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... THE FOUR TRUTHS , ETC .: Note on the Eight - Fold Way , IIO IX . MORAL SYSTEM : Note on Transmigration , X. THE VICES , • XI . THE VIRTUES , XII . THE PRECEPTS , 133 148 159 I CHAP . XIII . SPECIAL MORAL RULES OF THE COMMUNITY 182.
... THE FOUR TRUTHS , ETC .: Note on the Eight - Fold Way , IIO IX . MORAL SYSTEM : Note on Transmigration , X. THE VICES , • XI . THE VIRTUES , XII . THE PRECEPTS , 133 148 159 I CHAP . XIII . SPECIAL MORAL RULES OF THE COMMUNITY 182.
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... COMMUNITY , 241 XIX . THE FEMALE COMMUNITY , 249 XX . ASOKA , 256 XXI . CRITICAL HISTORY OF THE CANONICAL LITERA- TURE : Note on the Pitakas and the Ruwan weli Dagaba , 282 PART III - BUDDHISM IN CEYLON XXII . MAHINDA AND THE CONVERSION ...
... COMMUNITY , 241 XIX . THE FEMALE COMMUNITY , 249 XX . ASOKA , 256 XXI . CRITICAL HISTORY OF THE CANONICAL LITERA- TURE : Note on the Pitakas and the Ruwan weli Dagaba , 282 PART III - BUDDHISM IN CEYLON XXII . MAHINDA AND THE CONVERSION ...
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... Community , first in India and then in Ceylon , period by period , to the present day . But , before putting altogether out of sight the Northern School , it may be necessary briefly to ex- plain why this can safely be done . The facts ...
... Community , first in India and then in Ceylon , period by period , to the present day . But , before putting altogether out of sight the Northern School , it may be necessary briefly to ex- plain why this can safely be done . The facts ...
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... community . It soon extended far beyond the com- paratively narrow limits of its home ; but it was still , for some centuries , Indian soil that was the main scene of its activity and extension . 2 For some time , we may reasonably ...
... community . It soon extended far beyond the com- paratively narrow limits of its home ; but it was still , for some centuries , Indian soil that was the main scene of its activity and extension . 2 For some time , we may reasonably ...
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... Community ; but inscriptions , which in Asoka's days were so full and intelligent , become , in the times of his successors , few and uninteresting . In Chinese histories there are a few hints of intercourse between China and India , in ...
... Community ; but inscriptions , which in Asoka's days were so full and intelligent , become , in the times of his successors , few and uninteresting . In Chinese histories there are a few hints of intercourse between China and India , in ...
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