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... sage of whom I thus write ; and it is to furnish those who may be uninformed of the history of Buddhism , with a rapid sketch of the doings and doctrines of its founder , that this Introduction has been penned . Neither the age , nor ...
... sage of whom I thus write ; and it is to furnish those who may be uninformed of the history of Buddhism , with a rapid sketch of the doings and doctrines of its founder , that this Introduction has been penned . Neither the age , nor ...
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... sage . The most successful candidate for supremacy who then arose was a prince of the race of Sákya , said to have been born at Kapilawastu , a city supposed to be on the borders of Nepal ; on Tuesday , the day of the full moon , the ...
... sage . The most successful candidate for supremacy who then arose was a prince of the race of Sákya , said to have been born at Kapilawastu , a city supposed to be on the borders of Nepal ; on Tuesday , the day of the full moon , the ...
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... sage is regarded by his followers as having unlimited knowledge and power , though a man , and subject to all the passions and infirmities of humanity , previous to his reception of the Buddhaship . In his youth he married and had a son ...
... sage is regarded by his followers as having unlimited knowledge and power , though a man , and subject to all the passions and infirmities of humanity , previous to his reception of the Buddhaship . In his youth he married and had a son ...
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... sage , so far as they could then be recovered . In his reign the canon of the Dharmma is said to have been rehearsed for the third time ; and as this was professedly on account of the number of heresies that then abounded , the ...
... sage , so far as they could then be recovered . In his reign the canon of the Dharmma is said to have been rehearsed for the third time ; and as this was professedly on account of the number of heresies that then abounded , the ...
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... sage in India with powers like those fabled of Buddha , with greater certainty than if he had lived at any previous period . We may now leave all questions relative to the origin of Buddhism and its sacred code , and proceed to an exami ...
... sage in India with powers like those fabled of Buddha , with greater certainty than if he had lived at any previous period . We may now leave all questions relative to the origin of Buddhism and its sacred code , and proceed to an exami ...
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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 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.