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 32
... bhikkhus of Ceylon to dispense with the method of oral transmission . However , as time went on , this system tended to create factions among the bhikkhus . Thus Buddhaghosa observes that in his day there were bhikkhus who had worldly ...
... bhikkhus of Ceylon to dispense with the method of oral transmission . However , as time went on , this system tended to create factions among the bhikkhus . Thus Buddhaghosa observes that in his day there were bhikkhus who had worldly ...
Page 126
... bhikkhus and in the absence of one supreme head it would have been in the nature of things for the organization to become unwieldy and for the bhikkhus to grow lax in their discipline . Laxity on the part of certain individuals there ...
... bhikkhus and in the absence of one supreme head it would have been in the nature of things for the organization to become unwieldy and for the bhikkhus to grow lax in their discipline . Laxity on the part of certain individuals there ...
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... bhikkhus . But this interference of the bhikkhus brought destruction on Thulathana and much worry to the bhikkhus themselves , for hardly had six weeks elapsed when Lañjatissa seized the government by overpowering his brother and for a ...
... bhikkhus . But this interference of the bhikkhus brought destruction on Thulathana and much worry to the bhikkhus themselves , for hardly had six weeks elapsed when Lañjatissa seized the government by overpowering his brother and for a ...
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