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... Mâitrêya , so that when he came down he might carve an image of him in wood . Altogether he made three journeys for observation and after- wards executed an image eighty feet in height , the folded legs of which measured eight feet ...
... Mâitrêya , so that when he came down he might carve an image of him in wood . Altogether he made three journeys for observation and after- wards executed an image eighty feet in height , the folded legs of which measured eight feet ...
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... Mâitrêya Bodhisatva . " This image was put up about three hundred years after the Nirvâna of Buddha , which occurred during the reign of king P'ing of the Chou dynasty ( 770-719 B.C. ) ; hence it was said that the Great Doctrine began ...
... Mâitrêya Bodhisatva . " This image was put up about three hundred years after the Nirvâna of Buddha , which occurred during the reign of king P'ing of the Chou dynasty ( 770-719 B.C. ) ; hence it was said that the Great Doctrine began ...
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... Mâitrêya enters the world and begins to preach the Faith , he will first give salvation to those disciples to whom Shakyamuni bequeathed the Faith and who have entered the priesthood ; also to those who hold to the Three Refuges , the ...
... Mâitrêya enters the world and begins to preach the Faith , he will first give salvation to those disciples to whom Shakyamuni bequeathed the Faith and who have entered the priesthood ; also to those who hold to the Three Refuges , the ...
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Abhidharma alms-bowl Ananda become a Buddha Bô tree Bôdhisatva bowl Brahmans Buddha sat Buddhistic Kingdoms built a pagoda built a shrine cave Central India Ch'ang-an Chang-yeh Chin dynasty China Chinese dêvas disciples dragon east eastward elephant expounded the Faith feet in height five hundred flowers and incense four four heavenly kings Garden of Gold gate Greater Vehicle Hall of Buddha heaven Heir Apparent heretics Hsüan-tsang Hui-ching Hui-ta image of Buddha Indra journeyed Kapilavastu Kâsyapa Khotan king Asôka Kuan Yin lamps Lesser Vehicle Liang dynasty Lo-han Mâitrêya merchants Middle Kingdom monastery mountain Mugalan Narrative of Fa-hsien Nirvâna Pao-yün passed pilgrims arrived place where Buddha point going point travelling preach the Faith Precious Trinity priesthood reached religious mendicant rock round Sâriputra Sêng-ching seven days seven preciosities Shakyamuni Shamans side skull-bone south-east spot stone Sung dynasty sûtra Tao-chêng Thou shalt Tun-huang Turfan Vâisâli Vinaya wished World-Honoured yôjanas