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... brahmans , were partakers in his exercises of asceticism , and remained with him in the wilderness , until , by his excessive austerities , life itself appeared to be extinct . From this state of extreme weak- ness he recovered ; but ...
... brahmans , were partakers in his exercises of asceticism , and remained with him in the wilderness , until , by his excessive austerities , life itself appeared to be extinct . From this state of extreme weak- ness he recovered ; but ...
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... brahmans , that he first unfolded the principles of his religion . They were at that time resident near the city of Benares . The discourse he then delivered is called the Dhamma - chakkappawattana- suttan . In it he declares that there ...
... brahmans , that he first unfolded the principles of his religion . They were at that time resident near the city of Benares . The discourse he then delivered is called the Dhamma - chakkappawattana- suttan . In it he declares that there ...
Page xix
... brahmans , and was joined in his enmity to Buddha by Déwadatta , at whose instance he caused the death of his royal father . These sectarists attempted to take the life of Buddha on three several occasions ; first , by means of 500 ...
... brahmans , and was joined in his enmity to Buddha by Déwadatta , at whose instance he caused the death of his royal father . These sectarists attempted to take the life of Buddha on three several occasions ; first , by means of 500 ...
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... Brahmans were not yet fully developed , nor had they begun to influence popular opinion to any great extent , or to produce that change in the manners and customs of the Hindus that has since been effected . The Brahman held an ...
... Brahmans were not yet fully developed , nor had they begun to influence popular opinion to any great extent , or to produce that change in the manners and customs of the Hindus that has since been effected . The Brahman held an ...
Page xl
... Brahmans ; and then the allusions are inexact , and not unfrequently intended only to convince his opponents that the recension then in use had been surreptitiously interpo- lated , in order to promote the interests of the Brahmans ...
... Brahmans ; and then the allusions are inexact , and not unfrequently intended only to convince his opponents that the recension then in use had been surreptitiously interpo- lated , in order to promote the interests of the Brahmans ...
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Page 175 - Behold, I shew you a mystery ; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump ; for the trumpet shall sound ; and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is...
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Page 175 - ... in hell for many years, for many hundreds of years, for many thousands of years, for many hundreds of thousands of years; and...
Page 67 - The profoundly wise priests had heretofore orally perpetuated the Pali Pitakattaya and its ArthakathS (commentaries). At this period these priests, foreseeing the perdition of the people (from the perversions of the true doctrines) assembled ; and in order that the religion might endure for ages, recorded the same in...
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Page 185 - You have to proclaim glad tidings fresh as when they came from angels' lips, To you is born in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.