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" Thus did he complete the end of " self," as fire goes out for want of grass ; thus he had done what he would have men do; he first had found the way of perfect knowledge. He finished thus the first great lesson... "
The Satapatha-brâhmana. Part I: According to the Text of the Mâdhyandina School - Page 159
edited by - 1900 - 456 pages
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The Fo-sho-hing-tsan-king: A Life of Buddha

Aśvaghoṣa - 1883 - 436 pages
...destroyed, then knowledge perishes ; ignorance destroyed, then the sawskara2 will die; the great l&shi was thus perfected in wisdom (sambodhi). 1164 Thus...; he first had found the way of perfect knowledge ; 1 1 66 He finished thus the first great lesson (paramartha) ; entering the great /?z'shi's house3,...
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Buddhism in China

Samuel Beal - 1884 - 286 pages
...and then himself attains the great awakened state of "perfect light." Thus did he complete the end of "self"; as fire goes out for want of grass, thus...; he first had found the way of perfect knowledge, then, lustrous with all-wisdom, the great rishi sat, perfect in gifts, whilst one convulsive throe...
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Thoughts and Aspirations of the Ages: Selections in Prose and Verse from the ...

William Chatterton Coupland - 1895 - 746 pages
...path for the v.irid to tread. Thus did he complete the end (destruction) of " self," as fire goes i,ut for want of grass; thus he had done what he would have men j -, ho first had found the way of perfect knowledge; He finished thus the first great lesson (paramartha)...
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Sacred Books of the East: Comprising the Vedic Hymns, Zend-Avesta ...

Epiphanius Wilson - 1900 - 502 pages
...verses once heard linger in the memory so as almost to ring in the ears: " Thus did he complete the end of self, as fire goes out for want of grass. Thus...do: he first had found the way of perfect knowledge. He finished thus the first great lesson ; entering the great Rishi's house, the darkness disappeared,...
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Sacred Books of the East: Comprising the Vedic Hymns, Zend-Avesta ...

Epiphanius Wilson - 1900 - 482 pages
...path, right sight, and so on, the only true path for the world to tread. Thus did he complete the end of " self," as fire goes out for want of grass; thus...would have men do ; he first had found the way of 1 The six organs of sense. perfect knowledge. He finished thus the first great lesson ; entering the...
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The Sacred Books and Early Literature of the East: With Historical Surveys ...

Charles Francis Horne - 1917 - 436 pages
...path, right sight, and so on, the only true path for the world to tread. Thus did he complete the end of " self," as fire goes out for want of grass ; thus...do; he first had found the way of perfect knowledge. He finished thus the first great lesson ; entering the great Rishi's house (dreamless sleep), the darkness...
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The Modernist Response to Chinese Art: Pound, Moore, Stevens

Zhaoming Qian - 2003 - 300 pages
...and then himself attains the great awakened state of "perfect light." Thus did he complete the end of "self"; as fire goes out for want of grass, thus...do; he first had found the way of perfect knowledge, then lustrous with all-wisdom, the great rishi sat, perfect in gifts, whilst one convulsive throe shook...
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The Life of Buddha

Asvaghosha - 2003 - 176 pages
...path, right sight, and so on, the only true path for the world to tread. Thus did he complete the end of " self," as fire goes out for want of grass ; thus...would have men do ; he first had found the way of 1 The six organs of sense. perfect knowledge. He finished thus the first great lesson; entering the...
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Self-Mastery (the way of the heaven born): The Way of the Heaven Born

william george bryant ph.d - 2005 - 576 pages
...by these -words of the patriarch, from this ancient book:' "Thus did he complete the end of self.. .Thus, he had done what he would have men do; he first had found the -way of perfect knowledge. He finished thus the first great lesson. ..light burst upon him; perfectly silent and at rest, he reached...
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The Golden Book of Buddhism

Mahendra Kulasrestha - 2006 - 258 pages
...path, right sight, and so on, the only true path for the world to tread. Thus did he complete the end of "self," as fire goes out for want of grass; thus...do; he first had found the way of perfect knowledge. Buddha for those seven days, in contemplation lost, his heart at peace, beheld and pondered on the...
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