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Page vi
... sacred books ' of which I speak , -almost all that has been published and a good deal that has not , —and I have had access to competent Sinhalese authorities . But while I claim to have been in this sense an independent student , I am ...
... sacred books ' of which I speak , -almost all that has been published and a good deal that has not , —and I have had access to competent Sinhalese authorities . But while I claim to have been in this sense an independent student , I am ...
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... sacred books and the moral value of their teaching , as well as in regard to the description of modern Buddhism in Ceylon , I have aimed at not merely an impartial but a generous treatment . Impartial , in a sense , it was impossible ...
... sacred books and the moral value of their teaching , as well as in regard to the description of modern Buddhism in Ceylon , I have aimed at not merely an impartial but a generous treatment . Impartial , in a sense , it was impossible ...
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... Sacred Books of the East ; to Professor Rhys Davids , and the editors of the Pali Text Society ; to Dr. Hermann Oldenberg , the editor of the Vinaya Pitaka ; and Dr. Fausböll , the editor of the Játaka . Most of these scholars are also ...
... Sacred Books of the East ; to Professor Rhys Davids , and the editors of the Pali Text Society ; to Dr. Hermann Oldenberg , the editor of the Vinaya Pitaka ; and Dr. Fausböll , the editor of the Játaka . Most of these scholars are also ...
Page ix
... Sacred Books of the East and other English versions . I have done this , not so much to save myself trouble , as to give my readers security . But whenever the source of a translation is not acknowledged , I am myself responsible for it ...
... Sacred Books of the East and other English versions . I have done this , not so much to save myself trouble , as to give my readers security . But whenever the source of a translation is not acknowledged , I am myself responsible for it ...
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... sacred books ' of Greek legends and perhaps of Greek philosophy . The extension meanwhile of the Buddhist Community , which went on rapidly , both aided the increase of political unity and was aided by it . When the great emperor , at ...
... sacred books ' of Greek legends and perhaps of Greek philosophy . The extension meanwhile of the Buddhist Community , which went on rapidly , both aided the increase of political unity and was aided by it . When the great emperor , at ...
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Page 504 - ARISTOTLE.— THE WORKS OF. The Politics: G. Bekker's Greek Text of Books I. III. IV. (VII.), with an English Translation by WE BOLLAND, MA ; and short Introductory Essays by A. LANG, MA Crown 8vo.