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Abhidhamma Ananda ancient Anguttara Arahat Arahatship attained belief birth Blessed Bodhisat Brahmins Brethren Buddha Buddhist books Buddhist Suttas called Canon century Ceylon Christian commentary course craving death delusions Dhamma Dhaniya Dialogues Digha Digha Nikaya disciples discuss doctrine doubt earnest edited esoteric eternal ethics evil existence Fetter folk-lore Gāthā gods Gotama Gotama the Buddha ideas India individual intellectual interesting Jātaka Karma Katha Vatthu King Milinda later lecture legends let the rain lives LL.D lust Mahā meditation mind Nāgasena Nikaya Nirvana Noble Noble Eightfold Path oldest Order original Pāli Pali Text Society passage path Ph.D philosophy Pitakas poems Prof Professor re-birth realise recluses religion religious Rhys Davids Royal Asiatic Society Sacred Books Samyutta Sankhāras Sankhya Sanskrit scholars schools sense soul theory story T. W. Rhys Davids Tathāgata teacher things thought Tibetan tion translated truth Vagga verses Vinaya Vinaya Texts wheel whole words Yāna
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Page 211 - What, then, Ananda? Does the order expect that of me? I have preached the truth without making any distinction between exoteric and esoteric doctrine: for in respect of the truths, Ananda, the Tathagata has no such thing as the closed fist of a teacher, who keeps some things back. Surely, Ananda, should there be any one who harbours the thought, "It is I who will lead the brotherhood...
Page 148 - And he lets his mind pervade one quarter of the world with thoughts of pity, sympathy, and equanimity, and so the second, and so the third, and so the fourth. And thus the whole wide world, above, below, around, and everywhere, does he continue to pervade with heart of pity, sympathy, and equanimity, far-reaching, grown great, and beyond measure.
Page 136 - Now this, O Bhikkhus, is the noble truth concerning suffering: 'Birth is attended with pain, decay is painful, disease is painful, death is painful. Union with the unpleasant is painful, painful is separation from the pleasant; and any craving that is unsatisfied, that too is painful.
Page 67 - I take my refuge in the Buddha, I take my refuge in the Dhamma, I take my refuge in the Samgha. And for the second time, &c. And for the third time, &c.
Page 145 - Therefore, O Ananda, be ye lamps unto yourselves. Be ye a refuge to yourselves. Betake yourselves to no external refuge. Hold fast to the truth as a lamp. Hold fast as a refuge to the truth. Look not for refuge to any one besides yourselves.
Page 180 - Behold now, O brethren, I exhort you, saying, " All component things must grow old. Work out your salvation with diligence. The final extinction of the Tathagata will take place before long. At the end of three months from this time the Tathagata will die...
Page 43 - Of aU the phenomena sprung from a cause The Buddha the cause hath told, And he tells too how each shall come to its end, Such alone is the word of the Sage.
Page vi - Boards, under whose auspices the lectures are to be delivered. 6. — A course of lectures on some religion, or phase of religion, from an historical point of view, or on a subject germane to the study of religions, shall be delivered annually, or at such intervals as may be found practicable, in the different cities represented by this Association. 7. — The Council (a) shall be charged with the selection of the lecturers...
Page 137 - Now this, O bhikkhus, is the noble truth concerning the way which leads to the destruction of sorrow. Verily! it is this noble eightfold path; that is to say: Right views; Right aspirations; Right speech; Right conduct; Right livelihood; Right effort; Right mindfulness; and Right contemplation. 'This then, O bhikkhus, is the noble truth concerning the destruction of sorrow.
Page 149 - Just, Vasettha, as a mighty trumpeter makes himself heard — and that without difficulty — in all the four directions ; even so of all things that have shape or life, there is not one that he passes by or leaves aside, but regards them all with mind set free, and deep-felt love.