The Life, Or Legend, of Guadama, the Buddha of the Burmese: With Annotations. The Ways to Neibban, and Notice on the Phongyies, Or Burmese MonksAmerican Mission Press, 1866 - 538 pages |
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Adzatathat alms Ananda anatta appear Arahat assembly Athoka attended beautiful become a Budha body Brahmas Brahmins Budhist Burmah Burmese called cause Ceylon concupiscence conversion death demerits desire Dewadat direction disciples doctrines dress Dzanecka dzedi Dzetawon excellent existence father feet five five precepts former four Gaudama happiness hearing heart honor influence instructions Kapilawot Kathaba King King of Pagan knowledge living Magatha Manh Maukalan means meditation merits mind monastery Neibban object observed obtained occasion offerings opinion palace Pali passions Pataliputra patta perfect person Phongyies Phra Phralaong pious Pitagat Pounha preach the law precepts present Princes principle profession Radzagio Rahanda Rahans Ratha Rathee received relics religion religious remained respect sacred Sala trees season seats of Nats senses soon soul Talapoins Thagia Thariputra Thaton Thautapan Thawattie things Thoodaudana tion tree truth Upasakas venerable virtue Wethalie whilst Wini youdzanas
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Page 212 - Charity bestowed upon those who are worthy of it is like good seed sown on a good soil that yields an abundance of fruits. But alms given to those who are yet under the tyrannical yoke of the passions are like seed deposited in a bad soil. The passions of the receiver of the alms choke, as it were, the growth of merits.
Page 72 - ... state of apparent faintness. She is, then, approached by the conjuror, who asks her if the invisible foe has relinquished his hold over the diseased. Having been answered in the affirmative, he bids the physician to give medicines to the patient, assuring him that his remedies will now act benetically for restoring the health of the sick, since their action will meet no further opposition from the wicked Nat.
Page v - Budhas who appear during the duration of a world, or the various series of succeeding worlds, have all the same mission to accomplish ; they are gifted with the same perfect science, and are filled with similar feelings of compassion for, and benevolence towards, all beings. Hence the denomination which is fitly given to Gaudama, the last of them.
Page 436 - Buddhist law of the five precepts forbids him to yield to such propensities, but it does not teach him particular duties to perform. It does not elevate man above his original level, but it aims at preventing him from falling lower. ) The five prohibitions are : Not to destroy the life of any being ; not to steal ; not to commit adultery ; not to tell lies ; not to drink any intoxicating liquors or beverages. Our author seems to be a perfect master in casuistry, as he shows the greatest nicety and...
Page 60 - Throwing up both at the height of one youdzana, they remained suspended in the air until a Nat came with a rich basket, put them therein, and carried them to the seat of Tawadeintha. He there erected the Dzedi Dzoulamani, wherein they were religiously deposited. Casting his regards on his own person, Phralaong saw that...
Page 28 - On the extremity of his trunk, lifted up like a beautiful string of flowers, he carried a white lily. His voice, occasionally resounding through the air, could be heard distinctly by the inmates of the grotto, and indicated his approach. He soon entered the cave, turned three times round the couch whereupon sat the princess, then, standing for a while, he came nearer, opened her right side, and appeared to conceal himself in her womb.
Page 497 - On the occasion of the death of some persons, it happens sometimes that a member of the family will enter the community for six months or a year. When a young lad is to make his first entrance into a house of the Order, he is led thereto, riding on a richly caparisoned pony, or sitting in a fine palankeen carried on the shoulders of four or more men.
Page 531 - Buddhism, they are sadly deficient in this respect. They have no ardour for study. While they read some book, they do it without attention or effort to make themselves fully acquainted with the contents. There is no vigour in their intellect, no comprehensiveness in their mind, no order or connection in their ideas. Their reading is of a desultory nature, and the notions stored up in their memory are at once incoherent, imperfect, and too often very limited.
Page 29 - Preithas 19 were satiated ; animals were exempt from all infirmities; all rational beings uttered but words of peace, and mutual benevolence; horses exhibited signs of an excessive joy ; elephants, with a solemn and deep voice, expressed their contentment; musical instruments resounded of themselves with the most melodious harmony; gold and silver ornaments worn at the arms and feet, without coming in contact, emitted pleasing sounds ; all places became suddenly filled with a resplendent light; refreshing...
Page 497 - Kiaong (such is the general name given to all the houses of the Brotherhood in Burmah) the young postulant is to reside in. The procession in this stately order, attended with a band playing on various musical instruments, moves on slowly and circuitously through the principal streets of the town, towards the monastery that has been fixed upon. This display of an ostentatious pomp is, on the part of the...