Early History of Buddhism in Ceylon: Or, State of Buddhism in Ceylon as Revealed by the Pāli Commentaries of the # Century A.D. |
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Page 94
... Hien tells us , were opposed to the Great Vehicle ( Mahāyāna ) and adhered to the teaching of the Little Vehicle ( Hinayāna ) , whereas the Abhayagiri school studied both vehicles , and widely diffused the Tripitakas . When Fa Hien left ...
... Hien tells us , were opposed to the Great Vehicle ( Mahāyāna ) and adhered to the teaching of the Little Vehicle ( Hinayāna ) , whereas the Abhayagiri school studied both vehicles , and widely diffused the Tripitakas . When Fa Hien left ...
Page 100
... Hien wished to copy it down , on which the monk said : This is no sacred book , but only what I have learned by memory and repeat verbally . " Though Fa Hien , with the historical and literary exactitude of his race , wished to know the ...
... Hien wished to copy it down , on which the monk said : This is no sacred book , but only what I have learned by memory and repeat verbally . " Though Fa Hien , with the historical and literary exactitude of his race , wished to know the ...
Page 139
... Hien saw it at Peshawar . He records that formerly a king of Yueh - she invaded Peshawar with the main object of carrying away the bowl . Though he subdued the kingdom he was unable to remove the relic . At the time when Fa Hien visited ...
... Hien saw it at Peshawar . He records that formerly a king of Yueh - she invaded Peshawar with the main object of carrying away the bowl . Though he subdued the kingdom he was unable to remove the relic . At the time when Fa Hien visited ...
Contents
The Advent of Mahinda | 43 |
The Spread of the Faith | 59 |
The Writing down of the Texts | 73 |
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Abhaya Abhayagiri Abhidhamma According Anuradhapura Arahant Arahantship Ariṭṭha attained Arahantship Aṭṭhakatha Atthasālinī Bhāṇakas bhikkhus Bodhi Tree Bodhisatta Brahmā Brāhmaṇatissa brother Buddha Buddhaghosa Buddhavamsa Buddhist built century A.D. cetiya Cetiyapabbata Ceylon chapter CuNiA deities Devanampiyatissa devas Dhamma Dhammapada Dighabhāṇaka Dipavamsa Doctrine Duṭṭhagāmaṇī entered the Order Fa Hien famine foll Hien Ibid India island Jātaka Kalyāņi king large number later lived Lohapāsāda Mahā Mahācetiya Mahānāga Mahāsena Mahāsiva Mahātissa Mahāvamsa Mahāvihāra Mahinda Maliyadeva Manorathapūraṇī Māra mentioned monastery monks Mv tr Nāga Nikaya Nikayasangraha Pali Pāli Commentaries Pap Sn Papañcasūdanī Parivara Phussadeva Pitaka Piṭakas Porāṇā Porāņas preached PsmA recited records references reign relics Rhys Davids Rohana Saddhātissa Sakka Samantapāsādikā Sammohavinodani sangha Sanghamitta sasana Sinhalese Commentaries Smp I 62 Smp Sn Sumangalavilāsinī Sutta Tamil teachers teachings thera thūpa Thūpārāma Tipiṭaka Tissa Tissamahārāma Upatissa Vaṭṭagāmaṇī verses vihāra Vinaya Visuddhimagga worship young bhikkhu