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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... whilst Brahmanism has been largely elucidated , comparatively little is yet known of Budhism by Europeans . In the month of September , 1825 , I landed in the beautiful island of Ceylon as a Wesleyan Missionary , and one of the first ...
... whilst Brahmanism has been largely elucidated , comparatively little is yet known of Budhism by Europeans . In the month of September , 1825 , I landed in the beautiful island of Ceylon as a Wesleyan Missionary , and one of the first ...
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... whilst others unwittingly put themselves in unseemly postures , and the garments of all were in disorder , the splendour of the festive hall seemed to have been at once converted into the loathsomeness of a sepulchre . Roused by these ...
... whilst others unwittingly put themselves in unseemly postures , and the garments of all were in disorder , the splendour of the festive hall seemed to have been at once converted into the loathsomeness of a sepulchre . Roused by these ...
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... whilst the instrumental cause is karma . It is therefore the great object of all beings who would be released from the sorrows of successive birth to seek the destruction of the moral cause of continued existence , that is to say , the ...
... whilst the instrumental cause is karma . It is therefore the great object of all beings who would be released from the sorrows of successive birth to seek the destruction of the moral cause of continued existence , that is to say , the ...
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... whilst no traces are presented of their publicly addressing the people upon moral subjects . Hence the importance of the position maintained by the philosophers , who in some measure supplied this defect ; but their auditors were ...
... whilst no traces are presented of their publicly addressing the people upon moral subjects . Hence the importance of the position maintained by the philosophers , who in some measure supplied this defect ; but their auditors were ...
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... whilst he received from them the temporal aid that he needed they were indebted to him , and the power with which he was officially clothed , for their present prosperity and for their expectation of a future reward . Thus , although he ...
... whilst he received from them the temporal aid that he needed they were indebted to him , and the power with which he was officially clothed , for their present prosperity and for their expectation of a future reward . Thus , although he ...
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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