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" It is difficult to comprehend how men, not assisted by revelation, could have soared so high, and approached so near to the truth.' ' Besides the five great commandments not to kill, not to steal, not to commit adultery, not to lie, not to get drunk,... "
Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain & Ireland - Page 242
by Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland - 1841
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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain & Ireland, Volume 6

Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland - Asia - 1841 - 640 pages
...Afahawatuoimd SullapitaJco, quoted by the Hon. Mr. Tumour, JA SB, Vol. vii, p.1003. t Book 2, sect. 67, p. 301. 3 The Buddhist decalogue says, not to kill...places of honour, not to wear flowers or ribbons, not to give oneself up to songs, dances, and comedies, not to wear ornaments of gold or silver, and...
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Notes on the Religious, Moral, and Political State of India Before the ...

Sykes (Colonel, William Henry) - India - 1841 - 256 pages
...Suttapilako, quoted by the Hon. Mr. Turnour, JA SB, Vol. vii, p. 1003. * Book 2, sect. 67, p. 301. 8 The Buddhist decalogue says, not to kill any living...commit adultery, not to lie, not to drink wine, [not to eat garlic, &c. is included in the last,] not to seat oneself on places of honour, not to wear flowers...
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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain & Ireland, Volume 6

Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland - Asia - 1841 - 630 pages
...Sullapitako, quoted by the Hon. Mr. Tumour, JA SB, Vol. vii, p. 1003. * Book 2, sect. «7, p. 301. 8 The Buddhist decalogue says, not to kill any living...commit adultery, not to lie, not to drink wine, [not to eat garlic, &e, is included in the last,] not to seat oneself on places of honour, not to wear flowers...
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The Bhilsa Topes: Or, Buddhist Monuments of Central India: Comprising a ...

Sir Alexander Cunningham - Art, Buddhist - 1854 - 504 pages
...the four continents he directs the people to follow the ten right ways, that is to say, not to kill, not to steal, not to commit adultery, not to lie, not to be double tongued, not to calumniate, not to speak with elaborate refinement, not to abandon one's-self...
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The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 26

American essays - 1870 - 786 pages
...soared so high and approached so near the truth. Besides the five great commandments, — not to kill, not to steal, not to commit adultery, not to lie, not to get drunk, — every shade of vice, hypocrisy, anger, pride, suspicion, greed, gossip, cruelty to animals,...
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Heathenism and Mosaism.- pt. 2. Christianity

Sabine Baring-Gould - Christianity - 1870 - 430 pages
...Buddha taught his disciples a religion of abstinence. He gave five precepts for all men : Not to kill, not to steal, not to commit adultery, not to lie, not to be drunken. Five for professed disciples : To abstain from food out of season, from dances, songs,...
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The English Governess at the Siamese Court: Being Recollections of Six Years ...

Anna Harriette Leonowens - British - 1870 - 366 pages
...soared so high and approached so near the truth. Beside the five great commandments, — not to kill, not to steal, not to commit adultery, not to lie, not to get drunk, — every shade of vice, hypocrisy, anger, pride, suspicion, greed, gossip, cruelty to animals,...
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Dictionary of Sects, Heresies, Ecclesiastical Parties, and Schools of ...

John Henry Blunt - Christianity - 1874 - 914 pages
...of moral precepts. The first are the Five Great Commandments binding upon all, namely, not to kill, not to steal, not to commit adultery, not to lie, not to get drunk. Next come five precepts, of less importance, binding on professed disciples, namely, to...
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The Childhood of Religions: Embracing a Simple Account of the Birth and ...

Edward Clodd - Mythology - 1875 - 308 pages
...people, and the rest chiefly to such as set themselves apart for a religious life. They are, not to kill; not to steal ; not to commit adultery ; not to lie ; not to get drunk ; to abstain from late meals ; from public amusements ; from expensive dress ; from large...
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Morals and religion in history

John D. Marshall - 1877 - 570 pages
...decalogue. It contains ten " precepts of aversion," five of these of universal obligation' — not to kill, not to steal, not to commit adultery, not to lie, not to be drunken ; while five are for those who have embraced a religious life — to abstain from food after...
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