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 xlvi
... heard , neither has it entered into the heart of man , " was prepared in the Nirvâna for those who had advanced to the highest degree of spiritual perfection , such expressions would have been quite sufficient to serve as a proof to the ...
... heard , neither has it entered into the heart of man , " was prepared in the Nirvâna for those who had advanced to the highest degree of spiritual perfection , such expressions would have been quite sufficient to serve as a proof to the ...
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... heard this , he wept aloud , and making his nephew Palita enter the priesthood , he sent him back with the Rahans . The novice as soon as he reached the resi- dence of Kakkhupāla , presented some food to him , saying , " I have brought ...
... heard this , he wept aloud , and making his nephew Palita enter the priesthood , he sent him back with the Rahans . The novice as soon as he reached the resi- dence of Kakkhupāla , presented some food to him , saying , " I have brought ...
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... heard this , he was utterly dismayed , and weeping bitterly fled away . By the power of Kakkhupāla's devotion , the throne of the Sakka King2 became rigid , 3 and its occupant looking forth observed the Rahanda in his difficulty , and ...
... heard this , he was utterly dismayed , and weeping bitterly fled away . By the power of Kakkhupāla's devotion , the throne of the Sakka King2 became rigid , 3 and its occupant looking forth observed the Rahanda in his difficulty , and ...
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... heard of the death , would , if it were laid out in any of the principal rooms , observe his plate , jewels , etc. These alone constitute the wealth of the Burmese , who rarely , if ever , hoard actual money , but keep all their ...
... heard of the death , would , if it were laid out in any of the principal rooms , observe his plate , jewels , etc. These alone constitute the wealth of the Burmese , who rarely , if ever , hoard actual money , but keep all their ...
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... heard this , his heart was filled with joy , and he determined to go that very day and contemplate Para Taken . The Nat's son after bidding the Thuthe go and make an offering in token of homage to Parā Taken and keep steadily the five ...
... heard this , his heart was filled with joy , and he determined to go that very day and contemplate Para Taken . The Nat's son after bidding the Thuthe go and make an offering in token of homage to Parā Taken and keep steadily the five ...
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Anavatatta Anuruddha Ariya asked became become a Rahan Benares Bhikshu birth Brahman Brâhmana Buddha Buddhaghosha Buddhist Burmese Burnouf called CHAPTER cloth daughter death Devala Dhamma Dhammapada disciples Edited elephant English evil deeds existence F. J. FURNIVALL Fausböll gave Getavana monastery girl gold Gotama GRAMMAR happiness hell homage hundred India kalpas Kassapa Khugguttara King Udena king's Kulla-Panthaka Language live Lokatissa Lord and master lord Sariputta Lotus Magandiya Mahādūta Mahākāla Mâra means Mittapindaka Nat country Nat-King Nat's Nibbāna Nirvâna nobles offering Pakkekabuddha palace Pâli Parā Para Taken parables preached the law priesthood priests princess probationer Pyathat queen Rahanda Rahans replied rice Rishi Royal Royal Asiatic Society sacred Samavati Sanskrit Sariputta Savatthi Savatthi country saying sense sewed slaves Sotapatti Sramana STORY thabet thou thought thousand Thugyuè Thuthe Thuthe's translated Udena verse Vipassana wife wise words yoganas young
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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.