The Gospel of Buddha According to Old Records |
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Alfred Binet Anâthapindika asked âtman attain bhikshus Bimbisâra Blessed One addressed bliss Bôdhisattva body Brahmadatta Brahman brethren brother Buddhist Christianity Cloth death deeds desire dêva Dêvadatta Dhammapada dharma Dîrghâyu disciples doctrine enlightenment evil existence faith father four noble truths Gautama GOSPEL OF BUDDHA happy hatred heard heart holy Buddhas immortality karma Kâshyapa king Krishâ Gautamî Kûtadanta Licchavi living Lord lust Magadha Mahâyâna mailed Mallas Mâra Master Matth Max Müller meditation mind Nirvâna noble pain passion path Paul Carus peace pleasure preach prince Prof Râhula Râjagriha refuge religion religious reverence righteousness robes sacred salvation Sangha seek selfishness Shâkya Shâkyamuni Shâriputra shramana Shrâvastî sick Siddhartha Simha sorrow soul spiritual suffering T. W. Rhys Davids Tathâgata teach teacher things thou art thought tion Transl truth unto vanity venerable Ânanda vihâra wisdom words worldly Yashas
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Page 99 - As a mother, even at the risk of her own life, protects her son, her only son: so let him cultivate goodwill without measure among all beings.
Page 49 - Bhikkhus, the doctrine which is glorious in the beginning, glorious in the middle, glorious in the end, in the spirit and in the letter ; proclaim a consummate, perfect, and pure life of holiness.
Page 205 - What, then, Ananda ? Does the order expect that of me ? I have preached the truth without making any distinction between exoteric and esoteric doctrine : for in respect of the truths, Ananda, the Tathagata has no such thing as the closed fist of a teacher, who keeps some things back. Surely, Ananda, should there be any one who harbors the thought, ' It is I who will lead the brotherhood...
Page 205 - I who will lead the brotherhood," or, "The order is dependent upon me," it is he who should lay down instructions in any matter concerning the order. Now the Tathagata, Ananda, thinks not that it is he who should lead the brotherhood, or that the order is dependent upon him. Why then should he leave instructions in any matter concerning the order?
Page 205 - I have beheld, Lord, how the Blessed One was in health, and I have beheld how the Blessed One had to suffer. And though at the sight of the sickness of the Blessed One my body became weak as a creeper, and the horizon became dim to me, and my faculties were no longer clear, yet notwithstanding I took some little comfort ftom the thought that the Blessed One would not pass away from existence until at least he had left instructions as touching the order.
Page 38 - I have obtained deliverance by the extinction of self. My body is chastened, my mind is free from desire, and the deepest truth has taken abode in my heart. I have obtained Nirvana, and this is the reason that my countenance is serene and my eyes are bright. I now desire to found the kingdom of truth upon earth, to give light to those who are enshrouded in darkness and to open the gate of deathlessness.
Page 111 - By oneself the evil is done, by oneself one suffers; by oneself evil is left undone, by oneself one is purified. Purity and impurity belong to oneself, no one can purify another.
Page 222 - Ananda, can it be possible for me to remain, since everything that is born, or brought into being, and organised, contains within itself the inherent necessity of dissolution ? How, then, can it be possible that this body of mine should not be dissolved? No such condition can exist ! And this mortal existence, O Ananda, has been relinquished, cast away, renounced, rejected, and abandoned by the Tathagata.
Page 145 - A man who foolishly does me wrong I will return to him the protection of my ungrudging love; the more evil comes from him, the more good shall go from me" ('Anthology,
Page 39 - Neither abstinence from fish or flesh, nor going naked, nor shaving the head, nor wearing matted hair, nor dressing in a rough garment, nor covering oneself with dirt, nor sacrificing to Agni, will cleanse a man who is not free from delusions.