Buddhaghosha's ParablesTübner, 1870 - 206 pages |
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Page ix
... verses , 1 which are believed to contain the utterances of Buddha himself . It is in explaining these verses that Buddha- ghosha gives for each verse a parable , which is to illus- trate the meaning of the verse , and is believed to ...
... verses , 1 which are believed to contain the utterances of Buddha himself . It is in explaining these verses that Buddha- ghosha gives for each verse a parable , which is to illus- trate the meaning of the verse , and is believed to ...
Page xi
... verse of the thirty - seventh chapter , i . e . as far as the reign of Mahâsena , who died in 502 A.D. As it breaks ... verse , the text , as published by Turnour , puts Mahâvanso nitthito , ' the Mahâvansa is finished ; and after a new ...
... verse of the thirty - seventh chapter , i . e . as far as the reign of Mahâsena , who died in 502 A.D. As it breaks ... verse , the text , as published by Turnour , puts Mahâvanso nitthito , ' the Mahâvansa is finished ; and after a new ...
Page xv
... verse or in the letter of a word , the slightest variation . Thereupon , the priesthood re- joicing , again and again fervently shouted forth , say- ing , " Most assuredly this is Metteya ( Buddha ) him- self , " and made over to him ...
... verse or in the letter of a word , the slightest variation . Thereupon , the priesthood re- joicing , again and again fervently shouted forth , say- ing , " Most assuredly this is Metteya ( Buddha ) him- self , " and made over to him ...
Page xvi
... verses of the Dham- 1 The Burmese entertain the highest respect for Buddhaghosha . Bishop Bigandet , in his ' Life or Legend of Gaudama ' ( Rangoon , 1866 ) , writes : " It is perhaps as well to mention here an epoch which has been , at ...
... verses of the Dham- 1 The Burmese entertain the highest respect for Buddhaghosha . Bishop Bigandet , in his ' Life or Legend of Gaudama ' ( Rangoon , 1866 ) , writes : " It is perhaps as well to mention here an epoch which has been , at ...
Page xxi
... verses of the Dhammapada are the same which were recited to Asoka , and embodied in the canon of the third council , 246 B.C. This is enough for our purposes : the chro- nology previous to Asoka , or at least previous to his grandfather ...
... verses of the Dhammapada are the same which were recited to Asoka , and embodied in the canon of the third council , 246 B.C. This is enough for our purposes : the chro- nology previous to Asoka , or at least previous to his grandfather ...
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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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