Buddhaghosha's parables, tr. by T. Rogers. With an intr., containing Buddha's Dhammapada, or 'Path of virtue', tr. by F.M. Müller |
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Page cliii
... Nibbana , ' though with a short a , may be intended to remind the hearer of Nibbâna . ( ( 345. ) Apekhâ , apekshâ , ' care ; see Manu , vi . 41 , 49 . ( 346. ) Paribbag , ' i.e. ' parivrag ; ' see Manu , vi . 41 . 347 . Those who are ...
... Nibbana , ' though with a short a , may be intended to remind the hearer of Nibbâna . ( ( 345. ) Apekhâ , apekshâ , ' care ; see Manu , vi . 41 , 49 . ( 346. ) Paribbag , ' i.e. ' parivrag ; ' see Manu , vi . 41 . 347 . Those who are ...
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... Nibbana , 2 the end of the migration of the soul , lighted the lamp of the law of the good . This law he preached during his residence at the Getavana monastery in the Savatthi country , illus- trating it by an account of the Mahāthera3 ...
... Nibbana , 2 the end of the migration of the soul , lighted the lamp of the law of the good . This law he preached during his residence at the Getavana monastery in the Savatthi country , illus- trating it by an account of the Mahāthera3 ...
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... Nibbana at the close of his present life . 4 Confession made by one priest to another . 5 A yogana is thirteen and a half English miles . 6 Buddhist priests receive all their food cooked from the pious laity , on whom they are entirely ...
... Nibbana at the close of his present life . 4 Confession made by one priest to another . 5 A yogana is thirteen and a half English miles . 6 Buddhist priests receive all their food cooked from the pious laity , on whom they are entirely ...
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... Nibbāna at the close of his present life . 2 Para Taken here and in another of these stories is represented as having the power of sending out one or more appearances of himself . formed the resolution of going to him , to reason 14 ...
... Nibbāna at the close of his present life . 2 Para Taken here and in another of these stories is represented as having the power of sending out one or more appearances of himself . formed the resolution of going to him , to reason 14 ...
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... Nibbāna ; literally , the highest Nibbana . 2 One kind of Kammatthāna , in Sanskrit , Kritsna . 3 A kind of trance or ecstasy . Just at this time the Nat's daughter , who was 108 BUDDHAGHOSHA'S PARABLES .
... Nibbāna ; literally , the highest Nibbana . 2 One kind of Kammatthāna , in Sanskrit , Kritsna . 3 A kind of trance or ecstasy . Just at this time the Nat's daughter , who was 108 BUDDHAGHOSHA'S PARABLES .
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Page xciii - Let no man think lightly of evil, saying in his heart, It will not come nigh unto me. Even by the falling of water-drops a water-pot is filled; the fool becomes full of evil, even if he gather it little by little. 122. Let no man think lightly of good, saying in his heart, It will not come nigh unto me.
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