The Diamond Sutra: Or Prajna-paramita |
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affirm Anagami Aranyaka arbitrary ideas Arhat attained to supreme BEAL Bhagavad-Gita Bhagavat Bodhisattva Buddha addressed Subhuti Buddhic Chinese Annotation Chinese Buddhism Chinese text Compare cumulative merit Dharma Diamond Sutra diligently explained Dipankara Buddha discourse Eastern Monachism EDKINS EITEL enlightened disciple enquired of Subhuti entity essence of mind eternal exercise of charity existence Fa-Hien faith Ganges Gatha Handbook of Chinese holy Honoured Karma Kin-Kong-King Kumarajiva Law or doctrine Light of Asia living Lord Buddha addressed Lord Buddha declared Lord Buddha enquired Lord Buddha referred Lord Buddha replied Mahayana MAX MÜLLER merely termed nature Nirvana numbers observed obtain supreme spiritual Paramita particles of dust perceived by means personality realise reality regarded reincarnation rendered Sakyamuni Buddha Sanscrit saying Sir Edwin Arnold SPENCE HARDY stock of merit Subhuti assented Subhuti replied supreme spiritual wisdom system of Law T. W. RHYS DAVIDS take the vow Tathagata things thought tion translation truth Vagrakkhedika
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Page 23 - Our little systems have their day; They have their day and cease to be; They are but broken lights of thee, And thou, O Lord, art more than they.
Page xxxi - Seeking nothing, he gains all ; Foregoing self, the Universe grows " I " : If any teach NIRVANA is to cease, Say unto such they lie. If any teach NIRVANA is to live, Say unto such they err ; not knowing this, Nor what light shines beyond their broken lamps, Nor lifeless, timeless bliss.
Page 44 - EARNESTNESS is the path of immortality (Nirvana), thoughtlessness the path of death. Those who are in earnest do not die, those who are thoughtless are as if dead already.
Page 55 - Such is the Law which moves to righteousness, Which none at last can turn aside or stay ; The heart of it is Love, the end of it Is Peace and Consummation sweet. Obey...
Page 20 - Is it so hard a thing to see That the spirit of God — whate'er it be — The Law that abides and changes not, ages long, The Eternal and Nature-born: these things be strong?
Page xxx - When Righteousness Declines, O Bharata ! when Wickedness Is strong, I rise, from age to age, and take Visible shape, and move a man with men, Succoring the good, thrusting the evil back, And setting Virtue on her seat again.
Page 19 - I take the vow to abstain from intoxicating drinks, which hinder progress and virtue...
Page 93 - No! honoured of the worlds! And why? Because there is not in reality a condition synonymous with the term Arhat. Honoured of the worlds! if an Arhat thus meditates within himself, "I have obtained the condition of an Arhat...
Page 24 - The Lord Buddha addressed Subhuti, saying: "What think you? Has the Lord Buddha really attained to supreme spiritual wisdom? Or has he a system of doctrine which can be specifically formulated?" Subhuti replied, saying: "As I understand the meaning of the Lord Buddha's discourse, he has no system of doctrine which can be specifically formulated; nor can the Lord Buddha express, in explicit terms, a form of knowledge which can be described as supreme spiritual wisdom. And why? Because what the Lord...
Page x - Nirvana does not imply that it is a state of annihilation " ; but they also deny its positive objective reality. According to them, the soul enjoys in Nirvana neither existence nor non-existence, it is neither eternal nor non-eternal, neither annihilated nor non-annihilated. Nirvana is to them a state of which nothing can be said, to which no attributes can be given ; it is altogether an abstract, devoid alike of all positive and negative qualities.