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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... rules were made , and afterwards enlarged or modified , and exceptions allowed , by which the code was gradually completed . It is evident that all laws referring to untried situations and circumstances must arise in 6 EASTERN MONACHISM ...
... rules were made , and afterwards enlarged or modified , and exceptions allowed , by which the code was gradually completed . It is evident that all laws referring to untried situations and circumstances must arise in 6 EASTERN MONACHISM ...
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... rule , the statement was most probably invented to avoid the imputation that might otherwise have been made against his omniscience . It is necessary to remember that these modifications took place , or the student of Budhism will meet ...
... rule , the statement was most probably invented to avoid the imputation that might otherwise have been made against his omniscience . It is necessary to remember that these modifications took place , or the student of Budhism will meet ...
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... rules and regulations , relative to ordination , the ceremony called wass , & c . ; and the fifth , Pariwánapáta , contains a recapitulation of the preceding books . The precepts and prohibitions contained in the Párájiká and Páchiti ...
... rules and regulations , relative to ordination , the ceremony called wass , & c . ; and the fifth , Pariwánapáta , contains a recapitulation of the preceding books . The precepts and prohibitions contained in the Párájiká and Páchiti ...
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... rules to be observed in conducting judicial investigations relative to the con- duct of the priests . * The four crimes that involve permanent exclusion from the priest- hood are sexual intercourse , theft , murder , and a false ...
... rules to be observed in conducting judicial investigations relative to the con- duct of the priests . * The four crimes that involve permanent exclusion from the priest- hood are sexual intercourse , theft , murder , and a false ...
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... rule of Francis did not contemplate merely the occasional election of a monk to the pastorate or episcopate , or the appoint- ment of an ordained abbot to rule over " the church in the house " of some separate fraternity ; his mendicant ...
... rule of Francis did not contemplate merely the occasional election of a monk to the pastorate or episcopate , or the appoint- ment of an ordained abbot to rule over " the church in the house " of some separate fraternity ; his mendicant ...
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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