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Page xxxix
... reward , i.e. be- comes utterly extinct , then religion is not any more what it is meant to be - a bridge from the finite to the infinite , but a trap - bridge hurling man into the abyss at the very moment when he thought he had arrived ...
... reward , i.e. be- comes utterly extinct , then religion is not any more what it is meant to be - a bridge from the finite to the infinite , but a trap - bridge hurling man into the abyss at the very moment when he thought he had arrived ...
Page lxxvi
... reward of which he receives crying and with a tearful face . 68 . No , that deed is well done of which a man does not repent , and the reward of which he receives gladly and cheerfully . 69 . As long as the evil deed done does not bear ...
... reward of which he receives crying and with a tearful face . 68 . No , that deed is well done of which a man does not repent , and the reward of which he receives gladly and cheerfully . 69 . As long as the evil deed done does not bear ...
Page lxxvii
... reward of evil deeds , or of the slow but sure ripening of every sinful act . ( 71. ) I am not at all certain of the simile , unless ' mukkati , ' as applied to milk , can be used in the sense of changing or turning sour . In Manu iv ...
... reward of evil deeds , or of the slow but sure ripening of every sinful act . ( 71. ) I am not at all certain of the simile , unless ' mukkati , ' as applied to milk , can be used in the sense of changing or turning sour . In Manu iv ...
Page xc
... reward promised for the same virtue is ' svargam âyus ka , ' heaven and long life . It seems , therefore , as if the original idea of this verse came from the Brahmans , and was afterwards adopted by the Buddhists . How largely it ...
... reward promised for the same virtue is ' svargam âyus ka , ' heaven and long life . It seems , therefore , as if the original idea of this verse came from the Brahmans , and was afterwards adopted by the Buddhists . How largely it ...
Page cix
... reward of the first step in holiness . ( 178. ) ' Sotâpatti , ' the technical term for the first step in the path that leads to Nirvâna . There are four such steps , or stages , and on entering each , a man receives a new title : - 1 ...
... reward of the first step in holiness . ( 178. ) ' Sotâpatti , ' the technical term for the first step in the path that leads to Nirvâna . There are four such steps , or stages , and on entering each , a man receives a new title : - 1 ...
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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 Khugguttara King Udena king's Kulla-Panthaka LANGUAGE live Lord and master lord Sariputta Lotus Magandiya Mahādūta Mahākāla Mâra means 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 thought thousand Thugyuè Thuthe Thuthe's translated Udena verse Vipassana wife wise words yoganas young
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