The Gospel of Buddha According to Old RecordsOpen Court Publishing Company, 1894 - 275 pages |
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Anâthapindika asked âtman attain bhikshus Bimbisâra Blessed One addressed Blessed One replied bliss Bôdhisattva body Brahmadatta Brahman brethren brother Buddhist Carus Christianity death deeds deliverance desire dêva Dêvadatta Dhammapada dharma dhyânas Dîrghâyu doctrine enlightenment evil existence faith father four noble truths Gautama Gospel of Buddha happy hatred heard heart holy Buddhas Jatilas Kapilavastu karma Kâshyapa king Krishâ Gautamî Kûtadanta Licchavi listen live Lord lust Mahâyâna Mallas Mâra Master Matth meditation mind Nirvâna noble noble eightfold path pain passion path Paul Carus peace pleasure preach prince Râhula Râjagriha refuge religion religious reverence righteousness robes salvation Sangha Shâkya Shâkyamuni Shâriputra shramana Shrâvastî sick Siddhârtha Simha sorrow soul spiritual suffering T. W. Rhys Davids Tathâgata teach teacher things thou art thought tion truth unto vanity venerable Ânanda vihâra walk wisdom words worldly Yashas
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Page 113 - ALL that we are is the result of what we have thought: it is founded on our thoughts, it is made up of our thoughts. If a man speaks or acts with an evil thought, pain follows him, as the wheel follows the foot of the ox that draws the carriage.
Page 115 - Let a man overcome anger by love, let him overcome evil by good; let him overcome the greedy by liberality, the liar by truth!
Page 49 - Bhikkhus, the doctrine which is glorious in the beginning, glorious in the middle, glorious in the end, in the spirit and in the letter ; proclaim a consummate, perfect, and pure life of holiness.
Page 220 - One addressed the venerable Ananda, and said : 'It may be, Ananda, that in some of you the thought may arise, "The word of the Master is ended, we have no teacher more!" But it is not thus, Ananda, that you should regard it. The truths and the rules of the order which I have set forth and laid down for you all, let them, after I am gone, be the Teacher to you.
Page 174 - Not by birth does one become an outcast, not by birth does one become a Brahman ; by deeds one becomes an outcast, by deeds one becomes a Brahman."* LXXVI.
Page 111 - By oneself evil is done ; by oneself one suffers ; by oneself evil is left undone; by oneself one is purified.
Page 219 - I have heard from fellow mendicants of mine, who were deep stricken in years and teachers of great experience: 'Sometimes and full seldom do Tathagatas appear in the world, the holy Buddhas.' Now it is said that today in the last watch of the night, the final passing away of the samana Gotama will take place. My mind is full of uncertainty, yet have I faith in the samana Gotama and trust he will be able so to present the truth that I may become rid of my doubts.
Page 210 - Enough, my brethren ! Weep not, neither lament ! Has not the Blessed One formerly declared this to us, that it is in the very nature of all things near and dear unto us, that we must divide ourselves from them, leave them, sever ourselves from them? How then...
Page 205 - I have beheld, Lord, how the Blessed One was in health, and I have beheld how the Blessed One had to suffer. And though at the sight of the sickness of the Blessed One my body became weak as a creeper, and the horizon became dim to me, and my faculties were no longer clear, yet notwithstanding I took some little comfort ftom the thought that the Blessed One would not pass away from existence until at least he had left instructions as touching the order.
Page 38 - I have obtained deliverance by the extinction of self. My body is chastened, my mind is free from desire, and the deepest truth has taken abode in my heart. I have obtained Nirvana, and this is the reason that my countenance is serene and my eyes are bright. I now desire to found the kingdom of truth upon earth, to give light to those who are enshrouded in darkness and to open the gate of deathlessness.