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 xxviii
... king of death , mentioned in vv . 45 , 170. The men or messengers of Yama are spoken of in v . 235 ; death itself is repre- sented as Antaka , vv . 48 , 288 , or as Makku ; in v . 46 the king of death ( makkurâga ) is mentioned together ...
... king of death , mentioned in vv . 45 , 170. The men or messengers of Yama are spoken of in v . 235 ; death itself is repre- sented as Antaka , vv . 48 , 288 , or as Makku ; in v . 46 the king of death ( makkurâga ) is mentioned together ...
Page xxxvii
... King Asoka , the Indian Con- stantine , had to remind the assembled priests at the great council which had to settle the Buddhist canon , that ' what had been said by Buddha , that alone was well said . " Works attributed to Buddha ...
... King Asoka , the Indian Con- stantine , had to remind the assembled priests at the great council which had to settle the Buddhist canon , that ' what had been said by Buddha , that alone was well said . " Works attributed to Buddha ...
Page xcvii
... king ' may mean , a misfortune that happened to the king , defeat by an enemy , and therefore conquest of the country . Upasarga ' means accident , misfor- tune . Dr. Fausböll translates ' râgato va upassaggam ' by ' ful- 6 140 . Or ...
... king ' may mean , a misfortune that happened to the king , defeat by an enemy , and therefore conquest of the country . Upasarga ' means accident , misfor- tune . Dr. Fausböll translates ' râgato va upassaggam ' by ' ful- 6 140 . Or ...
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... King answered that he was a wayfarer , and asked the Rahanda whither he was going ; on receiving the reply that he was bound for the Savatthi country , he suggested that they should travel together ; but the Mahathera said , " Dārakā ...
... King answered that he was a wayfarer , and asked the Rahanda whither he was going ; on receiving the reply that he was bound for the Savatthi country , he suggested that they should travel together ; but the Mahathera said , " Dārakā ...
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... King . The Sakka Nat - King having conducted Kakkhu- pala to the monastery where he formerly resided , created for him a numerous company of Rahans to be his associates , and then went to Kulla - pāla to acquaint him with his brother's ...
... King . The Sakka Nat - King having conducted Kakkhu- pala to the monastery where he formerly resided , created for him a numerous company of Rahans to be his associates , and then went to Kulla - pāla to acquaint him with his brother's ...
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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.