Three Lectures on BuddhismLondon Mission House, 1871 - 38 pages |
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... Singhalese Buddhists the island about 2,500 priests . The pro- did not exist before the years 410-432 A.D. portion is much less than in Burmah , where Next comes the Chinese canon collected again priests are fewer than in Siam , though ...
... Singhalese Buddhists the island about 2,500 priests . The pro- did not exist before the years 410-432 A.D. portion is much less than in Burmah , where Next comes the Chinese canon collected again priests are fewer than in Siam , though ...
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... Singhalese Buddhists to be fol- lowers of the Hinayana system . When a learned Chinese Buddhist ( Hiuentsang ) who visited Ceylon in 640-45 A.D. classed the Buddhists of Ceylon among the adherents of the Mahayana school , he had most ...
... Singhalese Buddhists to be fol- lowers of the Hinayana system . When a learned Chinese Buddhist ( Hiuentsang ) who visited Ceylon in 640-45 A.D. classed the Buddhists of Ceylon among the adherents of the Mahayana school , he had most ...
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... Singhalese ever ventured to do . Burmese you is by no means a Ficus religiosa , but a and Siamese Buddhists were besides more Ficus indica , or it may happen that it is than Singhalese Buddhists under the influ- neither of the two , but ...
... Singhalese ever ventured to do . Burmese you is by no means a Ficus religiosa , but a and Siamese Buddhists were besides more Ficus indica , or it may happen that it is than Singhalese Buddhists under the influ- neither of the two , but ...
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abstract Adi-Buddha Amitabha ancient Buddhas appeared Asiatic Atheism Avalokiteshvara birth Bodhisattvas Brahmanism Buddhist canon Buddhist church Buddhist dogma Buddhist morality Buddhist scriptures Burmah and Siam called Cashmere Central Asia centuries Ceylon China Chinese Christian church of Ceylon circle of transmigration common countries death deity Dharma dhism dhistic dhists disciples divine doctrine earth earthly ecclesiastical Emperor evil faith Ficus forms of existence Gautama Buddha hand heaven hell Hinayana human idea India influence Kwannon Kwanyin lecture legends literature living lotos flower magic Mahayana Mahayana school meditation metempsychosis misery mountain mystic nature Nepaul Nirvana Northern Buddhists origin paradise philosophic pigs popular practical religion prayer present day reborn religious ritual sacred salvation Samgha Sanskrit sects sentient Shakyamuni Buddha Shivaism Singhalese soul spirit Tantra Tantra school teaching temple Tibet Tibetan tion tradition transmigration tree Trimurti trine trinity Triratna truth universe VĂªda whilst whole worship