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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... similar stories that were invented relative to the western saints , in a period less extended . The father of Gótama Budha , Sudhódana , reigned at Kapilawastu , on the borders of Nepaul ; and in a garden near that city the future sage ...
... similar stories that were invented relative to the western saints , in a period less extended . The father of Gótama Budha , Sudhódana , reigned at Kapilawastu , on the borders of Nepaul ; and in a garden near that city the future sage ...
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... similar departure from the first principles of asceticism ; but when it commenced , or in what manner it was effected , cannot now be ascertained . It appears to have been the original intention that the sramana , during the greater ...
... similar departure from the first principles of asceticism ; but when it commenced , or in what manner it was effected , cannot now be ascertained . It appears to have been the original intention that the sramana , during the greater ...
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... similar to the taking away of the power of ordination from " the hands of the presbytery , " and confining it to hands episcopal , and has no sanction whatever from the earlier usages of Budhism . Upasampadá confers no mystic power ...
... similar to the taking away of the power of ordination from " the hands of the presbytery , " and confining it to hands episcopal , and has no sanction whatever from the earlier usages of Budhism . Upasampadá confers no mystic power ...
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... similar manner , the necessity of placing a guard over their eyes , and of being circumspect in their intercourse with women . Aphraates , the Persian anchoret , would never speak to a woman but at a dis- tance , and always in as few ...
... similar manner , the necessity of placing a guard over their eyes , and of being circumspect in their intercourse with women . Aphraates , the Persian anchoret , would never speak to a woman but at a dis- tance , and always in as few ...
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... similar step , and for this purpose took her passage for Syria , her relations attended her to the water - side , striving with tears to in- duce her not to leave them . Even when the vessel was ready to sail , her little son Toxotius ...
... similar step , and for this purpose took her passage for Syria , her relations attended her to the water - side , striving with tears to in- duce her not to leave them . Even when the vessel was ready to sail , her little son Toxotius ...
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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