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... Brahman , and all the national spirit was thus enlisted on the side of the religion of Mahinda . Of the condition of Ceylon in the last two centuries B.C. and the first three centuries of our era , the histori- ans give us only ...
... Brahman , and all the national spirit was thus enlisted on the side of the religion of Mahinda . Of the condition of Ceylon in the last two centuries B.C. and the first three centuries of our era , the histori- ans give us only ...
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... Brahman who accosted him , the char- acteristics of a true Brahman - purity , self - control , knowledge , and holy life . For a third seven days , he sat under a third tree , sheltered by the coils and hood of a mystic serpent , who at ...
... Brahman who accosted him , the char- acteristics of a true Brahman - purity , self - control , knowledge , and holy life . For a third seven days , he sat under a third tree , sheltered by the coils and hood of a mystic serpent , who at ...
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... Brahmans , and ascetics , gods and men , and makes it known ; he who proclaims a doctrine lovely in beginning , lovely in midst , lovely in end , with its meaning and its expression , and makes known a reli- gious course in every way ...
... Brahmans , and ascetics , gods and men , and makes it known ; he who proclaims a doctrine lovely in beginning , lovely in midst , lovely in end , with its meaning and its expression , and makes known a reli- gious course in every way ...
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... Brahman youth , and headed the procession , reciting a few verses in celebration of the event . Bimbisara , to secure the residence of the Buddha near him , made over to him the Bamboo - grove garden , for the use of him and his ...
... Brahman youth , and headed the procession , reciting a few verses in celebration of the event . Bimbisara , to secure the residence of the Buddha near him , made over to him the Bamboo - grove garden , for the use of him and his ...
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... Brahman , who saw Gotama when first he became the Buddha , had said to Gotama , ' Whence have you this bright countenance ? Who is your teacher ? What is the doctrine you have adopted ? ' Assaji ( for this was the young monk's name ) ...
... Brahman , who saw Gotama when first he became the Buddha , had said to Gotama , ' Whence have you this bright countenance ? Who is your teacher ? What is the doctrine you have adopted ? ' Assaji ( for this was the young monk's name ) ...
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