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Page 35
... 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 the story as thus extracted from the older group of authorities , contains , so far , no point of likeness ...
... 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 the story as thus extracted from the older group of authorities , contains , so far , no point of likeness ...
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... gods - guardians of the four quarters of the world - provided four stone bowls , and in these the Buddha accepted and ate the offering . The two merchants then enrolled themselves as his disciples , ' taking refuge ' in the Buddha and ...
... gods - guardians of the four quarters of the world - provided four stone bowls , and in these the Buddha accepted and ate the offering . The two merchants then enrolled themselves as his disciples , ' taking refuge ' in the Buddha and ...
Page 39
... gods , the supreme Brahma , saw the danger , and came himself to entreat the Buddha not to withhold the doctrine . There are , ' he urged , ' some beings with eyes so purged from the dust of desire as to be able to apprehend it ; open ...
... gods , the supreme Brahma , saw the danger , and came himself to entreat the Buddha not to withhold the doctrine . There are , ' he urged , ' some beings with eyes so purged from the dust of desire as to be able to apprehend it ; open ...
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... gods : I am the absolute Buddha . And I am going now to Benares to set in motion the Wheel of the Law , as a king the triumphant wheel of his kingdom . I am the Con- queror . ' Upaka replied , ' It may be so ; ' but shook his head , and ...
... gods : I am the absolute Buddha . And I am going now to Benares to set in motion the Wheel of the Law , as a king the triumphant wheel of his kingdom . I am the Con- queror . ' Upaka replied , ' It may be so ; ' but shook his head , and ...
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... gods and men . Let no two go the same way . ' Gotama himself took a course of his own . The dispersion of the Com- munity is represented as the cause of a great many men coming from different countries and from great distances to Gotama ...
... gods and men . Let no two go the same way . ' Gotama himself took a course of his own . The dispersion of the Com- munity is represented as the cause of a great many men coming from different countries and from great distances to Gotama ...
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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.