The Gospel of Buddha
Paul Carus
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The Gospel of Buddha, passage 1416
Now, the Licchavi, a wealthy family of princely rank, hearing that the Blessed One had arrived at Vesālī and was staying at Ambapālī's grove, mounted their magnificent carriages, and proceeded with their retinue to the place where the Blessed One was. And the Licchavi were gorgeously dressed in bright colors and decorated with costly jewels. 6
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 431
When the Enlightened One had finished his sermon, the Magadha king said to the Blessed One: 24
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 520
The king listened with reverence and remembered all the words of the Buddha in his heart. 35
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 917
"Thus," replied the Buddha, "the Tathāgata knows the straight path that leads to a union with Brahmā. He knows it as one who has entered the world of Brahmā and has been born in it. There can be no doubt in the Tathāgata." 30
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 166
Siddhattha asked: "Can peace be gained in this world of unrest? I am struck with the emptiness of pleasure and have become disgusted with lust. All oppresses me, and existence itself seems intolerable." 6
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 208
"Therefore, try not to entangle me in new relationships and duties, nor hinder me from completing the work I have begun. 22
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 139
All sorrowful sights, all misery, and all knowledge of misery were kept away from Siddhattha, for the king desired that no troubles should come nigh him; he should not know that there was evil in the world. 2
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 1721
MPN.--The Mahāparinibbāna Suttanta. The Book of the Great Decease. Vol. XI of the Sacred Books of the East. Oxford 1881.
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 1108
Said the disciple: "So sayest thou there are no miraculous and wonderful things?" 3
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 1482
"Be it so, sir!" said that man in assent to Pukkusa, the young Malla; and he brought two robes of cloth of gold, burnished and ready for wear. 18
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 1564
There is not room for truth in sentiency, neither in its pleasures nor in its pains; sentiency is the first footstep of truth, but there is not room in it for the truth, though sentiency may beam with the blazing glow of beauty and life. 8
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 1977
Worldliness, dust of; jewels and worldliness; vanity of worldliness. Worldling nourishes his body, the. Worldly happiness, vanity of; a worldly woman. Worn-out cart, as a. Worship. Worship and sacrifice, the nature of religion. Worthiest homage. Worthy of yellow robes, not. Wrong appears sweet.
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 1343
When he arrived at a place in the middle of the stream where the waves were high, Sāriputta's heart gave way, and he began to sink. But rousing his faith and renewing his mental effort, he proceeded as before and reached the other bank. 3
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 1532
Then the Mallas of Kusinārā gave orders to their attendants, saying, "Gather together perfumes and garlands, and all the music in Kusinārā!" And the Mallas of Kusinārā took the perfumes and garlands, and all the musical instruments, and five hundred garments, and went to the sāla grove where the body of the Blessed One lay. There they passed the day in paying honor and reverence to the remains of the Blessed One, with hymns, and music, and with garlands and perfumes, and in making canopies of their garments, and preparing decorative wreaths to hang thereon. And they burned the remains of the Blessed One as they would do to the body of a king of kings. 31
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 1453
Said the Blessed One: "Enough now, Ānanda, beseech not the Tathāgata!" 5
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 283
The Blessed One having attained Buddhahood while resting under the shepherd's Nigrodha tree on the banks of the river Nerañjarā, pronounced this solemn utterance: 1
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 1625
Gospel: XXI Sources: Fo, vv. 1380-1381; MV, 1, 22, Secs. 15-18 Parallelisms: Matth. xxi, 1-11; Mark. xi, 1-10; Luke xix, 28-38; John xii, 12-15
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 1320
And Kisā Gotamī had an only son, and he died. In her grief she carried the dead child to all her neighbors, asking them for medicine, and the people said: "She has lost her senses. The boy is dead." 6
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 1631
Gospel: XXVI, 8-13 Sources: US, p. 112; W, p. xiv Parallelisms: --
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 30
Thus, we trust that a comparison of Christianity with Buddhism will be a great help to distinguish in both religions the essential from the accidental, the eternal from the transient, the truth from the allegory in which it has found its symbolic expression. We are anxious to press the necessity of discriminating between the symbol and its meaning, between dogma and religion, between metaphysical theories and statements of fact, between man-made formulas and eternal truth.
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 1315
There was a rich man who found his gold suddenly transformed into ashes; and he took to his bed and refused all food. A friend, hearing of his sickness, visited the rich man and learned the cause of his grief. And the friend said: "Thou didst not make good use of thy wealth. When thou didst hoard it up it was not better than ashes. Now heed my advice. Spread mats in the bazaar; pile up these ashes, and pretend to trade with them." 1
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 39
A comparison of the many striking agreements between Christianity and Buddhism may prove fatal to sectarian conceptions of either religion, but will in the end help to mature our insight into the true significance of both. It will bring out a nobler faith which aspires to be the cosmic religion of universal truth.
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 1561
And the Buddha taught men the right use of sentiency, and the right application of reason; and he taught men to see things as they are, without illusions, and they learned to act according to truth. He taught righteousness and thus changed rational creatures into humane beings, just, kind-hearted, and faithful. And now at last a place was found where the truth might abide in all its glory, and this place is the heart of mankind. 5
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 1671
Gospel: LX, 12 Sources: Beal, _Buddhism of China_, chap, xii Parallelisms: --
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 993
Said Kūtadanta: "I feel, O Lord, that thou proclaimest a great doctrine, but I cannot grasp it. Forbear with me that I ask again: Tell me, O Lord, if there be no ātman, how can there be immortality? The activity of the mind passeth, and our thoughts are gone when we have done thinking." 24
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 1115
"But, Master," continued the sāvaka, "is the promise of the happy region vain talk and a myth?" 11
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 1795
Ja'tila, _p._, "wearing matted hair." The Jatilas were Brahman ascetics. Buddha converted a tribe of them, and Kassapa, their chief, became one of his most prominent disciples.
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 1034
"The extinction of the Blessed One will be by that passing away in which nothing remains that could tend to the formation of another self. Nor will it be possible to point out the Blessed One as being here or there. But it will be like a flame in a great body of blazing fire. That flame has ceased; it has vanished and it cannot be said that it is here or there. In the body of the Dharma, however, the Blessed One can be pointed out; for the Dharma has been preached by the Blessed One. 4
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 789
"In the domain of death there are neither great nor small; Neither gold nor silver is used, nor precious jewels. No distinction is made between the high and the low. And daily the dead are buried beneath the fragrant sod. 12
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 1808
Ko'lī, a little kingdom in the neighborhood of Kapilavatthu, the home of Yasodharā.
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 1389
I know that the holy Buddhas of the past, putting away all lust, ill-will, sloth, pride, and doubt, knowing all those mental faults which make men weak, training their minds in the four kinds of mental activity, thoroughly exercising themselves in the sevenfold higher wisdom, received the full fruition of Enlightenment. And I know that the holy Buddhas of the times to come will do the same. And I know that the Blessed One, the holy Buddha of to-day, has done so now." 10
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 1851
Rājaga'ha, _p._, Rājagri'ha, _skt._, the capital of Magadha and residence of king Bimbisāra.
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 1377
As soon as the king's messenger had gone, the Blessed One had the brethren, that were in the neighborhood of Rājagaha, assembled in the service-hall, and addressed them, saying: 6
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 1637
Gospel: XXXIII, 9-11 Sources: Fo vv. 1762-1763 Parallelisms: Eph. vi, 13-17
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 1845
Pā'vā, _p._ and _skt._, a village where Buddha took his last meal.
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 598
"O Tathāgata, our Lord and Master, what conduct toward women dost thou prescribe to the samanas who have left the world?" 2
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 727
"It is as if two men, the one blind from birth and the other a cripple, were desirous of going traveling, and the man blind from birth were to say to the cripple as follows: 'See here! I am able to use my legs, but I have no eyes with which to see the rough and the smooth places in the road.' 7
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 1004
"They may have been extinguished during the day," suggested Kūtadanta. 36
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 634
"Thou spreadest joy, assuagest pain, And verily thy gift will be a blessing As well to many others as to thee." 27
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 970
The officer said: "Does, then, the Tathāgata maintain that two things exist? that which we perceive with our senses and that which is mental?" 6
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 936
When a third time the general heard some men of distinction extol the merits of the Buddha, the Dharma, and the Sangha, the general thought: "Truly the samana Gotama must be the Holy Buddha. What are the Nigganthas to me, whether they give their consent or not? I shall go without asking their permission to visit him, the Blessed One, the Holy Buddha." 6
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 147
The prince asked his charioteer: "What kind of man is this?" And the charioteer replied and said: "This man is sick. The four elements of his body are confused and out of order. We are all subject to such conditions: the poor and the rich, the ignorant and the wise, all creatures that have bodies, are liable to the same calamity." 10
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 1531
And when the Mallas had heard this saying they were grieved, and sad, and afflicted at heart. 30
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 974
Said Kūtadanta: "Show me the truth and I shall see it. But thy doctrine is without consistency. If it were consistent, it would stand; but as it is not, it will pass away." 3
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 705
And the Blessed One was filled with anxiety for the welfare of the truth; and he continued: 4
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 835
"Gather round you hearers who love to listen to the benign and comforting words of the law; rouse the unbelievers to accept the truth and fill them with delight and joy. Quicken them, edify them, and lift them higher and higher until they see the truth face to face in all its splendor and infinite glory." 21
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 412
And the Tathāgata, reading the thoughts of the people, said to Kassapa: "What knowledge hast thou gained, O Kassapa, and what has induced thee to renounce the sacred fire and give up thine austere penances?" 4
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 867
Pleasures destroy the foolish; the foolish man by his thirst for pleasures destroys himself as if he were his own enemy. The fields are damaged by hurricanes and weeds; mankind is damaged by passion, by hatred, by vanity, and by lust. 28
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 604
"Cover your heads with the helmet of right thought, and fight with fixed resolve against the five desires. 10
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 1209
The samana ate the rice and gladdened him with words of religious comfort. 2