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... heaven , a temptation by the king of hell , and even an accusation of immorality ; but perhaps the most interesting of all is the fre- quent reference to the Precious Trinity , of which it may be said in passing that " Precious " best ...
... heaven , a temptation by the king of hell , and even an accusation of immorality ; but perhaps the most interesting of all is the fre- quent reference to the Precious Trinity , of which it may be said in passing that " Precious " best ...
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... heaven to earth , he produced by a miracle three flights of jewelled steps , and He himself came down the middle flight , which was made of the seven preciosities . Brahma also produced a flight of silver steps to the right , where he ...
... heaven to earth , he produced by a miracle three flights of jewelled steps , and He himself came down the middle flight , which was made of the seven preciosities . Brahma also produced a flight of silver steps to the right , where he ...
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... heaven , and Brahma , king of heaven , followed Buddha down to earth , a pagoda has also been raised . Counting priests and nuns , there are here about one thousand , all of whom obtain their food from a common stock and belong , some ...
... heaven , and Brahma , king of heaven , followed Buddha down to earth , a pagoda has also been raised . Counting priests and nuns , there are here about one thousand , all of whom obtain their food from a common stock and belong , some ...
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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