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Abhidharma adoration Amitabha Ânanda Asvaghosha Avalokitesvara belief Bhikshus birth Bodhi Bodhidharma Bodhisattva body born Brahman brought Buddha BUDDHISM IN CHINA Buddhist Buddhist books called Ceylon Chang-k'ien character China Chinese Christian connexion death deliverance derived desire deva disciples doctrine dynasty early Edkins emperor existence flowers Gautama Gondophares happiness heart heaven hell Hiouen Thsang idea Ikshvâkus images incense India Îsvara king knot knowledge known Kusinagara Kwan-yin legend living lord Māra mind Ming dynasty Nepal Nirvana northern object offered origin Pāli paradise Parthia Pratimoksha prayer present priests prince principle probably pure reference relics religion religious replied reverence rules Sabæans sacred books Sâkas Sâkya Sanscrit says Shang-ti sorrow southern spirits stúpa supposed Sûtra Tathâgata teacher teaching temple thought tion told translated tree tribes Tripitaka truth Vaisâli Vinaya western whilst wisdom words worship writer Yue-chi
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Page 240 - Things being investigated, knowledge became complete. Their knowledge being complete, their thoughts were sincere. Their thoughts being sincere, their hearts were then rectified. Their hearts being rectified, their persons were cultivated. Their persons being cultivated, their families were regulated. Their families being regulated, their States were rightly governed. Their States being rightly governed, the whole kingdom was made tranquil and happy.
Page 213 - All this is but the insignificant effect of an imperfect cause not complete in itself. It is the shadow that follows the substance, and is without real existence.
Page 23 - The text, as it lies before us, stands so well against all proofs, whether we compare its different parts, one with another, or with the little that is yet known of its Northern counterparts, that we are justified in regarding these Pali books as in fact the authentic mirror of the old Magadhi text as fixed in the central schools of the most ancient Buddhist Church. That text in the dialect of Magadha may have been lost to us once for all ; and we can scarcely hope, unless some isolated...
Page 240 - Wishing to regulate their families, they first cultivated their persons. Wishing to cultivate their persons, they first rectified their hearts. Wishing to rectify their hearts, they first sought to be sincere in their thoughts. Wishing to be sincere in their thoughts, they first extended to the utmost their knowledge. Such extension of knowledge lay in the investigation of things.
Page 236 - Confucius' spirit is invoked in the words, " Great art thou, O perfect sage ! Thy virtue is full; thy doctrine is complete. Among mortal men there has not been thine equal. All kings honour thee. Thy statutes and laws have come gloriously down. Thou art the pattern in this imperial school. Reverently have the sacrificial vessels been set out. Full of awe, we sound our .drums and bells.
Page 237 - K'ung, the ancient Teacher, the perfect Sage, and say, — 0 Teacher, in virtue equal to Heaven and Earth, whose doctrines embrace the past time and the present, thou didst digest and transmit the six classics, and didst hand down lessons for all generations ! Now in this second month of spring (or autumn), in reverent observance of the old statutes, with victims, silks, spirits, and fruits, I carefully offer sacrifice to thee. With thee are associated the philosopher Yen, Continuator of thee ; the...
Page 178 - ... but if he made having an ever prompting purpose, then is he not, with such a purpose, selfexistent? Sorrow and joy spring up in all that lives, these at least are not the works of Isvara; for if he causes grief and joy, he must himself have love and hate ; but if he loves unduly, or has hatred, he cannot properly be named the self-existent.
Page 57 - Bhadra, practising austerities as hermits, seeing from far Tathagata approaching, sitting together all engaged in conversation, said : " This Gautama, defiled by worldly indulgence, leaving the practice of austerities, now comes again to find us here, let us be careful not to rise in salutation, nor let us greet him when he comes, nor offer him the customary refreshments. Because he has broken his first vow, he has no claim to hospitality " — for men on seeing an approaching guest by rights prepare...
Page 176 - ... 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.
Page 236 - But the titles conferred on Confucius by the emperors of China were not mere words. From the time of the Emperor Kaou Te (206—194 BC) to the present day, Confucius has been, outwardly at least, the object of the most supreme veneration and devout worship of every occupant of the throne. Temples have been erected to his honour in every city in the empire, and his worship, which was originally confined to his native state, has for the last twelve hundred years been as universal as the study of the...