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Page xiii
... Enter the sacerdotal order . " He who was desirous of acquiring the know- ledge of the ' Pitakattaya , ' subsequently coming to this conviction , " This is the sole road " ( to salvation ) , became a convert to that faith . As he was as ...
... Enter the sacerdotal order . " He who was desirous of acquiring the know- ledge of the ' Pitakattaya , ' subsequently coming to this conviction , " This is the sole road " ( to salvation ) , became a convert to that faith . As he was as ...
Page xiv
... entered the Mahâpadhâna hall , the most splendid of the apartments in the vihâra , and listened to the Singhalese Atthakathâ , and the Theravâda , from the beginning to the end , propounded by the thera Sanghapâla ; and became ...
... entered the Mahâpadhâna hall , the most splendid of the apartments in the vihâra , and listened to the Singhalese Atthakathâ , and the Theravâda , from the beginning to the end , propounded by the thera Sanghapâla ; and became ...
Page xx
... entered . But if we are asked to believe that all this was invented in order to give to the Buddhistic canon a fictitious air of antiquity , the achievement would , indeed , be one of consummate skill . When Asoka first met Nigrodha ...
... entered . But if we are asked to believe that all this was invented in order to give to the Buddhistic canon a fictitious air of antiquity , the achievement would , indeed , be one of consummate skill . When Asoka first met Nigrodha ...
Page xxviii
... enter into the heavenly world of the elect ( the ariya ) ; while in v . 187 we read of heavenly pleasures that fail to satisfy the disciples of Buddha . Individual deities , too , are mentioned . Of Indra , who is called Maghavan , it ...
... enter into the heavenly world of the elect ( the ariya ) ; while in v . 187 we read of heavenly pleasures that fail to satisfy the disciples of Buddha . Individual deities , too , are mentioned . Of Indra , who is called Maghavan , it ...
Page xliii
... 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 when the ...
... 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 when the ...
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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.