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... doctrines here attri- buted to Buddha have not been controverted , so far as I can learn , by any of the priests ; though , of course , they repudiate the inferences I have drawn from them . We are thus warranted in concluding , that ...
... doctrines here attri- buted to Buddha have not been controverted , so far as I can learn , by any of the priests ; though , of course , they repudiate the inferences I have drawn from them . We are thus warranted in concluding , that ...
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... doctrines of its founder , that this Introduction has been penned . Neither the age , nor even the individual existence , of Buddha , is established beyond all controversy ; but the system is a reality , and stands before us in imposing ...
... doctrines of its founder , that this Introduction has been penned . Neither the age , nor even the individual existence , of Buddha , is established beyond all controversy ; but the system is a reality , and stands before us in imposing ...
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... Mahindo , by which means he sought to extend its doctrines among all classes of his subjects , and in all parts of his dominions . We cannot suppose that he who is said to have erected 84,000 shrines xxvi INTRODUCTION .
... Mahindo , by which means he sought to extend its doctrines among all classes of his subjects , and in all parts of his dominions . We cannot suppose that he who is said to have erected 84,000 shrines xxvi INTRODUCTION .
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... doctrines they taught , and the controversies they main- tained , were all in the same tongue as the teachings of Buddha . Even the Vedas were in a dialect generally understood at the time in which they were composed . Nor can I see ...
... doctrines they taught , and the controversies they main- tained , were all in the same tongue as the teachings of Buddha . Even the Vedas were in a dialect generally understood at the time in which they were composed . Nor can I see ...
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... doctrine of transmigration was retained , as it appeared to explain many of the difficulties presented in the moral universe . We trace the origin of this tenet to the same period both in the eastern and western world . In contrast to ...
... doctrine of transmigration was retained , as it appeared to explain many of the difficulties presented in the moral universe . We trace the origin of this tenet to the same period both in the eastern and western world . In contrast 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...
Page 39 - And chiefly thou, O Spirit, that dost prefer Before all temples the upright heart and pure...
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...
Page 11 - Brahmin eats but his own food ; wears but his own apparel ; and bestows but his own in alms : through the benevolence of the Brahmin, indeed, other mortals enjoy life.
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.