Buddhist Mahyna TextsThe Buddhist Mahyna is a series of poems written in the first century AD that tell the legendary history of the life of the Buddha. The last four books of this version of the text were written by a Nepalese author in the 1830s in an attempt to reconstruct lost books. Buddhists and anyone interested in religious studies and comparative mythology will be delight in this hagiographic account of the life of the foundational figure of one of the world's great religions. English scholar EDWARD BYLES COWELL (1826-1903), who lived in Calcutta from 1856 to 1867, is most famous for his translations of the poetry of Hafez. German author FRIEDRICH MAX MULLER (1823-1900) combined the studies of language, culture, and religion to create the discipline of comparative mythology. Among his many works are The Sacred Books of the East, India: What Can It Teach Us?, and Wisdom of the Buddha: The Unabridged Dhammapada. |
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... senses , ' - so saying , Duty abandoned her own subtile nature and made her form visible . 19. Then falling from the host of beings in the Tushita heaven ' , and illumining the three worlds , the most excellent of Bodhisattvas suddenly ...
... senses , ' - so saying , Duty abandoned her own subtile nature and made her form visible . 19. Then falling from the host of beings in the Tushita heaven ' , and illumining the three worlds , the most excellent of Bodhisattvas suddenly ...
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... sense , and lost in the forest - paths of worldly exist- ence , as to travellers who have lost their way . 78. By the rain of the Law he will give gladness to the multitude who are consumed in this world with that fire of desire whose ...
... sense , and lost in the forest - paths of worldly exist- ence , as to travellers who have lost their way . 78. By the rain of the Law he will give gladness to the multitude who are consumed in this world with that fire of desire whose ...
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... senses as were suitable to his years , — child as he was , he behaved not like a child in gravity , purity , wisdom , and dignity . 24. When he had passed the period of childhood and reached that of middle youth , the young prince ...
... senses as were suitable to his years , — child as he was , he behaved not like a child in gravity , purity , wisdom , and dignity . 24. When he had passed the period of childhood and reached that of middle youth , the young prince ...
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... stolen glances concealed by their brows . 1 The last pâda seems spurious as it is only found in C. I have tried to make some sense by reading buddhih for vriddhih . 32. Borne in the arms of these women well - BOOK II , 19–31 . 21.
... stolen glances concealed by their brows . 1 The last pâda seems spurious as it is only found in C. I have tried to make some sense by reading buddhih for vriddhih . 32. Borne in the arms of these women well - BOOK II , 19–31 . 21.
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... senses ; and he surpassed his kindred and citizens by his virtues . 35. He sought not learning to vex another ; such knowledge as was beneficent , that only he studied ; he wished well to all mankind as much as to his own subjects . 36 ...
... senses ; and he surpassed his kindred and citizens by his virtues . 35. He sought not learning to vex another ; such knowledge as was beneficent , that only he studied ; he wished well to all mankind as much as to his own subjects . 36 ...
Contents
PART II | iii |
THE LARGER SUKHÂVATÎVYÛHA I | 77 |
INDEX OF NAMES AND SUBJECTS 105 | 105 |
INDEX OF NAMES AND SUBJECTS 155 | 155 |
INDEX OF NAMES AND SUBJECTS 202 | 202 |
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Agita Amitâbha Ânanda Arhat ascetic attained Avalokitesvara beauty Bhagavat Bhikshu birth blessed Buddhas Bodhisattvas body born Brahman Buddha Amitâyus Buddha country Buddhist Burnouf called Chinese translation colour death desire dharma Dipankara dwelling excellent eyes flowers forest fully enlightened Gangâ gems Gina gods gold hear heard heaven heavenly highest perfect knowledge holy and fully honoured hundred thousand niyutas immeasurable Indra innumerable kalpas king kotis of Buddhas lapis lazuli lord lotus lotus-flower Mahâyâna Mâra Max Müller meditation mendicants mind Nirvâna niyutas of kotis noble noble-minded Bodhisattvas obtain the highest obtained Bodhi old age palace Pâli perception pleasure possessed preached prince rays sacred Sâkya Sâkyamuni Sanskrit Sâriputra sattva soul spoke stock of merit Subhûti Sukhâvatî Sukhâvatî-vyûha Sumeru Sûtra Tathâ Tathagata thee things thou thought Tibetan trees Tushita uttered wisdom wise wish women world Sukhâvati World-Honoured worship XVII Yakshas yoganas
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Page 6 - Like the sun bursting from a cloud in the morning, — so he too, when he was born from his mother's womb, made the world bright like gold, bursting forth with his rays which dispelled the darkness.
Page 161 - Maras together with ignorance and the Asravas have been conquered by me ; and perfect wisdom has been attained able to deliver the world. 10. ' I too, resolved to follow the teaching of the former Buddhas, remained four whole weeks in the fulfilment of my inauguration V 11. Then Mara, utterly despondent in soul, thus addressed the Tathagata, ' O holy one, be pleased to enter Nirva»a, thy desires are accomplished.
Page 34 - Sukhavatt belonging to that Bhagavat Amitabha is prosperous, rich, good to live in, fertile, lovely, and filled with many gods and men. Then, O Ananda, in that world there are neither hells, nor the brute creation, nor the realm of departed spirits, nor bodies of Asuras, nor untimely births1.
Page 12 - This is the true way in which those seerkings of old, rejecting through duty all trivial riches1, have ever flung them away as was right, — being poor in outward substance but rich in ascetic endurance. 62. ' But hear now the motive for my coming and rejoice thereat ; a heavenly voice has been heard by me in the heavenly path, that thy son has been born for the sake of supreme knowledge.
Page 172 - When this perception has been formed, thou shouldst meditate on its (constituents) one by one and make (the images) as clear as possible, so that they may never be scattered and lost, whether thine eyes be shut or open. Except only during the time of thy sleep, thou shouldst always keep this in thy mind. One who has reached this (stage of) perception is said to have dimly seen the Land of Highest Happiness (Sukhavati).
Page 99 - Then again all beings, O Sariputra, ought to make fervent prayer for that Buddha country. And why? Because they come together there with such excellent men. Beings are not born in that Buddha country of the Tathagata Amitayus as a reward and result of good works performed in this present life.
Page 92 - O Sariputra, there is neither bodily nor mental pain for living beings. The sources of happiness are innumerable there. For that reason is that world called Sukhavati (the happy).
Page 101 - Thus also in the West do other blessed Buddhas, led by the Tathagata Amitayus, the Tathagata Amitaskandha, the Tathagata...