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Page xi
... death of Mahâsena to his own time , no such commentary was wanted . It is difficult to determine whether the thirty - eighth as well as the thirty - seventh chapter came from the pen of Mahânâma , for the Mahâvansa was afterwards con ...
... death of Mahâsena to his own time , no such commentary was wanted . It is difficult to determine whether the thirty - eighth as well as the thirty - seventh chapter came from the pen of Mahânâma , for the Mahâvansa was afterwards con ...
Page xxvi
... death they shall be born again in the world of the gods , and enjoy divine bliss in company with these deities . Simi- larly he threatens the wicked that after death they shall meet with their punishment in the subterranean abodes and ...
... death they shall be born again in the world of the gods , and enjoy divine bliss in company with these deities . Simi- larly he threatens the wicked that after death they shall meet with their punishment in the subterranean abodes and ...
Page xxviii
... death , mentioned in vv . 45 , 170. The men or messengers of Yama are spoken of in v . 235 ; death itself is repre- sented as Antaka , vv . 48 , 288 , or as Makku ; in v . 46 the king of death ( makkurâga ) is mentioned together with ...
... death , mentioned in vv . 45 , 170. The men or messengers of Yama are spoken of in v . 235 ; death itself is repre- sented as Antaka , vv . 48 , 288 , or as Makku ; in v . 46 the king of death ( makkurâga ) is mentioned together with ...
Page xxx
... death . The world of the gods will perish like that of men ; the world of Brahman will vanish like that of the gods ; nay , even the world of the Formless will not last for ever ; but the Buddha , the enlightened and truly free , stands ...
... death . The world of the gods will perish like that of men ; the world of Brahman will vanish like that of the gods ; nay , even the world of the Formless will not last for ever ; but the Buddha , the enlightened and truly free , stands ...
Page xli
... death ; that in the legends Buddha appears to his disciples even after his death , it seems to me that all these circum- stances are hardly reconcilable with the orthodox meta- physical doctrine of Nirvâna . But I go even further and ...
... death ; that in the legends Buddha appears to his disciples even after his death , it seems to me that all these circum- stances are hardly reconcilable with the orthodox meta- physical doctrine of Nirvâna . But I go even further and ...
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Anavatatta Anuruddha Ariya asked became become a Rahan Benares Bhikshu birth Brâhmana Brahmin Buddha Buddhaghosha Buddhist Burmese Burnouf called CHAPTER cloth daughter death Devala Dhamma Dhammapada DICTIONARY disciples Edited elephant English evil deeds existence F. J. FURNIVALL Fausböll gave Getavana monastery girl gods gold Gotama GRAMMAR happiness hell homage hundred India kalpas Kassapa King Udena king's Kulla-Panthaka Language live Lord and master lord Sariputta Lotus Magandiya Mahādūta Mahākāla Mâra means Mittapindaka Nat country Nat-King Nat's Nibbana Nirvâna nobles offering Pakkekabuddha palace Pâli Parā Para Taken parables preached the law priesthood priests princess probationer Professor Pyathat queen Rahanda Rahans replied rice Rishi Royal Royal Asiatic Society sacred Samavati Sanskrit Sariputta Savatthi Savatthi country saying sense sewed slaves Sotapatti Sramana STORY thabet thou thousand Thugyuè Thuthe Thuthe's translated Udena verse Vipassana wife wise words yoganas young
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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.
Page lxxiii - Death carries off a man who is gathering flowers and whose mind is distracted, as a flood carries off a sleeping village.
Page cxlii - ... painful it is to dwell with equals (to share everything in common), and the itinerant mendicant is beset with pain. Therefore let no man be an itinerant mendicant, and he will not be beset with pain.
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Page lxxxix - One's own self conquered is better than all other people ; not even a god, a Gandharva, not Mara (with Brahman), could change into defeat the victory of a man who has vanquished himself, and always lives under restraint.
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