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Page xxx
... desires . Nay , even this is not sufficient , and as the Brahmans had imagined a higher Brahman , without form and without suffering ( tato yad uttarataram tad arûpam anâmayam , Svet . Up . 3 , 10 ) , the Buddhists too , in their ideal ...
... desires . Nay , even this is not sufficient , and as the Brahmans had imagined a higher Brahman , without form and without suffering ( tato yad uttarataram tad arûpam anâmayam , Svet . Up . 3 , 10 ) , the Buddhists too , in their ideal ...
Page xxxv
... desire of having an associate is felt by him , and he says , ' Would that another being were dwelling in this place . ' At that precise junc- ture another being ceasing to exist in Abhâsvara , comes into existence in the Brahma - vimâna ...
... desire of having an associate is felt by him , and he says , ' Would that another being were dwelling in this place . ' At that precise junc- ture another being ceasing to exist in Abhâsvara , comes into existence in the Brahma - vimâna ...
Page xxxviii
... desires . " Here in the maker of the tabernacle , i.e. the body , one might be tempted to see a creator . But he who is acquainted with the general run of thought in Buddhism , soon finds that this architect of the house is only a ...
... desires . " Here in the maker of the tabernacle , i.e. the body , one might be tempted to see a creator . But he who is acquainted with the general run of thought in Buddhism , soon finds that this architect of the house is only a ...
Page xli
... desire , and sin , with- out going so far as the extinction of subjective con- sciousness . Further , if we consider that Buddha himself , after he had already seen Nirvâna , still remains on earth until his body falls a prey to death ...
... desire , and sin , with- out going so far as the extinction of subjective con- sciousness . Further , if we consider that Buddha himself , after he had already seen Nirvâna , still remains on earth until his body falls a prey to death ...
Page xliii
... desires enter Nirvâna . " The idea that those who had reached the haven of the gods were still liable to birth and death , and that there is a higher state in which the power of birth and death is broken , existed clearly at the time ...
... desires enter Nirvâna . " The idea that those who had reached the haven of the gods were still liable to birth and death , and that there is a higher state in which the power of birth and death is broken , existed clearly at the time ...
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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.
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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.
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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.