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... gave them all necessaries for crossing the desert of Gobi . In this desert there are a great many evil spirits and also hot winds ; those who en- counter them perish to a man . There are neither birds above nor beasts below . Gazing on ...
... gave them all necessaries for crossing the desert of Gobi . In this desert there are a great many evil spirits and also hot winds ; those who en- counter them perish to a man . There are neither birds above nor beasts below . Gazing on ...
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... gave salvation to the evil spirit ( ? Alavaka ) , and also the spots where he walked and sat down when he dwelt here , on all of which pagodas have been raised . There is also a monastery with perhaps over one hundred priests . From ...
... gave salvation to the evil spirit ( ? Alavaka ) , and also the spots where he walked and sat down when he dwelt here , on all of which pagodas have been raised . There is also a monastery with perhaps over one hundred priests . From ...
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... gave up his country , his wife , and his child ; he gouged out his eyes to give to a fellow- creature ; he cut off his flesh to ransom a dove , and his head to give as alms ; he flung his body to a hungry tigress , stinting neither his ...
... gave up his country , his wife , and his child ; he gouged out his eyes to give to a fellow- creature ; he cut off his flesh to ransom a dove , and his head to give as alms ; he flung his body to a hungry tigress , stinting neither his ...
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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 called 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 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