do they take so much pains to preserve it ? Do they not by this means say , this is me , or mine ? " Nágaséna : - " Were you ever wounded by an ...
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... respect it ; but that they may have the power required for the keeping of the precepts . " There are some priests ... Respecting some of the advantages that are expected to be D 2 IV . THE NOVICIATE . 35.
... respect it ; but that they may have the power required for the keeping of the precepts . " There are some priests ... Respecting some of the advantages that are expected to be D 2 IV . THE NOVICIATE . 35.
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... Respecting some of the advantages that are expected to be gained by embracing the priesthood , the teachings of Budhism are not uni- form . It is sometimes said that the sins of the man are to the priest as the sins that have been ...
... Respecting some of the advantages that are expected to be gained by embracing the priesthood , the teachings of Budhism are not uni- form . It is sometimes said that the sins of the man are to the priest as the sins that have been ...
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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