Forewords. Biographical note. On transmigration. Dhammapada. The power of truth. The virtue of alms-giving. Pirit. Brahmajaia sutta. The discourse respecting Ratthapais. Culla kamma vibbanga sutta. Patta kamman. A discourse to some inhabitants of Veránja. Maha dhamma Samadana sutta. Sigálo vada. Selections from the Jatakas. Maha satipotihanana sutta. AppendixWesleyan Methodist Book Room, 1908 |
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Page 523 - ... I have heard. On a certain day Buddha dwelt at Rajagaha in a grove called Veluvana. And the same day the young householder Sigala rose early in the morning, and went forth from Rajagaha, and standing with wet hair and streaming garments, and clasped hands uplifted, worshipped the various quarters, the east, the south, the west, the north, the nadir, and the zenith.
Page 412 - He, on the other hand, refrains from such mean conversation. 'This, too, (&c., see § II, 2.) 8. ' Or whereas some Samana-Brahmans, who live on the food provided by the faithful, continue addicted to wrangling : that is to say, to saying, " You are ignorant of this doctrine and discipline, but I understand them ! " " What do you know of doctrine or discipline ? " " You are heterodox, but I am orthodox ! " " My discourse is profitable, but yours is worthless ! " " That which you should speak first...
Page 410 - This, too, (&c., see § II, 2.) 4. 'Or whereas some Samana-Brahmans, who live on the food provided by the faithful, continue addicted to occupying their time with games detrimental to their progress in virtue : that is to say, with a board of sixty-four squares, or of one hundred squares ; tossing up ; hopping over diagrams formed on the ground ; removing substances from a heap without shaking the remainder ; dicing ; trapball ; sketching rude figures; tossing balls; blowing trumpets; ploughing matches;...
Page 428 - Wimano, in the vicinity of the first one. They are both of them spiritual beings, have intellectual pleasures, are selfresplendent, traverse the atmosphere, and are for a long time in the enjoyment of happiness. Then...
Page 332 - Through various transmigrations I must travel if I do not discover, The BUILDER whom I seek...
Page 423 - ... and such miseries, had such a length of life. Then I passed from that existence and was reborn in this existence." Thus let me call to mind many former states of existence, and let me specifically characterize them...
Page 531 - Nadir: he assigns them labour suitable to their strength; provides for their comfortable support; he attends to them in sickness; causes them to partake of any extraordinary delicacy he may obtain, and makes them occasional presents.
Page 454 - Another will reply and say, Friend, I do not deny that there is such a state as you have mentioned, but the soul will not then be annihilated : there is, Friend, another state unknown and unexperienced by you, but known and perceived by me ; in that state the form is godlike, the pleasures are mental, and all the powers and faculties are in perfection. Upon the dissolution of that body by death the being is cut off, destroyed and no longer exists.
Page 530 - And in five things the teacher shews his affection to his pupil : he trains him in virtue and good manners ; carefully instructs him ; imparts unto him a knowledge of the sciences and wisdom of the ancients; speaks well of him to friends and relations, and guards him from danger.
Page 430 - ... therefore says, that illustrious Brahma is the Great Brahma, the Supreme, the Invincible, the Omniscient, the Ruler, the Lord, the Maker, the Creator of all. He is the Chief, the Disposer of all things, the Controller of all, the Universal Father. That Brahma by whom we were created is ever enduring, immutable, eternal, unchangeable, continuing for ever the same. But we, who have been created by this illustrious Brahma, are mutable, shortlived, and mortal.