The Romantic Legend of Sâkya Buddha: From the Chinese-SanscritTrübner, 1875 - 395 sider |
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abode addressed arrived Asita Asuras attain beautiful become a recluse began behold Benares Bhikshus birth Bôdhi tree Bôdhisatwa body born Brahmadatta Brahman called chariot child deliverance desire Devadatta Devaputra Devas disciples dwelling earth elephant entered father five hundred flowers forthwith garden garments gate Gâtha says gone Gôtamî grief hand head heard hearing heart heaven honoured horse Ikshwaku inquired jewels Kalpas Kantaka Kapilavastu Kâsyapa Kaundinya king Kiouen Kshatriya Lord Lumbini Magadha Mahârâja Mâitri Mâra Mâya ministers mother Nâga Nanda Narada Nirvâna palace perceiving perfect Pisuna pleasures Prabhâpâla Pratyeka Buddha proceeded Rahat Rahûla religious replied Rishi robe Royal Sâkra Sakya Sâkya princes Sariputra seat Shaman Siddartha sorrow spake spiritual power spot Suddhôdana Râja Supreme Wisdom taels Tathagata Tchandaka things thought Tusita Udâyi Upatissa Uravilva uttered Vaisravana venerable vide whilst wife words world-honoured worship Yaksha Yasada Yasodharâ youth
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Side ix - But att the evidence ice have goes to prove the contrary. It would be a natural inference that many of the events in the legend of Buddha were borrowed from the Apocryphal Gospels, if we were quite certain that these Apocryphal Gospels had not borrowed from it. How then may we explain the matter ? It would be better at once to say that in our present state of knowledge there is no complete explanation to offer...
Side 262 - Buddha had three homes, one for the winter, one for the summer, and one for the rainy season ; and that he was clad, not in coarse cloth, but in fine muslin of Benares. The Lumbini Garden. — The boy was named Siddhattha, that is
Side 83 - And now, Udayi ! you should know, that at this time, the king was myself — the queen was Yasodhara, and by this one transgression in those days long gone by, I entailed on myself this perpetual result, that no gift of mine or precious offering can ever cause joy to Yasodhara.
Side 163 - The practice of religion involves as a first principle a loving compassionate heart for all creatures.
Side 159 - Sutra, wherein the Buddha is made to argue with the sacrificing sages of Vaisali, thus: " I will ask you, then, if a man in worshipping the gods sacrifices a sheep, and so does well, why should he not kill his child, his relative or dear friend, in worshipping the gods, and so do better ? Surely, then, there can be no merit in killing a sheep! It is but a confused and illogical system this.
Side 44 - BODHISATWA having thus been born without any assistance or support, he forthwith walked seven steps towards each quarter of the horizon ; and as he walked, at each step, there sprang from the earth beneath his feet a lotus flower ; and as he looked steadfastly in each direction his mouth uttered these words; first looking to the east, he said, in no childish accents, but according to the very words of the Gatha, plainly pronounced, " In all the world I am the very chief ; from this day forth my births...
Side 75 - Eaja, belonging to the Sakya race. The glory which proceeds from one pore of his body is greater by sixteen times than all the glory proceeding from the bodies of all those forenamed Devas ! And on this account your spiritual power of flight failed you as soon as you came above this tree...
Side 100 - Then the tigress replied to the lion and said, ' Your strength is very great, and your spirit high and noble, your body and entire mien are in the highest degree graceful ; now, then, I have selected you as my husband, and I desire to honour and respect you henceforth as I ought to do.
Side 109 - ... he carried a staff in his hand to support his tottering limbs, whilst, as he proceeded, he gasped with pain, and the breath from his mouth sounded, as it came, like the raspings of a saw.
Side 116 - old age" and the lessons it taught him.' From this state he is again aroused by his good genius, and incited to make another journey through the city, when he encounters ' a sick and pain-worn man, with cramped limbs and swollen belly, giving evidence of agonising suffering, pale and miserable, scarcely able to draw his breath, every now and then lying down in the dirt through exhaustion.