Publications, Issue 34Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland, 1833 - 224 pages |
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Page 10
... reason , they should not envy this lot : because in this southern island alone , may one rise by the merit of good deeds , not only to the superior states , of Nat , Rupà , and Arupà , but , moreover , to the most perfect of all , that ...
... reason , they should not envy this lot : because in this southern island alone , may one rise by the merit of good deeds , not only to the superior states , of Nat , Rupà , and Arupà , but , moreover , to the most perfect of all , that ...
Page 104
... reason , why , in the world , some are born rich and others poor , some beautiful and others deformed ; which diversity he derives from the good or evil deeds committed in preceding lives . In another , he prescribes the manner in which ...
... reason , why , in the world , some are born rich and others poor , some beautiful and others deformed ; which diversity he derives from the good or evil deeds committed in preceding lives . In another , he prescribes the manner in which ...
Page 122
... reason of their offices and sacred character , are regarded with an excessive reverence , all men are treated as equal . Even the Mandarins , when deposed , and the Talapoins , when they throw off the habit , are regarded with no ...
... reason of their offices and sacred character , are regarded with an excessive reverence , all men are treated as equal . Even the Mandarins , when deposed , and the Talapoins , when they throw off the habit , are regarded with no ...
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