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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... WORSHIP , CEREMONIES , AND FESTIVALS 198 CHAPTER XX . MEDITATION 243 CHAPTER XXI . ASCETIC RITES AND SUPERNATURAL POWERS . 252 CHAPTER XXII . NIRWANA ; ITS PATHS AND FRUITION .. ... 280 CHAPTER XXIII . THE MODERN PRIESTHOOD 309 CHAPTER ...
... WORSHIP , CEREMONIES , AND FESTIVALS 198 CHAPTER XX . MEDITATION 243 CHAPTER XXI . ASCETIC RITES AND SUPERNATURAL POWERS . 252 CHAPTER XXII . NIRWANA ; ITS PATHS AND FRUITION .. ... 280 CHAPTER XXIII . THE MODERN PRIESTHOOD 309 CHAPTER ...
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... worship to his disciples . According to the doctrines propounded by Gótama Budha , there are innumerable systems of worlds , called sakwalas , which attain their prime , and then decay and are destroyed , at periods regularly recurring ...
... worship to his disciples . According to the doctrines propounded by Gótama Budha , there are innumerable systems of worlds , called sakwalas , which attain their prime , and then decay and are destroyed , at periods regularly recurring ...
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... worship , because they were formerly the residences of rahats ; but the priest may dwell near these places , if he can make such arrangements as will enable him to be absent during the day , and return to them only at night . 10. A ...
... worship , because they were formerly the residences of rahats ; but the priest may dwell near these places , if he can make such arrangements as will enable him to be absent during the day , and return to them only at night . 10. A ...
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... 100 horses , and 100 chariots , is the reward of him who takes one step towards the place where worship * There are sixty hours in one day . is offered . Thus reflecting , he shall approach the 24 EASTERN MONACHISM .
... 100 horses , and 100 chariots , is the reward of him who takes one step towards the place where worship * There are sixty hours in one day . is offered . Thus reflecting , he shall approach the 24 EASTERN MONACHISM .
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... worship is offered , and spreading the cloth or skin that he is accustomed to place under him , he shall again worship ( with his forehead to the ground , and touching the ground with his knees and toes ) . The next act that he is ...
... worship is offered , and spreading the cloth or skin that he is accustomed to place under him , he shall again worship ( with his forehead to the ground , and touching the ground with his knees and toes ) . The next act that he is ...
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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