The Dhammapada: A Collection of Verses : Being One of the Canonical Books of the BuddhistsFriedrich Max Müller |
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... tion , that he was the translator and editor of commentaries which had existed in the island for many centuries , whether from the time of Vattagâmani or from the time of Mahinda . DATE OF THE BUDDHIST CANON . We now return to the ...
... tion , that he was the translator and editor of commentaries which had existed in the island for many centuries , whether from the time of Vattagâmani or from the time of Mahinda . DATE OF THE BUDDHIST CANON . We now return to the ...
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... tion to his commentary on the Digha - nikâya , as that the former , in its account of the First Council , should know only of the Vinaya , as rehearsed by Upâli , and the Dhamma , as rehearsed by Ânanda , while the much later ...
... tion to his commentary on the Digha - nikâya , as that the former , in its account of the First Council , should know only of the Vinaya , as rehearsed by Upâli , and the Dhamma , as rehearsed by Ânanda , while the much later ...
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... tion , 100 or 110 years before Dharmâsoka , i . e . 270 + 100 or + 110 = 370 or 380 3 ; while , according to the southern 1 Westergaard , loc . cit . p . 128 . 2 * Jaartelling der Zuidelijke Buddhisten , 1873 . 3 See Professor Kem's ...
... tion , 100 or 110 years before Dharmâsoka , i . e . 270 + 100 or + 110 = 370 or 380 3 ; while , according to the southern 1 Westergaard , loc . cit . p . 128 . 2 * Jaartelling der Zuidelijke Buddhisten , 1873 . 3 See Professor Kem's ...
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... tion of faults or vices . He quotes from the Lalita - vistara ( Adhyâya XXII , ed . Râjendra Lal Mittra , p . 448 ) the words uttered by Buddha when he arrived at his complete Buddhahood : — Sushkâ âsravâ na punah sravanti , ' The vices ...
... tion of faults or vices . He quotes from the Lalita - vistara ( Adhyâya XXII , ed . Râjendra Lal Mittra , p . 448 ) the words uttered by Buddha when he arrived at his complete Buddhahood : — Sushkâ âsravâ na punah sravanti , ' The vices ...
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... tion is not known to thee . 135. As a cowherd with his staff drives his cows into the stable , so do Age and Death drive the life of men . 136. A fool does not know when he commits his evil deeds but the wicked man burns by his own ...
... tion is not known to thee . 135. As a cowherd with his staff drives his cows into the stable , so do Age and Death drive the life of men . 136. A fool does not know when he commits his evil deeds but the wicked man burns by his own ...
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Abhidhamma Agita amongst Arhat ask thee Asoka assembly of Bhikkhus attributes still remain bestow oblations Bhagavat dwelt Bhikkhu leaves birth Brâh Buddha Buddhaghosa Buddhist Burnouf cause of loss Childers cloth Comp conquered death delight Dhamma Dhammapada Dîpavamsa dispute doubt Dyad Dyad duly Edition ended evil existence Extra fcap Fausböll fool free from desire fruits one fruit further shore Gatila gods gone hell houseless Keniya king Kosala let one know let one wander let the Brâhmana living Magadha Mahâvamsa Mâra Master further spoke mind Muni Nirvâna offer origin of pain outcast overcome Pâli Paribbâgaka passion phassa rhinoceros Sabhiya Sakyas Samana Samana Gotama Sanskrit Sela sensual pleasures sexual intercourse snake quits stanzas Sugata Sundarikabhâradvâga tassa Tathagata tell things thou art thoughtful tion Tipitaka translation truth understanding upadhi venerable Gotama verse Vinaya virtue and holy wander rightly Whosoever wise words world perfect knowledge worn out skin Yakkha
Popular passages
Page 3 - All that we are is the result of what we have thought: it is founded on our thoughts, it is made up of our thoughts.
Page 42 - Looking for the maker of this tabernacle, I shall have to run through a course of many births, so long as I do not find (him); and painful is birth again and again. But now, maker of the tabernacle, thou hast been seen; thou shalt not make up this tabernacle again. All thy rafters are broken, thy ridge-pole is sundered; the mind, approaching the Eternal (visankhara, nirvana), has attained to the extinction of all desires.
Page 47 - Look upon the world as a bubble, look upon it as a mirage : the king of death does not see him who thus looks down upon the world.
Page 9 - EARNESTNESS is the path of immortality (Nirvana), thoughtlessness the path of death. Those who are in earnest do not die, those who are thoughtless are as if dead already.
Page 5 - For hatred does not cease by hatred at any time: hatred ceases by love, this is an old rule.
Page 60 - Let a wise man blow off the impurities of his self, as a smith blows off the impurities of silver, one by one, little by little, and from time to time.
Page 44 - Men who have not observed proper discipline, and have not gained wealth in their youth, perish like old herons in a lake without fish.
Page 45 - Self is the lord of self, who else could be the lord? With self well subdued, a man finds a lord such as few can find.
Page 66 - Muni, and is a Muni thereby; he who in this world weighs both sides is called a Muni.
Page 21 - Old English Drama. Marlowe's Tragical History of Dr. Faustus, and Greene's Honourable History of Friar Bacon and Friar Bungay. Edited by AW Ward, MA, Professor of History and English Literature in Owens College, Manchester.