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... attain them . Since this book has been in the press , I have read his Eastern Monachism and Manual of Buddhism , and have been astonished at the accuracy with which he obtained , through Sinhalese channels , the contents of the Pali ...
... attain them . Since this book has been in the press , I have read his Eastern Monachism and Manual of Buddhism , and have been astonished at the accuracy with which he obtained , through Sinhalese channels , the contents of the Pali ...
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... attained to comparative clearness in the best of the Brahmanic Sutras.1 The characteristics of the Indian mind were in full play . Social and political interests were insignificant ; but the air was full of intellectual effort and moral ...
... attained to comparative clearness in the best of the Brahmanic Sutras.1 The characteristics of the Indian mind were in full play . Social and political interests were insignificant ; but the air was full of intellectual effort and moral ...
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... unity and was aided by it . When the great emperor , at the height of his power , became not only a Buddhist but a zealous patron and propagator of Buddhism , it attained , on its own native soil , the highest 24 BUDDHISM.
... unity and was aided by it . When the great emperor , at the height of his power , became not only a Buddhist but a zealous patron and propagator of Buddhism , it attained , on its own native soil , the highest 24 BUDDHISM.
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Reginald Stephen Copleston. attained , on its own native soil , the highest climax of its vitality . This was the era of Asoka . 6. Among the fruits of Asoka's zeal is said to have been the conversion of Ceylon ; and , if it be his work ...
Reginald Stephen Copleston. attained , on its own native soil , the highest climax of its vitality . This was the era of Asoka . 6. Among the fruits of Asoka's zeal is said to have been the conversion of Ceylon ; and , if it be his work ...
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... attained , unaided , and by direct insight and conscious realisation , the saving truth for the benefit of gods and men . 4 This is the first chapter of the life , the history of the first Buddha days . On this it is to be observed that ...
... attained , unaided , and by direct insight and conscious realisation , the saving truth for the benefit of gods and men . 4 This is the first chapter of the life , the history of the first Buddha days . On this it is to be observed that ...
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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.