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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... robes , yet , as they met with many afflictions in the world , such as the loss of relatives , they requested readmission to the priesthood . This request was not granted ; but a clause was added to the form of prohibition , by which ...
... robes , yet , as they met with many afflictions in the world , such as the loss of relatives , they requested readmission to the priesthood . This request was not granted ; but a clause was added to the form of prohibition , by which ...
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... robe of a recluse , he may at first , and in his youth , be charmed by the honour he receives , so as to be more than reconciled to his situation ; and should there be , at a subsequent period , a painful sense of the constraint under ...
... robe of a recluse , he may at first , and in his youth , be charmed by the honour he receives , so as to be more than reconciled to his situation ; and should there be , at a subsequent period , a painful sense of the constraint under ...
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... robe , and after having shaved his head and bathed , 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 ...
... robe , and after having shaved his head and bathed , 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 ...
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... robe . It will now be time for him to take the alms - bowl , and when going his round , he is to bear in mind the four karmasthánas , not to go too near , nor to keep at too great a distance from , his upádya or pre- ceptor ; at a ...
... robe . It will now be time for him to take the alms - bowl , and when going his round , he is to bear in mind the four karmasthánas , not to go too near , nor to keep at too great a distance from , his upádya or pre- ceptor ; at a ...
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... robe , he is first to worship his superior , and then Budha . The next act is to go again to some solitary place , and there repeat the appointed stanzas , considering whether he has omitted the practice of any obligation , or in any ...
... robe , he is first to worship his superior , and then Budha . The next act is to go again to some solitary place , and there repeat the appointed stanzas , considering whether he has omitted the practice of any obligation , or in any ...
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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