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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... thought is extinguished , that this is mine , or me ; hatred is avoided ; much sleep is shunned ; no fixed habitation is required ; solitary meditation is exercised ; and there is opposition to all evil . There are also ten other ...
... thought is extinguished , that this is mine , or me ; hatred is avoided ; much sleep is shunned ; no fixed habitation is required ; solitary meditation is exercised ; and there is opposition to all evil . There are also ten other ...
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... thought to have the right to place himself in a situation that may for ever deprive his master of his services . In the reign of Justinian ( Nov. v . c . 2 ) slaves were allowed to enter convents without leave of their masters ; but ...
... thought to have the right to place himself in a situation that may for ever deprive his master of his services . In the reign of Justinian ( Nov. v . c . 2 ) slaves were allowed to enter convents without leave of their masters ; but ...
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... thought will come that these relatives ought to be provided for , which cannot be done by the recluse . 6. Friends . 7. Property . 8. The desire of obtaining wealth . 9. The desire of worldly honour . 10. The love of pleasure . † The ...
... thought will come that these relatives ought to be provided for , which cannot be done by the recluse . 6. Friends . 7. Property . 8. The desire of obtaining wealth . 9. The desire of worldly honour . 10. The love of pleasure . † The ...
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... thought that in proportion to the value of the sacri- fice will be the increase of the treasure of righteousness acquired by its presentation ; and as it is only an expansion of the same thought , that the giving up of the will must be ...
... thought that in proportion to the value of the sacri- fice will be the increase of the treasure of righteousness acquired by its presentation ; and as it is only an expansion of the same thought , that the giving up of the will must be ...
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... thought only of the impermanence of the body ; by which means he attained rahatship . Soon afterwards he met her husband in the street , who asked him if he had seen a woman ; but he replied that he had seen only a loathsome skeleton ...
... thought only of the impermanence of the body ; by which means he attained rahatship . Soon afterwards he met her husband in the street , who asked him if he had seen a woman ; but he replied that he had seen only a loathsome skeleton ...
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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