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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... , reigned at Kapilawastu , on the borders of Nepaul ; and in a garden near that city the future sage was born , B. c . 624. At the moment of his birth he stepped B upon the ground , and after looking around towards the GOTAMA BUDHA.
... , reigned at Kapilawastu , on the borders of Nepaul ; and in a garden near that city the future sage was born , B. c . 624. At the moment of his birth he stepped B upon the ground , and after looking around towards the GOTAMA BUDHA.
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... The king said to the sage , " Are the pains that you take intended to drive away past sorrow ? " and when he answered that Wisudhi Margga Sanné + Ibid . Ibid . D they were not , the king again asked , “ IV . THE NOVICIATE . 33.
... The king said to the sage , " Are the pains that you take intended to drive away past sorrow ? " and when he answered that Wisudhi Margga Sanné + Ibid . Ibid . D they were not , the king again asked , “ IV . THE NOVICIATE . 33.
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... 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 arrow in battle 34 EASTERN ...
... 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 arrow in battle 34 EASTERN ...
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... sage made known to him that it was not his custom to receive any into the priesthood who had not gained the consent of their parents . The brahman then went to his parents , and told them that since he had heard the discourses of Budha ...
... sage made known to him that it was not his custom to receive any into the priesthood who had not gained the consent of their parents . The brahman then went to his parents , and told them that since he had heard the discourses of Budha ...
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... sage . In the dasa - sil binding upon the priest of Budha , the precept that enjoins the practice of celibacy is the third in order , The depravity of the people among whom it was promulgated is seen in the strin- gency of its ...
... sage . In the dasa - sil binding upon the priest of Budha , the precept that enjoins the practice of celibacy is the third in order , The depravity of the people among whom it was promulgated is seen in the strin- gency of its ...
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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