Buddhaghosha's parables, tr. by T. Rogers. With an intr., containing Buddha's Dhammapada, or 'Path of virtue', tr. by F.M. Müller |
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Page xiv
... language by the inspired and profoundly wise Mahinda , who had previously consulted the discourses of Buddha , authen- ticated at the thera - convocations , and the disserta- tions and arguments of Sâriputta and others , and they are ...
... language by the inspired and profoundly wise Mahinda , who had previously consulted the discourses of Buddha , authen- ticated at the thera - convocations , and the disserta- tions and arguments of Sâriputta and others , and they are ...
Page xv
... languages , the whole of the Singhalese Atthakathâ ( into Pâli ) . This proved an achievement of the utmost consequence to all lan- guages spoken by the human race . " All the theras and âchâriyas held this compilation in the same ...
... languages , the whole of the Singhalese Atthakathâ ( into Pâli ) . This proved an achievement of the utmost consequence to all lan- guages spoken by the human race . " All the theras and âchâriyas held this compilation in the same ...
Page xviii
... language of the island , would naturally be adopted by Mahinda and his fellow - missionaries for communi- cation with the natives . If he abstained from translating the canon also into Singhalese , this may have been on account of its ...
... language of the island , would naturally be adopted by Mahinda and his fellow - missionaries for communi- cation with the natives . If he abstained from translating the canon also into Singhalese , this may have been on account of its ...
Page xix
... language . ( Mahâv . p . 247. ) A note is added , stating that several portions of the other two divisions also of the Pitakatraya have been translated into the Singhalese language , and that these alone are consulted by the priests who ...
... language . ( Mahâv . p . 247. ) A note is added , stating that several portions of the other two divisions also of the Pitakatraya have been translated into the Singhalese language , and that these alone are consulted by the priests who ...
Page xxi
... language of Magadha ; and that our 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 ...
... language of Magadha ; and that our 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 ...
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Page lvi - All that we are is the result of what we have thought: it is founded on our thoughts, it is made up of our thoughts. If a man speaks or acts with an evil thought, pain follows him, as the wheel follows the foot of the ox that draws the carriage.
Page cxxxvii - Watching his speech, well restrained in mind, let a man never commit any wrong with his body! Let a man but keep these three roads of action clear, and he will achieve the way which is taught by the wise.
Page 2 - Bosanquet, Esq. — VIII. On the existing Dictionaries of the Malay Language. By Dr. HN van der Tuuk. — IX. Bilingual Readings : Cuneiform and Phoenician. Notes on some Tablets in the British Museum, containing Bilingual Legends (Assyrian and Phoenician).
Page 16 - Lesley. — MAN'S ORIGIN AND DESTINY, Sketched from the Platform of the Sciences, in a Course of Lectures delivered before the Lowell Institute, in Boston, in the Winter of 1865-6. By JP LESLEY, Member of the National Academy of the United States, Secretary of the American Philosophical Society. Numerous Woodcuts. Crown 8vo.
Page cxliii - He who says what is not, goes to hell ; he also who, having done a thing, says I have not done it. After death both are equal, they are men with evil deeds in the next world. 307. Many men whose shoulders are covered with the yellow gown are ill-conditioned and unrestrained; such evil-doers by their evil deeds go to hell.
Page 3 - TRAVELS OF FAH-HIAN AND SUNG-YUN, Buddhist Pilgrims, from China to India (400 AD and 518 AD ) Translated from the Chinese. By Samuel Beal, BA , Triu.
Page xcii - If a man commits a sin, let him not do it again; let him not delight in sin: pain is the outcome of evil. 118. If a man does what is good, let him do it again; let him delight in it: happiness is the outcome of good.
Page xciii - Let no man think lightly of evil, saying in his heart, It will not come nigh unto me. Even by the falling of water-drops a water-pot is filled; the fool becomes full of evil, even if he gather it little by little. 122. Let no man think lightly of good, saying in his heart, It will not come nigh unto me.
Page clxiv - Brahmana worships the sacrificial fire. 393. A man does not become a Brahmana by his platted hair, by his family, or by birth; in whom there is truth and righteousness, he is blessed, he is a Brahmana.