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... priesthood . 4. Supra Budha , the father - in - law of Budha . 5. Déwadatta , the son of Supra Budha , who tempted some of the followers of Budha to forsake him , and fell into heresy . III . THE PRIMITIVE INHABITANTS OF THE EARTH ...
... priesthood . 4. Supra Budha , the father - in - law of Budha . 5. Déwadatta , the son of Supra Budha , who tempted some of the followers of Budha to forsake him , and fell into heresy . III . THE PRIMITIVE INHABITANTS OF THE EARTH ...
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... priesthood ; and when so admitted , the lowest Sudra held equal rank and received equal honours , with the Brahman or the Kshatriya . That which gives to caste its real importance , and by which it is exhibited in its most repulsive ...
... priesthood ; and when so admitted , the lowest Sudra held equal rank and received equal honours , with the Brahman or the Kshatriya . That which gives to caste its real importance , and by which it is exhibited in its most repulsive ...
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state elephant , with 30,000 followers , all of whom embraced the priesthood . After performing the asetic usages for the space of four months , he received the rice - cakes from Aggiséna , and the kusa - grass from Chinduka ; and at ...
state elephant , with 30,000 followers , all of whom embraced the priesthood . After performing the asetic usages for the space of four months , he received the rice - cakes from Aggiséna , and the kusa - grass from Chinduka ; and at ...
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... priesthood , neither he nor they would fix their affections upon them , they would be free from all cleaving to them or defile- ment therefrom . These five dreams were received by the prince as encouraging signs ; and having washed his ...
... priesthood , neither he nor they would fix their affections upon them , they would be free from all cleaving to them or defile- ment therefrom . These five dreams were received by the prince as encouraging signs ; and having washed his ...
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... priesthood , saying that though he was old , he could fulfil the duties required . Budha then admitted him , and taught him the discipline , when he entered the path anágámi , and after his death was born in one of the brahma - lókas ...
... priesthood , saying that though he was old , he could fulfil the duties required . Budha then admitted him , and taught him the discipline , when he entered the path anágámi , and after his death was born in one of the brahma - lókas ...
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afterwards alms alms-bowl Ananda Anépidu appear asankya ascetic asked attained bana Bandhula became become Benares Bimsara Bódhisat body born brahma-lókas brahman Budhaship Budhists called cause Ceylon chakrawartti chariot cubits death declared demerit déwa-lóka Déwadatta déwas dharmma disciples earth elephant enquired entered the path evil desire existence father fire flowers forest former births four Gótama Budha heard hearing hell informed Jambudwípa Játaka Jíwaka kalpa karma king Kosol lóka Magadha Maha Brahma Maha Méru manner Mára merit Milinda mind moon Mugalan nága Nágaséna narakas nirwána noble palace páramitás perceived person possessed Prajapati precepts present prétas priest priesthood prince princess produced queen rahat Rajagaha received remained replied requested resided rock rúpa sage sakwalas Sekra Seriyut seven Sewet Sidhártta Singhalese sorrow sramana Sudhódana supreme Budha things thought thousand tirttakas told tree vessel Wessantara whilst whole wihára winyána wish worshipped yaká yojanas
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Page 145 - This gate shall be shut, it shall not be opened, and no man shall enter in by it ; because the Lord, the God of Israel, hath entered in by it, therefore it shall be shut.
Page 382 - And whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it; or one member be honoured, all the members rejoice with it.
Page 87 - Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds; and have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him: where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all.
Page 27 - A dungeon horrible on all sides round, As one great furnace flamed ; yet from those flames No light ; but rather darkness visible, Served only to discover sights of woe, Regions of sorrow, doleful shades, where peace And rest can never dwell ; hope never comes, That comes to all ; but torture without end Still urges, and a fiery deluge, fed With ever-burning sulphur unconsumed.
Page 87 - The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less than half a shekel, when they give an offering unto the LORD, to make an atonement for your souls.
Page 417 - Then I see no chariot, it is only a sound, a name. In saying that you came in a chariot you have uttered an untruth. I appeal to the nobles, and ask them if it be proper that the great king of all Jambudwipa should utter an untruth ? ' Rather neat, doubtless, and not undeserved, but the king is not convinced.
Page 417 - in the case of man ' ; and he quoted the words of the Teacher, where he had said, 'As the various parts of a chariot form, when united, the chariot, so the five Skandhas, when united in one body, form a being, a living existence.
Page 69 - And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand. When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.
Page 507 - ... restored the other two copies also. The assembled priests then read out the three books simultaneously. In those three versions, neither in a signification nor in a single misplacement by transposition, nay even in the thera-controversies, and in the text (of the Pitakattaya) was there, in the measure of a verse or in the letter of a word, the slightest variation. Thereupon, the priesthood rejoicing, again and again fervently shouted forth, saying, 'Most assuredly this is Metteya (Buddha) himself,'...
Page 378 - Poetry has been to me its own exceeding great reward; it has soothed my afflictions ; it has multiplied and refined my enjoyments ; it has endeared solitude, and it has given me the habit of wishing to discover the good and the beautiful in all that meets and surrounds me.