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 xviii
... told in the Mahâvansa ' that Mahinda , the son of Asoka , who had become a priest , learnt the whole of the Buddhist canon in three years ( p . 37 ) ; and that at the end of the third council he was dispatched to Ceylon , in order to ...
... told in the Mahâvansa ' that Mahinda , the son of Asoka , who had become a priest , learnt the whole of the Buddhist canon in three years ( p . 37 ) ; and that at the end of the third council he was dispatched to Ceylon , in order to ...
Page xxii
... told in the Hitopadesa , i . 36 ( 32 ) : Samhatâs tu haranty ete mama gâlam vihamgamâh , Yadâ tu nipatishyanti vasam eshyanti me tadâ . Combined indeed do these birds take away my net ; but when they fall down , they will then fall into ...
... told in the Hitopadesa , i . 36 ( 32 ) : Samhatâs tu haranty ete mama gâlam vihamgamâh , Yadâ tu nipatishyanti vasam eshyanti me tadâ . Combined indeed do these birds take away my net ; but when they fall down , they will then fall into ...
Page xxiii
... told of two birds being caught and escaping from the fowler by agreeing to fly up together . Here we read : - Pâsam ekam ubhâv etam sahitau harato mama , Yatra vai vivadishyete tatra me vasam eshyatah . " These two united carry off this ...
... told of two birds being caught and escaping from the fowler by agreeing to fly up together . Here we read : - Pâsam ekam ubhâv etam sahitau harato mama , Yatra vai vivadishyete tatra me vasam eshyatah . " These two united carry off this ...
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... the Buddhist religion . ( See Parables , ' p . 160 , where the story of the ' Sakkadevarâga ' is told , and where a free rendering of our verse is given . ) 356 . The fields are damaged by weeds , mankind CHAPTER XXIV . clv.
... the Buddhist religion . ( See Parables , ' p . 160 , where the story of the ' Sakkadevarâga ' is told , and where a free rendering of our verse is given . ) 356 . The fields are damaged by weeds , mankind CHAPTER XXIV . clv.
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... told him that it was time to go and collect the food ; he said to them , " My sight is gone ; go by yourselves and collect it . " When the Rahans saw his blindness they wept bitterly , and said to him , " My Lord , have no anxiety , we ...
... told him that it was time to go and collect the food ; he said to them , " My sight is gone ; go by yourselves and collect it . " When the Rahans saw his blindness they wept bitterly , and said to him , " My Lord , have no anxiety , we ...
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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).
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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.