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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... supposed by some to be in Assam , and by others near Delhi . After the burning of his body , his relics were preserved , and became objects of worship to his disciples . According to the doctrines propounded by Gótama Budha , there are ...
... supposed by some to be in Assam , and by others near Delhi . After the burning of his body , his relics were preserved , and became objects of worship to his disciples . According to the doctrines propounded by Gótama Budha , there are ...
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... supposed to be the Sangala of the Greeks , and Naga- séna , a Budhist priest , a short time previous to the commencement of the Christian era . In the following chapters , whenever the name of Nágaséna , is introduced , it is to be ...
... supposed to be the Sangala of the Greeks , and Naga- séna , a Budhist priest , a short time previous to the commencement of the Christian era . In the following chapters , whenever the name of Nágaséna , is introduced , it is to be ...
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... supposed to be derived , through the Saxon preost , from the Greek peoẞurepos , an elder , but by others it is said to be an ancient Saxon word , in use before the introduction of Christianity ; and if we look away from its original ...
... supposed to be derived , through the Saxon preost , from the Greek peoẞurepos , an elder , but by others it is said to be an ancient Saxon word , in use before the introduction of Christianity ; and if we look away from its original ...
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... supposed to confer merit upon those in whose name , or in whose presence they are conducted . I have therefore retained the word priest to designate the sramanas of Budha ; they are monks as to the economy of their own lives , but ...
... supposed to confer merit upon those in whose name , or in whose presence they are conducted . I have therefore retained the word priest to designate the sramanas of Budha ; they are monks as to the economy of their own lives , but ...
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... supposed that it would render the sacrifice coming from such a source of no avail . This idea , though not expressed in the ritual , is entirely consonant with the Budhistical system . 66 He The novice is called a sámanéra , from ...
... supposed that it would render the sacrifice coming from such a source of no avail . This idea , though not expressed in the ritual , is entirely consonant with the Budhistical system . 66 He The novice is called a sámanéra , from ...
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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