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... Mátanga Játaka . In a former age , when Brahmadatta was king of Benares , there was a low caste chandála , by name Mátanga , but on account of his great wisdom he was called Mátanga Pandita . He was a Bhodisat ( the being who is ...
... Mátanga Játaka . In a former age , when Brahmadatta was king of Benares , there was a low caste chandála , by name Mátanga , but on account of his great wisdom he was called Mátanga Pandita . He was a Bhodisat ( the being who is ...
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... Mátanga , presented offerings of untold value , and ornamented his dwelling in the richest manner . He then made known to his wife , that through umbilical attrition alone she would have a son ; that the water in which she bathed would ...
... Mátanga , presented offerings of untold value , and ornamented his dwelling in the richest manner . He then made known to his wife , that through umbilical attrition alone she would have a son ; that the water in which she bathed would ...
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... Mátanga , and resolved that she would go to him and ask pardon for her son . By his footsteps she dis- covered the place where he was . He was just finishing his meal , leaving a small portion of rice in the bowl . She poured water from ...
... Mátanga , and resolved that she would go to him and ask pardon for her son . By his footsteps she dis- covered the place where he was . He was just finishing his meal , leaving a small portion of rice in the bowl . She poured water from ...
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... Mátanga went to reside near the same place , higher up the river . One day , after cleaning his teeth , he expressed a wish that the tooth - cleaner would fasten itself in the hair of the Brahman . He then threw it into the river , and ...
... Mátanga went to reside near the same place , higher up the river . One day , after cleaning his teeth , he expressed a wish that the tooth - cleaner would fasten itself in the hair of the Brahman . He then threw it into the river , and ...
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... Mátanga still refused to let the sun rise , because , if it rose the head of the Brahman would be split ( as a punishment for the curse he had uttered ) . The people asked what , in such a case , was to be done ; when he told them to ...
... Mátanga still refused to let the sun rise , because , if it rose the head of the Brahman would be split ( as a punishment for the curse he had uttered ) . The people asked what , in such a case , was to be done ; when he told them to ...
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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.