The Noble Eightfold Path: Being the James Long Lectures on Buddhism for 1900-1902 A.D. |
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aham ahosi Ânando arahat Atha attaining Buddhahood become believe best boon bhikkhave birth Brahmā Brāhmaṇ Brâhmans Buddha Buddhahood Buddhavamso Buddhist called Canon Childers Christian Cullavaggo death deed desire devas Dham Dhammapadam disciples Divine doctrine etam evam evil existence extinct fetters Four Noble Truths gods Gospel Gotamo happiness heavens Hence Hibbert Lectures human Ibid India Jātaka Kapilavastu Karma King knowledge Lalita-Vistara lay adherents living Mahâparinibbâna-Suttam mahārāja Mahâvaggo Māro Max Müller Māyā mendicants mind misery monks moral Nirvāņa Noble Eightfold Path Oldenberg Order original outcast pain Pāli Pāli Canon perfect philosophy pleasure precepts Prof quoted Rāhu refuge regarding religion Rhys Davids Sabbe Sacred Books Sakko Sanskrit saraṇam says şll sorrow story Suddhodano suffering Tathagato taught teaching things thirst translation transmigration Vatthu vedanā verses Vide Whoso words Worshipful δὲ καὶ τὸ
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Page 164 - Be not deceived ; God is not mocked : for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption ; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.
Page 166 - There shall never be one lost good! What was, shall live as before; The evil is null, is nought, is silence implying sound; What was good shall be good, with, for evil, so much good more; On the earth the broken arcs; in the heaven, a perfect round.
Page 174 - I succored thee ; behold, now is the accepted time ; behold, now is the day of salvation.) Giving no offence in any thing, that the ministry be not blamed ; but in all things approving ourselves as the ministers ..of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses...
Page 166 - I HELD it truth, with him who sings To one clear harp in divers tones, That men may rise on stepping-stones Of their dead selves to higher things.
Page 158 - Love took up the harp of Life, and smote on all the chords with might; Smote the chord of Self, that, trembling, pass'd in music out of sight.
Page 174 - ... as unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed; as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.
Page 159 - That nothing walks with aimless feet ; That not one life shall be destroyed, Or cast as rubbish to the void, When God hath made the pile complete...
Page 162 - Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter : Fear God, and keep his commandments ; for this is the whole duty of man : for God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.
Page 174 - God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses, in stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in watchings, in fastings ; by pureness, by knowledge, by long-suffering, by kindness, by the holy Ghost, by love unfeigned, by the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armour of righteousness on the right hand and on the left...
Page 101 - I must comfort her,' said to her, 'My good girl, I cannot myself give medicine for it, but I know of a doctor who can attend to it.