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... island of Ceylon . Its principal aim was , to reveal to the adherents of the system the errors it contains ; but the original form is retained , as the doctrines here attri- buted to Buddha have not been controverted , so far as I can ...
... island of Ceylon . Its principal aim was , to reveal to the adherents of the system the errors it contains ; but the original form is retained , as the doctrines here attri- buted to Buddha have not been controverted , so far as I can ...
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... island who have come forward in the defence of Christianity . It was at one time my intention , with his aid , to make an abridgment , or complete index , of the whole of the sacred Pitakas . For this purpose I employed a learned ex ...
... island who have come forward in the defence of Christianity . It was at one time my intention , with his aid , to make an abridgment , or complete index , of the whole of the sacred Pitakas . For this purpose I employed a learned ex ...
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... from Singhalese into Pali , by Buddhaghóso . The Singhalese version has disappeared from the island , and cannot now be recovered . The Pali * Page 66 . version was lost for a time to the Singhalese , INTRODUCTION . XXV.
... from Singhalese into Pali , by Buddhaghóso . The Singhalese version has disappeared from the island , and cannot now be recovered . The Pali * Page 66 . version was lost for a time to the Singhalese , INTRODUCTION . XXV.
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... island in 307 B.C. There was thus an interval of more than 200 years , during which the sacred canon , according to the Buddhists them- selves , was preserved in the memory alone . It was trans- mitted at this early stage from one ...
... island in 307 B.C. There was thus an interval of more than 200 years , during which the sacred canon , according to the Buddhists them- selves , was preserved in the memory alone . It was trans- mitted at this early stage from one ...
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... island of Manaar is all that is now left of what was once a large territory . This legend , notwithstanding its manifest exaggeration as to the extent of the injury , may be founded on fact , as the Hindu and other nations have a ...
... island of Manaar is all that is now left of what was once a large territory . This legend , notwithstanding its manifest exaggeration as to the extent of the injury , may be founded on fact , as the Hindu and other nations have a ...
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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.