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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... Visuddhimagga 6 The Visuddhimagga was the first work of Buddhaghosa in Ceylon . The Mahāvamsa tells us that he wrote it in brief summing up the three Piṭakas together with the Commentary ' .2 According to the same authority it was ...
... Visuddhimagga 6 The Visuddhimagga was the first work of Buddhaghosa in Ceylon . The Mahāvamsa tells us that he wrote it in brief summing up the three Piṭakas together with the Commentary ' .2 According to the same authority it was ...
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... Visuddhimagga refers to a group of works called the Vinayaṭṭhakathā . Sometimes the word used is in the singular number , 3 sometimes in the plural . This probably means that there were more than one Commentary on the Vinaya and also ...
... Visuddhimagga refers to a group of works called the Vinayaṭṭhakathā . Sometimes the word used is in the singular number , 3 sometimes in the plural . This probably means that there were more than one Commentary on the Vinaya and also ...
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... Visuddhimagga which says : Again , in entrusting himself ( i.e. , a student - bhikkhu ) to a teacher , he should say ' Myself I offer to you ' . For he who has not so entrusted himself is unruly , stubborn , takes advice from no one ...
... Visuddhimagga which says : Again , in entrusting himself ( i.e. , a student - bhikkhu ) to a teacher , he should say ' Myself I offer to you ' . For he who has not so entrusted himself is unruly , stubborn , takes advice from no one ...
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