The Gospel of Buddha
Paul Carus
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The Gospel of Buddha, passage 796
"Killing is evil; stealing is evil; yielding to sexual passion is evil; lying is evil; slandering is evil; abuse is evil; gossip is evil; envy is evil; hatred is evil; to cling to false doctrine is evil; all these things, my friends, are evil. 2
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 1292
When this thought was in the host's mind, all his relatives and friends entered the house; and although the hall in the house was small there was room in it for all of them. They sat down at the table and ate, and there was more than enough for all of them. 5
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 1550
"There is the Dharma Kāya. There is the Nirmāna Kāya. There is the Sambhoga Kāya. 18
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 432
"In former days, Lord, when I was a prince, I cherished five wishes. I wished: O, that I might be inaugurated as a king. This was my first wish, and it has been fulfilled. Further, I wished: Might the Holy Buddha, the Perfect One, appear on earth while I rule and might he come to my kingdom. This was my second wish and it is fulfilled now. Further I wished: Might I pay my respects to him. This was my third wish and it is fulfilled now. The fourth wish was: Might the Blessed One preach the doctrine to me, and this is fulfilled now. The greatest wish, however, was the fifth wish: Might I understand the doctrine of the Blessed One. And this wish is fulfilled too. 25
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 1920
Evil actions, thou canst not escape the fruit of. Everything is burning. Evil by good, overcome; evil deeds, you will have to atone for your; ignorance the root of evil; pain is the outcome of evil; evil powers no surrender; evil of lust, avoid. Evolution; in the course of evolution. Exertion is a draught-ox. Existence is spiritual, all; thirst for existence and selfhood. Expulsion, sentence of. External help, do not rely on.
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 251
The Holy One directed his steps to that blessed Bodhi-tree beneath whose shade he was to accomplish his search. 1
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 387
And the Blessed One went to Kassapa of Uruvelā, the Jatila, and said: "Let me stay a night in the room where you keep your sacred fire." 3
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 1790
I'si, _p._, Ri'shi, _skt._, a prophet or seer, an inspired poet, a hermit having acquired wisdom in saintly retirement, a recluse or anchorite.
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 1347
And the Blessed One urged to the villagers the necessity of ever advancing in the conquest of sorrow and of casting off all shackles so as to cross the river of worldliness and attain deliverance from death. 7
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 104
At Lumbinī there is a beautiful grove, and when Māyā-devī passed through it the trees were one mass of fragrant flowers and many birds were warbling in their branches. The Queen, wishing to stroll through the shady walks, left her golden palanquin, and, when she reached the giant Sāla tree in the midst of the grove, felt that her hour had come. She took hold of a branch. Her attendants hung a curtain about her and retired. When the pain of travail came upon her, four pure-minded angels of the great Brahmā held out a golden net to receive the babe, who came forth from her right side like the rising sun, bright and perfect. 5
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 635
When Seniya Bimbisāra, the king of Magadha, was advanced in years, he retired from the world and led a religious life. He observed that there were Brahmanical sects in Rājagaha keeping sacred certain days, and the people went to their meeting-houses and listened to their sermons. 1
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 1842
Pase'nadi, _p._, (Prase'najit, _skt._, also called Pasenit) king of Kosala, residing at Sāvatthī.
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 1990
She is well posted on Buddhism, for she has studied Pāli, Sanskrit, and Burmese for nine years in Burma, and has received ordination. Through her, Fräulein von Kerckhoff had an opportunity to visit the temple in Kandy where the strange relic of the "Sacred Tooth of Buddha" is preserved, and on this occasion was able to obtain some leaves from the sacred Bodhi tree which I wished to possess. She also became acquainted in Kandy with Dr.
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 57
The Buddha dispels the illusions of our mind and redeems us from the terror of death. 2
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 1312
And the World-honored One said: "Truly thou art deluded. When man dies the body is dissolved into its elements, but the spirit is not entombed. It leads a higher mode of life in which all the relative terms of father, son, wife, mother, are at an end, just as a guest who leaves his lodging has done with it, as though it were a thing of the past.
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 561
Many people in Kapilavatthu believed in the Tathāgata and took refuge in his doctrine, among them Nanda, Siddhattha's halfbrother, the son of Pajāpatī; Devadatta, his cousin and brother-in-law; Upāli the barber; and Anuruddha the philosopher. Some years later Ānanda, another cousin of the Blessed One, also joined the Sangha. 1
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 1356
The diseased bhikkhu on hearing these words turned to the Buddha, confessed his ill-natured temper and repented, and with a heart cleansed from error did reverence unto the Lord. 6
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 827
"Creatures that are swayed by impure passions, when they listen to the voice, will be purified. The ignorant who are infatuated with the follies of the world will, when pondering on the profundity of the doctrine, acquire wisdom. Those who act under the impulse of hatred will, when taking refuge in the Buddha, be filled with good-will and love. 13
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 982
"Thy heart, O Brahman, is cleaving still to self; thou art anxious about heaven but thou seekest the pleasures of self in heaven, and thus thou canst not see the bliss of truth and the immortality of truth. 11
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 92
Self is the beginning of all hatred, of iniquity and slander, of impudence and indecency, of theft and robbery, of oppression and bloodshed. Self is Māra, the tempter, the evil-doer, the creator of mischief. 9
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 369
"There is no distinction between the layman and the hermit, if but both have banished the thought of self." 10
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 352
"To the Buddha will I look in faith: He, the Perfect One, is holy and supreme. The Buddha conveys to us instruction, wisdom, and salvation; he is the Blessed One, who knows the law of being; he is the Lord of the world, who yoketh men like oxen, the Teacher of gods and men, the Exalted Buddha. Therefore, to the Buddha will I look in faith. 10
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 15
The Buddha denies the existence of a "self" as it was commonly understood in his time; he does not deny man's mentality, his spiritual constitution, the importance of his personality, in a word, his soul. But he does deny the mysterious ego-entity, the _ātman_, in the sense of a kind of soul-monad which by some schools was supposed to reside behind or within man's bodily and psychical activity as a distinct being, a kind of thing-in-itself, and a metaphysical agent assumed to be the soul.
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 1349
An old bhikkhu of a surly disposition was afflicted with a loathsome disease the sight and smell of which was so nauseating that no one would come near him or help him in his distress. And it happened that the World-honored One came to the vihāra in which the unfortunate man lay; hearing of the case he ordered warm water to be prepared and went to the sick-room to administer unto the sores of the patient with his own hand, saying to his disciples: 1
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 312
"Reading the Vedas, making offerings to priests, or sacrifices to the gods, self-mortification by heat or cold, and many such penances performed for the sake of immortality, these do not cleanse the man who is not free from delusions. 7
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 280
This was the first food that the Enlightened One ate after he attained Buddhahood. 3
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 1885
Upā'li, _p._ and _skt._, a prominent disciple of Buddha. Before his conversion he was, according to the Buddhistic tradition, court-barber to the king of the Sakyas.
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 709
Soon afterwards the Blessed One himself came to Rājagaha and stayed at the Veluvana vihāra. 3
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 1723
MY.--Outlines of the Mahāyāna as Taught by Buddha, by S. Kuroda. Tokyo, Japan, 1893.
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 940
"I teach, Simha, that all the conditions of heart which are evil and not good, unrighteous actions by deed, by word, and by thought, must be burnt away. He who has freed himself, Simha, from all those conditions of heart which are evil and not good, he who has destroyed them as a palm-tree which is rooted out, so that they cannot grow up again, such a man has accomplished the eradication of self. 11
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 177
"Persevere in thy quest and thou shalt find what thou seekest. Pursue thy aim unswervingly and thou shalt gain the prize. Struggle earnestly and thou shalt conquer. The benediction of all deities, of all saints, of all that seek light is upon thee, and heavenly wisdom guides thy steps. Thou shalt be the Buddha, our Master, and our Lord; thou shalt enlighten the world and save mankind from perdition." 15
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 956
"He whose mind is free from the illusion of self, will stand and not fall in the battle of life. 27
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 402
Then Kassapa went to the Jatilas and said: "I am anxious to lead a religious life under the direction of the great Sakyamuni, who is the Enlightened One, the Buddha. Do as ye think best." 18
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 1712
CBS.--A Catena of Buddhist Scriptures from the Chinese by Samuel Beal. London, 1871.
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 180
"The Buddhas are beings whose words cannot fail: there is no departure from truth in their speech. 18
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 924
"When a hen has eight or ten or twelve eggs, over which she has properly brooded, the wish arises in her heart, 'O would that my little chickens would break open the egg-shell with their claws, or with their beaks, and come forth into the light in safety!' yet all the while those little chickens are sure to break the egg-shell and will come forth into the light in safety. Even so, a brother who with firm determination walks in the noble path is sure to come forth into the light, sure to reach up to the higher wisdom, sure to attain to the highest bliss of enlightenment." 38
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 1225
"Lord, this brother, having taken the vows of so sanctifying a faith, has abandoned the endeavor to accomplish the aim of a member of the order, and has come back to us." 4
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 483
"There is a proper time and a proper m ode in charity just as the vigorous warrior goes to battle, so is the man; who is able to give. He is like an able warrior, a champion strong and wise in action. 5
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 1370
"Who harmeth him that doth no harm And striketh him that striketh not, Shall gravest punishment incur The which his wickedness begot,-- 15
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 335
"Now this, O bhikkhus, is the noble truth concerning the way which leads to the destruction of sorrow. Verily! it is this noble eightfold path; that is to say: 31
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 597
Pajāpatī was the first woman to become a disciple of the Buddha and to receive the ordination as a bhikkhunī. 7
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 1925
Forecasting by signs forbidden, astrology and. Found! the cause of selfhood; found the truth. Foundation of the Kingdom of Righteousness. Four kinds of offering; four kinds of merit; four simples; the four quarters; the four noble truths; the four signs; where four roads cross. Fowl in the coop, the. Fragrant like the lotus. Free your mind of ignorance. Fruit of evil actions, thou canst not escape the; the fruit of immortality; the fruit of the criminal's act punishment. Fruits, ripe.
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 452
Sāriputta went to Moggallāna and told him, and both said: "We will go to the Blessed One, that he, the Blessed One, may be our teacher." 6
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 498
"Blessed is my unworthy and obscure kingdom that it has met with so great a fortune. For how can calamities and dangers befall it in the presence of the Lord of the world, the Dharmarāja, the King of Truth. 11
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 457
The bhikkhus told it to the Blessed One, and the Blessed One said: "This murmuring, O bhikkhus, will not last long. It will last seven days. If they revile you, O bhikkhus, answer them with these words: 11
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 296
And the Blessed One turned to Māra, saying: "I shall not pass into the final Nirvāna, O Evil One, until there be not only brethren and sisters of an Order, but also lay-disciples of both sexes, who shall have become true hearers, wise, well trained, ready and learned, versed in the scriptures, fulfilling all the greater and lesser duties, correct in life, walking according to the precepts--until they, having thus themselves learned the doctrine, shall be able to give information to others concerning it, preach it, make it known, establish it, open it, minutely explain it, and make it clear--until they, when others start vain doctrines, shall be able to vanquish and refute them, and so to spread the wonderworking truth abroad.
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 1136
Said the disciple: "Then the Tathāgata teaches that man can attain through the Jhānas the bliss of Abhiñña." 32
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 341
And when the doctrine was propounded, the venerable Kondañña, the oldest one among the five bhikkhus, discerned the truth with his mental eye, and he said: "Truly, O Buddha, our Lord, thou hast found the truth!" Then the other bhikkhus too, joined him and exclaimed: "Truly, thou art the Buddha, thou hast found the truth." 37
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 950
"Truth, however, is large enough to receive the yearnings and aspirations of all selves and when the selves break like soap-bubbles, their contents will be preserved and in the truth they will lead a life everlasting. 21
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 1508
"Seeking the way, ye must exert yourselves and strive with diligence. It is not enough to have seen me! Walk as I have commanded you; free yourselves from the tangled net of sorrow. Walk in the path with steadfast aim. 3