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Gotama Buddha: A Biography (Based on the Canonical Books of the Therav Din) Kenneth James Saunders No preview available - 2016 |
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Ajātasattu amongst Ananda anger Arahat ascetic asked Asoka attain austere beauty Bhikkhu Bimbisāra Blessed braes wherein Brahmā Brahmin brethren Brothers Buddhist Buddhist books called calm claims clear D.Litt death deliverance desire Devadatta Dhamma Dhammapada Digha Nikaya disciples Discourses of Gotama doctrine early East Enlightenment evil Exalted eyes faith followers GAUTAMA glory of Gosingam gods Gosingam Wood Gotama Buddha Gotama seems Heart of Buddhism human ideal India Itivuttaka J. N. Farquhar Jātaka Kapilavatthu Kassapa Kosala Kshatriya later legends Licchavis Magadha Mahāvagga Majjhima Nikaya Master meditation mind Moggallāna monks moral Nibbāna noble Oldenberg Pāli Pasenadi passion preaching Punna quoted Rājagaha realize rebirth religion religious replied Rhys Davids Rhys Davids's righteous Sacred Books Sākya Sakyas Samyutta Nikaya Sangha Sāriputta Sāvatthi says sense serene Silācāra sorrow story Sutta tama teaching tell thee Theragāthā things thou tion truth Vesāli wandering whilst wisdom words yellow robe
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Page 21 - MANY A HOUSE OF LIFE HATH HELD ME — SEEKING EVER HIM WHO WROUGHT THESE PRISONS OF THE SENSES, SORROW-FRAUGHT; SORE WAS MY CEASELESS STRIFE! BUT NOW, THOU BUILDER OF THIS TABERNACLE — THOU! I KNOW THEE! NEVER SHALT THOU BUILD AGAIN THESE WALLS OF PAIN, NOR RAISE THE ROOF-TREE OF DECEITS, NOR LAT FRESH RAFTERS ON THE CLAY; BROKEN THY HOUSE is, AND THE RIDGE-POLE SPLIT! DELUSION FASHIONED IT! SAFE PASS I THENCE — DELIVERANCE TO OBTAIN.
Page 28 - All-conqueror I, knower of all, From every soil and stain released, Renouncing all, from craving ceased, Self-taught; whom should I Master call? That which I know I learned of none, My fellow is not on the earth. Of human or of heavenly birth To equal me there is not one. I truly have attained release, The world's unequalled teacher I, Alone, enlightened perfectly, I dwell in everlasting peace.'1 When we speak of enlightenment or illumination we are apt to think of its epistemological aspect and...
Page 87 - I will not have this arrow pulled out until I know, who the man is, that has wounded me : whether he is a noble, a prince, a citizen, or a servant ; " or : " what his name is and to what family he belongs"; or: "whether he is tall, or short, or of medium height.
Page 91 - ... alive to nothing but the burden of its own consciousness, and feel it to be intolerable. It would make no difference to its owner, whether he dwelt in the midst of a gay and goodly world, or placed afar beyond the outskirts of creation, he dwelt a solitary unit in dark and unpeopled nothingness. The heart must have something to cling to — and never, by its own voluntary consent, will it so denude itself of all its attachments, that there shall not be one remaining object that can draw or solicit...
Page 46 - THUS have I heard: — The Exalted One was once staying near Savatthi, in the Jeta Grove, in Anathapindika's Park. Now Kassapa, son of the gods, when the night was far spent, shedding radiance with his effulgent beauty over the entire Jeta Grove, came into the presence of the Exalted One, and stood at one side. So standing, he spake thus to the Exalted One:—
Page 91 - THERE are two ways in which a practical moralist may attempt to displace from the human heart its love of the world — either by a demonstration of the world's vanity, so as that the heart shall be prevailed upon simply to withdraw its regards from an object that is not worthy of it ; or, by setting forth another object, even God, as more worthy of its attachment, so...
Page 46 - Most excellent, Lord, are the words of thy mouth, most excellent ! Just as if a man were to set up that which is thrown down, or were to reveal that which is hidden away, or were to point out the right road to him who has gone astray, or were to bring a lamp into the darkness, so that those who have eyes can see...
Page 45 - These are not rites that bring a rich result. Where divers goats and sheep and kine are slain, Never to such a rite as that repair The noble seers who walk the perfect way. But rites where is no bustle nor no fuss, Are offerings meet, bequests perpetual,1 Where never goats and sheep and kine are slain.
Page 55 - While passed the first watch of the night there rose Long memories of the bygone line of lives. While passed the middle watch, the heav'nly eye, Purview celestial, was clarified. While passed the last watch of the night, I burst Asunder all the gloom of ignorance. Then as the night wore down at dawn And rose the sun, came Indra and Brahma, Yielding me homage with their clasped hands: 'Hail unto thee, thou nobly born of men ! Hail unto thee, thou highest among men ! Perished for thee are all th' intoxicants;...
Page 25 - Malunkyaputta, any one who should say, ' I will not lead the religious life under The Blessed One until The Blessed One shall elucidate to me either that the world is eternal, or that the world is not eternal, ... or that the saint neither exists nor does not exist after death ; ' — that person would die, Malunkyaputta, before The Tathagata had ever elucidated this to him.