The Romantic Legend of Sâkya Buddha: From the Chinese-SanscritSamuel Beal Trübner, 1875 - 395 pages |
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... beautiful and ever more so ! World - honoured one ! with such boundless faculties for perfect abstraction as you possess , tell me , what are the memories that engage you in Samâdhi , and what the rules and marks of it ? " At this time ...
... beautiful and ever more so ! World - honoured one ! with such boundless faculties for perfect abstraction as you possess , tell me , what are the memories that engage you in Samâdhi , and what the rules and marks of it ? " At this time ...
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... beautiful garments of Kasi wool , etc. , and hen reached perfection . 66 Ananda ! I remember a Buddha called Viswabhû , to whom I made offerings of the richest food , and obtained a positive assu- 1 That is a " leafy hut " or a cell ...
... beautiful garments of Kasi wool , etc. , and hen reached perfection . 66 Ananda ! I remember a Buddha called Viswabhû , to whom I made offerings of the richest food , and obtained a positive assu- 1 That is a " leafy hut " or a cell ...
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... beautiful , is not so able - bodied as they , nor so fit for the place king , by what device then can I contrive to get this my son elect to the kingly office ? " Again she thought “ the king when he visits me overflows wi passionate ...
... beautiful , is not so able - bodied as they , nor so fit for the place king , by what device then can I contrive to get this my son elect to the kingly office ? " Again she thought “ the king when he visits me overflows wi passionate ...
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... beautiful ; the body loses its splendour ; there is a restlessness on the chair or throne . And so it came to pass , when the Tusita Devas observed these signs affecting Prabhâpâla , they uttered a loud cry , and said , “ alas ! alack ...
... beautiful ; the body loses its splendour ; there is a restlessness on the chair or throne . And so it came to pass , when the Tusita Devas observed these signs affecting Prabhâpâla , they uttered a loud cry , and said , “ alas ! alack ...
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... beautiful as a heavenly mansion ; the king called ' Druma râja ' 5 ; his son without the least stain on his scutcheon ; the king's treasuries full of gems , and gold and silver ; perhaps you will be born there . " 1 This of course is ...
... beautiful as a heavenly mansion ; the king called ' Druma râja ' 5 ; his son without the least stain on his scutcheon ; the king's treasuries full of gems , and gold and silver ; perhaps you will be born there . " 1 This of course is ...
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