The Diamond Sutra (Chin-kang-ching)E. P. Dutton Company, 1913 - 117 pages |
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affirm Anagami Aranyaka arbitrary ideas Arhat attained to supreme BEAL Bhagavad-Gita Bhagavat Bodhisattva Buddha addressed Subhuti Buddha truly possesses Chinese Annotation Chinese Buddhism Chinese text Dharma Diamond Sutra Dipankara Buddha Eastern Monachism EDKINS EITEL enlightened disciple enquired of Subhuti entity essence of mind exercise of charity existence faith future ages Gatha Handbook of Chinese hear this Scripture holy Honoured Karma Karma in Buddhism Kumarajiva Law or doctrine Light of Asia living Lord Buddha addressed Lord Buddha declared Lord Buddha enquired Lord Buddha referred Lord Buddha truly Mahayana MAX MÜLLER merely termed myriad Buddhas nature Nirvana no-idea obtain supreme spiritual Paramita perceived by means perfect material body personality qualities or ideas realise reality regarded Sakyamuni Buddha Sanscrit saying sentient Sir EDWIN ARNOLD SPENCE HARDY stock of merit Subhuti assented Subhuti replied supreme spiritual wisdom system of Law T. W. RHYS DAVIDS Tathagata things tion translation truth Vagrakkhedika visible body Worlds
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Page 15 - Our little systems have their day; They have their day and cease to be; They are but broken lights of thee, And thou, O Lord, art more than they.
Page xxv - Seeking nothing, he gains all ; Foregoing self, the Universe grows " I " : If any teach NIRVANA is to cease, Say unto such they lie. If any teach NIRVANA is to live, Say unto such they err ; not knowing this, Nor what light shines beyond their broken lamps, Nor lifeless, timeless bliss.
Page 12 - Is it so hard a thing to see That the spirit of God — whate'er it be — The Law that abides and changes not, ages long, The Eternal and Nature-born: these things be strong?
Page xxiv - When Righteousness Declines, O Bharata ! when Wickedness Is strong, I rise, from age to age, and take Visible shape, and move a man with men, Succoring the good, thrusting the evil back, And setting Virtue on her seat again.
Page 65 - No! honoured of the worlds! And why? Because there is not in reality a condition synonymous with the term Arhat. Honoured of the worlds! if an Arhat thus meditates within himself, "I have obtained the condition of an Arhat...
Page 33 - Tath&gata of a shining white colour appeared on the wall, as when the opening clouds suddenly reveal the golden Mount and its excellent indications. Bright were the divine lineaments of his face, and as the Master gazed in awe and holy reverence, he knew not how to compare the spectacle ; the body of Buddha and his kashaya robe were of a yellowish red colour, and from his knees upward the distinguishing marks of his person were exceedingly glorious ; but below, the lotus throne on which he sat was...
Page 16 - The Lord Buddha addressed Subhuti, saying: "What think you? Has the Lord Buddha really attained to supreme spiritual wisdom? Or has he a system of doctrine which can be specifically formulated?" Subhuti replied, saying: "As I understand the meaning of the Lord Buddha's discourse, he has no system of doctrine which can be specifically formulated; nor can the Lord Buddha express, in explicit terms, a form of knowledge which can be described as supreme spiritual wisdom. And why? Because what the Lord...
Page 71 - At a distance from the city of six or seven le, on the west, on the northern bank of the Ganges, is a place where Buddha preached the Law to his disciples. It has been handed down that his subjects of discourse were such as ' The bitterness and vanity (of life) as impermanent and uncertain,' and that ' The body is as a bubble or foam on the water.
Page 27 - I shall create numbers of worlds," he would say what is untrue. And why? Because, O Subhuti, when the Tathagata preached : " Numbers of worlds, numbers of worlds indeed ! " they were preached by him as no-numbers. Therefore they are called numbers of worlds. ' Therefore, O Subhuti, a noble-minded Bodhisattva should in this wise frame an independent...