The Phoenix, a monthly magazine for China, Japan and eastern Asia, ed. by J. SummersJames Summers |
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... whole , -the knowledge of the Eastern world . The Phoenix has now reached its third year with every prospect of success ; still much more is required to enable the Editor to carry out efficiently the task he has set before him of ...
... whole , -the knowledge of the Eastern world . The Phoenix has now reached its third year with every prospect of success ; still much more is required to enable the Editor to carry out efficiently the task he has set before him of ...
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... whole stirred once every three days and kept covered . After the lapse of thirty - five days the Moromi , 19 the decoction of rice , ' is ready . By being kept from five to fifteen days longer , the de- coction will be stronger , but of ...
... whole stirred once every three days and kept covered . After the lapse of thirty - five days the Moromi , 19 the decoction of rice , ' is ready . By being kept from five to fifteen days longer , the de- coction will be stronger , but of ...
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... whole is taken out of the trays , laid carefully in the middle of the yeast - trays or yeast - hurdles ( Kauji - buta3 ) which are piled upon one another in tens . In the course of the next day the trays are shifted once , in the ...
... whole is taken out of the trays , laid carefully in the middle of the yeast - trays or yeast - hurdles ( Kauji - buta3 ) which are piled upon one another in tens . In the course of the next day the trays are shifted once , in the ...
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... whole system of Buddhism or Tauism as vile and pernicious . Yet this man's wife , with his knowledge and consent , will frequent temples , burn incense , make vows , pray for the recovery of any sick men ber of the family , and consult ...
... whole system of Buddhism or Tauism as vile and pernicious . Yet this man's wife , with his knowledge and consent , will frequent temples , burn incense , make vows , pray for the recovery of any sick men ber of the family , and consult ...
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... whole nations . In conclusion I would observe , that , in my appre- hension , Rémusat's interpretation of the various senses of the Triadic doctrine is neither very com- plete , nor very accurate . In a religious point of view , by the ...
... whole nations . In conclusion I would observe , that , in my appre- hension , Rémusat's interpretation of the various senses of the Triadic doctrine is neither very com- plete , nor very accurate . In a religious point of view , by the ...
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Adi-Buddha ancient army basin beautiful Brahman Buddha Buddhism Buddhist called Cambodian capital cause central character chief China Chinese Choo-lun Chwang-sang Cochin-Chinese D'Ohsson Dharma dynasty east Eastern emperor empire European existence father feet foreign Gur Khan hand Heu-heung hills Himalaya horses husband India inhabitants Japan Japanese Jingis Khan Kashgar Keaou-choo Keraits king lady language latter Le-kea Manchuria Manchus means Ming dynasty Mongols mountains Muhammadan native nature Népál Nepaul Nirvritti Nuck Nuck Phra Ong Oirats old servant original Peking phænomena plains Prajná Pravritti present prince province race region Rémusat replied rice river Sanskrit sent Shensi shew Shoo-chêng Siam Siamese Súdra Sun-foo Swabháva Tangut Tathagata temple Temujin Thatone things Tibet Tibetan Tien-shi tion Tishta told Too-shih-neang took town translation tribes Upaya viceroy Wang Khan Western whilst whole wife words Yatna Yedo Yug Patchan
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Page 143 - Felix qui potuit rerum cognoscere causas, Atque metus omnes, et inexorabile fatum Subjecit pedibus, strepitumque Acherontis avari.
Page 159 - I can trace something very like Buddhism into far ages and realms : but I am sure that that Buddhism which has come down to us in the Sanskrit, Pali and Tibetan books of the sect, and which alone therefore we do or can know, is neither old nor exotic. That Buddhism (the doctrines of the...
Page 141 - ... siphia, digenea) belong to the mid-region ; and the plainer and more European types are alone found in the northern. Among the fissirostres, goat-suckers and swallows are pretty generally distributed; but rollers, bee-eaters, eurylaimi, trogons, and all such gaudy types belong to the south, with only occasional alpine representatives, as bucia is of merops. The tenuirostral birds belong distinctly to the lower region, yet they have representatives or summer visitants in all three, even among...
Page 40 - Pur&na.) 2. He whose image is Siinya t;1, who is like a cypherJ or point, infinite, unsustained (in Nirvritti), and sustained (in Pravritti), whose essence is Nirvritti, of whom all things are forms (in Pravritti), and who is yet formless (in Nirvritti), who is the Iswara, the first intellectual essence, the Adi-Buddha, was revealed by his own will.
Page 143 - Parana relates in substance as follows : That formerly the valley of Nepaul was of circular form, and full of very deep water, and that the mountains confining it were clothed with the densest forests, giving shelter to numberless birds and beasts. Countless waterfowl rejoiced in the waters. The name of the lake was Niiga Vâsa;§ it was beautiful as the lake of Indra; south of the Hemáchal, the residence of Karkotaka, prince of the Nagas ; seven со
Page 143 - NW (Vayukona) side of it, and, having repeated several mantras over the root of a lotos, he threw it into the water, exclaiming, " What time this root shall produce a flower, then, from out of the flower, Swayambhu, the Lord of Agnishtha Bhuvana, shall be revealed in the form of flame ; and then shall the lake become a cultivated and populous country.