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Page vii
... are full of interest , not only for a study of Buddhism , but likewise for the history of fables and apologues in their migrations from East to West , • or from West to East . This important chapter in THE BURMESE PARABLES . vii.
... are full of interest , not only for a study of Buddhism , but likewise for the history of fables and apologues in their migrations from East to West , • or from West to East . This important chapter in THE BURMESE PARABLES . vii.
Page ix
... chapters is given as twenty - six . This agrees with our text . The sum total , too , of the verses as there given ... chapter is given that some slight differ- ences occur . Cap . v . is said to contain 17 instead of 16 verses ; cap ...
... chapters is given as twenty - six . This agrees with our text . The sum total , too , of the verses as there given ... chapter is given that some slight differ- ences occur . Cap . v . is said to contain 17 instead of 16 verses ; cap ...
Page xi
... chapter , i . e . as far as the reign of Mahâsena , who died in 502 A.D. As it breaks off exactly where the older history , the Dîpavansa , is said to have ended , it seems most likely that Mahâ- nâma embodied in it the results of his ...
... chapter , i . e . as far as the reign of Mahâsena , who died in 502 A.D. As it breaks off exactly where the older history , the Dîpavansa , is said to have ended , it seems most likely that Mahâ- nâma embodied in it the results of his ...
Page xx
... chapter of the Dhammapada . Its mention here need not prove that the Dhammapada existed previous to the Council of Asoka , 246 B.C. , but only that Mahânâma believed that it existed before that time . But if we are to suppose that all ...
... chapter of the Dhammapada . Its mention here need not prove that the Dhammapada existed previous to the Council of Asoka , 246 B.C. , but only that Mahânâma believed that it existed before that time . But if we are to suppose that all ...
Page xlii
... chapter we read , " A Bhikshu who delights in reflection , who looks with fear on thoughtlessnes , will not go to destruction , -he is near to Nirvâna . ” the goal at which the followers of Buddha have to aim had been in the mind of ...
... chapter we read , " A Bhikshu who delights in reflection , who looks with fear on thoughtlessnes , will not go to destruction , -he is near to Nirvâna . ” the goal at which the followers of Buddha have to aim had been in the mind of ...
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Page lxv - Earnest among the thoughtless, awake among the sleepers, the wise man advances like a racer, leaving behind the hack.
Page lv - THAT WE ARE is the result of what we have thought: it is founded on our thoughts, it is made up of our thoughts.
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