A Record of Buddhistic Kingdoms: Being an Account by the Chinese ...Dover Publications, 1965 - 118 pages |
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Page 8
... seem to me preposterous to credit Buddhism with the whole of the vast population of China , the great majority of whom are Confucianists . My own opinion is , that its adherents are not so many as those even of Mohammedanism , and that ...
... seem to me preposterous to credit Buddhism with the whole of the vast population of China , the great majority of whom are Confucianists . My own opinion is , that its adherents are not so many as those even of Mohammedanism , and that ...
Page 53
... seem to be absurd ; but the writer evidently intended to convey the idea that there was something mysterious about the number of the topes . 2 See note 2 , p . 40 . 9 This seems to be the meaning . The bodies of the monks are all burned ...
... seem to be absurd ; but the writer evidently intended to convey the idea that there was something mysterious about the number of the topes . 2 See note 2 , p . 40 . 9 This seems to be the meaning . The bodies of the monks are all burned ...
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... seems to do . In what we are told of the tree here , we have , no doubt , his account of the planting , growth , and preservation of the famous Bo tree , which still exists in Ceylon . It has been stated in a previous note that Aśoka's ...
... seems to do . In what we are told of the tree here , we have , no doubt , his account of the planting , growth , and preservation of the famous Bo tree , which still exists in Ceylon . It has been stated in a previous note that Aśoka's ...
Contents
FROM CHANGGAN TO THE SANDY DESERT | 9 |
KHOTEN PROCESSIONS OF IMAGES THE KINGS | 16 |
GREAT QUINQUENNIAL ASSEMBLY OF MONKS RELICS | 22 |
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Abhidharma alms-bowl Ânanda appear Arhat Aśoka attained Beal become Buddha bhikshu Bodhisattva body bowl Brahman Buddhaship Buddhist Buddhist Birth Stories built called Ceylon Ch'ang-gan CHAPTER China Chinese characters connexion converted Corean cubits cubits high devas disciples doctrine dynasty east Eitel says elephant Fâ-hien families flowers and incense four ground Hardy Hardy's hînayâna Hsüan-chwang Hwuy-king India Jetavana Kapilavastu Kasyapa Khoten kingdom Law of Buddha LEGENDS LITTLE SNOWY MOUNTAINS Magadha mahâyâna Maitreya means meditation Momit monastery monks mountains Mugalan nâga naraka narrative Nidâna nirvâņa offerings omit Pâli Pâo-yun Paperbound pari-nirvâņa place where Buddha preached present Punjâb reborn relics Rémusat residence Rhys Davids river rock rules Sacred Books Śakra Śâkya Śâkyamuni Sanskrit Śâriputtra says Eitel Śramaņas Śramans Sûtras Tâo-ching thousand monks tope translation travellers tree Ts'in Tushita Vaiśâlî vihâra Vinaya wished World-honoured worship yojanas