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Page 65
... merit , and in this life was far advanced in Buddhistic attainments , and a great master of supernatural powers . But pride and honours were too much for him ; he coveted the first place , and set to work to obtain it . He culti- vated ...
... merit , and in this life was far advanced in Buddhistic attainments , and a great master of supernatural powers . But pride and honours were too much for him ; he coveted the first place , and set to work to obtain it . He culti- vated ...
Page 102
... merit which will profit him hereafter as a man . One karma or course of consequence may carry him through a succession of lives as an animal , a god , an animal again , a demon , and again as a god or a man . It is only , indeed , in ...
... merit which will profit him hereafter as a man . One karma or course of consequence may carry him through a succession of lives as an animal , a god , an animal again , a demon , and again as a god or a man . It is only , indeed , in ...
Page 129
... merit . To awaken and maintain that sense of distaste are instituted all the processes of meditation , especially the favourite one on the foulness of the body ; and the rules of the Community , especially as to the character and use of ...
... merit . To awaken and maintain that sense of distaste are instituted all the processes of meditation , especially the favourite one on the foulness of the body ; and the rules of the Community , especially as to the character and use of ...
Page 131
... merit , ( 4 ) the increase of merit by ( a ) not losing it , ( b ) increasing it.1 The terms describing this effort are such as imply successively the aim , the undertaking , the setting one's - self in order for carrying it out ( as a ...
... merit , ( 4 ) the increase of merit by ( a ) not losing it , ( b ) increasing it.1 The terms describing this effort are such as imply successively the aim , the undertaking , the setting one's - self in order for carrying it out ( as a ...
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... merit by giving it away , to seek in what field he may most profitably sow the wealth he no longer cares to keep . We read that when Yasa , the rich young man who had been delicately nurtured with three several palaces for the three ...
... merit by giving it away , to seek in what field he may most profitably sow the wealth he no longer cares to keep . We read that when Yasa , the rich young man who had been delicately nurtured with three several palaces for the three ...
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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.