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... mendicants in the neighbourhood of Benares . " The details of his aus- terities are given in conventional descriptions as of unequalled severity : he starved himself , remained in one position , held his breath till his frame was attenu ...
... mendicants in the neighbourhood of Benares . " The details of his aus- terities are given in conventional descriptions as of unequalled severity : he starved himself , remained in one position , held his breath till his frame was attenu ...
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... mendicants , gave them up . We are not told what led him to the more successful method ; but so it was , that sitting one night under the tree which thenceforth was called the Buddha tree ( of this age , other ages and other Buddhas had ...
... mendicants , gave them up . We are not told what led him to the more successful method ; but so it was , that sitting one night under the tree which thenceforth was called the Buddha tree ( of this age , other ages and other Buddhas had ...
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... mendicants who had afterwards been his companions in austerity , and who had done much for him ; and perceiving , by supernatural vision , that they were living in the deer- park at Benares , he started thither . This was a moment , as ...
... mendicants who had afterwards been his companions in austerity , and who had done much for him ; and perceiving , by supernatural vision , that they were living in the deer- park at Benares , he started thither . This was a moment , as ...
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... mendicants ; the doctrine is well spoken : lead the religious life for complete extinction of sorrow . " The rest of the five ascetics were soon converted , and 1 This formula , expressly welcoming an applicant , has been considered ...
... mendicants ; the doctrine is well spoken : lead the religious life for complete extinction of sorrow . " The rest of the five ascetics were soon converted , and 1 This formula , expressly welcoming an applicant , has been considered ...
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... mendicants , on your rounds , for the good of the for the welfare of the many ; for the good , the gain , and the welfare of gods and men . Let no two go the same way . ' Gotama himself took a course of his own . The dispersion of the ...
... mendicants , on your rounds , for the good of the for the welfare of the many ; for the good , the gain , and the welfare of gods and men . Let no two go the same way . ' Gotama himself took a course of his own . The dispersion of the ...
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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.