The Gospel of Buddha, passage 1039

"The subject on which I meditate is truth. The practice to which I devote myself is truth. The topic of my conversation is truth. My thoughts are always in the truth. For lo! my self has become the truth. 9

The Gospel of Buddha, passage 1258

"It has no intrinsic value whatever," was the reply. The Tathāgata continued: "Now when you go to battle is it not sure that many of your men will be slain and that you yourselves, O kings, are liable to lose your lives?" 4

The Gospel of Buddha, passage 1618

Sources: Fo, vv. 1297-1300 Parallelisms: Luke ix, 1-6; Luke x, 1-24

The Gospel of Buddha, passage 1076

On a certain day when the Blessed One dwelt at Jetavana, the garden of Anāthapindika, a celestial deva came to him in the shape of a Brahman whose countenance was bright and whose garments were white like snow. The deva asked questions which the Blessed One answered, 1

The Gospel of Buddha, passage 1689

Gospel: LXXXIII Sources: ChD, p. 130 et seq. Parallelisms: --

The Gospel of Buddha, passage 1492

The Blessed One proceeded with a great company of the brethren to the sāla grove of the Mallas, the Upavattana of Kusinārā on the further side of the river Hiraññavatī, and when he had arrived he addressed the venerable Ānanda, and said: "Make ready for me, I pray you, Ānanda, the couch with its head to the north, between the twin sāla trees. I am weary, Ānanda, and wish to be down." 1

The Gospel of Buddha, passage 370

Seeing that Yasa was ready to enter upon the path, the Blessed One said to him: "Follow me!" And Yasa joined the brotherhood, and having put on a bhikkhu's robe, received the ordination. 11

The Gospel of Buddha, passage 555

"I am free," the Blessed One said to his disciples, Sāriputta and Moggallāna, whom he had bidden to accompany him to the princess's chamber; "the princess, however, is not as yet free. Not having seen me for a long time, she is exceedingly sorrowful. Unless her grief be allowed its course her heart will cleave. Should she touch the Tathāgata, the Holy One, ye must not prevent her." 11

The Gospel of Buddha, passage 1090

The bhikkhus came to the Blessed One, and having saluted him with clasped hands they said: 1

The Gospel of Buddha, passage 959

"Struggle then, O general, courageously; and fight thy battles vigorously, but be a soldier of truth and the Tathāgata will bless thee." 30

The Gospel of Buddha, passage 1504

And Ānanda, suppressing his tears, said to the Blessed One: "Who shall teach us when thou art gone?" 12

The Gospel of Buddha, passage 504

"Our good or evil deeds follow us continually like shadows. 17

The Gospel of Buddha, passage 6

Ohara of Otzu, the talented editor of a Buddhist periodical, who in the meantime has unfortunately met with a premature death. In 1895 the Open Court Publishing Company brought out a German edition by E.F.L. Gauss, and Dr. L. de Milloué, the curator of the Musée Guimet, of Paris, followed with a French translation. Dr. Federigo Rodriguez has translated the book into Spanish and Felix Orth into Dutch.

The Gospel of Buddha, passage 376

Then Yasa looked at the Blessed One, and the Blessed One said: "Should Yasa return to the world and enjoy the pleasures of a worldly life as he did before?" 17

The Gospel of Buddha, passage 1167

When the son saw the place to which he was conducted, he thought, "I must have evoked the suspicion of a powerful man, and he will throw me into prison." Full of apprehension he made his escape before he had seen his father. 2

The Gospel of Buddha, passage 987

"Do I understand thee aright," rejoined the Brahman, "that Nirvāna is not a place, and being nowhere it is without reality?" 17

The Gospel of Buddha, passage 1830

Nidā'na, _p._ and _skt._, cause. The twelve nidānas, forming the chain of causation which brings about the misery in the world. [See Oldenberg, _Buddha_, Engl. tr., pp 224--252].

The Gospel of Buddha, passage 1921

Extinction of self, the, salvation; the extinction of sinful desire; the extinction of thirst. Eye, the, ātman and; eye of truth; mental eye; spiritual eye. Eyes, better bore out both.

The Gospel of Buddha, passage 1633

Gospel: XXVIII Sources: HM, p. 203 et seqq.; BSt, pp. 125-126 Parallelisms: --

The Gospel of Buddha, passage 611

Visākhā, a wealthy woman in Sāvatthi who had many children and grandchildren, had given to the order the Pubbārāma or Eastern Garden, and was the first in Northern Kosala to become a matron of the lay sisters. 1

The Gospel of Buddha, passage 1991

Kobekaduwe Tikiri Banda, a Singhalese physician who belonged to a Buddhist family and is the son of a Kandian chief. He had studied in England for a long time and possesses a remarkable knowledge of the country and people of India and Ceylon, by which I thus had an opportunity to profit.

The Gospel of Buddha, passage 1073

"A wicked man who reproaches a virtuous one is like one who looks up and spits at heaven; the spittle soils not the heaven, but comes back and defiles his own person. 7

The Gospel of Buddha, passage 513

"This truth is not for the hermit alone; it concerns every human being, priest and layman alike. There is no distinction between the monk who has taken the vows, and the man of the world living with his family. There are hermits who fall into perdition, and there are humble householders who mount to the rank of rishis. 28

The Gospel of Buddha, passage 1748

Ambapā'lī, the courtesan, called "Lady Amra" in Fo-Sho-Hing-Tsan-King. It is difficult for us to form a proper conception of the social position of courtesans at Buddha's time in India. This much is sure, that they were not common prostitutes, but ladies of wealth, possessing great influence. Their education was similar to the hetairs in Greece, where Aspasia played so prominent a part. Their rank must sometimes have been like that of Madame Pompadour in France at the court of Louis XIV.

The Gospel of Buddha, passage 1909

Calamities, ten great. Carp not. Cart, as a worn out. Cast-off rags. Caste, I ask not for. Cause of further migrations. Cause of selfhood, the, Found!. Cease by hatred, hatred does not. Ceremony. Chance. Change, grief at; self is change. Charity, rich in returns; the sermon on. Charms are treacherous. Chastity. Cherish no hatred. Chickens should break the eggshell. Chief of the artisans, the. Children, I am your father, ye are. City of Nirvāna, the. Cleanses from error, the truth.

The Gospel of Buddha, passage 262

"Surely if living creatures saw the results of all their evil deeds, they would turn away from them in disgust. But selfhood blinds them, and they cling to their obnoxious desires. 2

The Gospel of Buddha, passage 1116

"What is this promise?" asked the Buddha; and the disciple replied: 12

The Gospel of Buddha, passage 1857

Samā'dhi, _p._ and _skt._, trance, abstraction, self-control. Rhys Davids says (_B._ _p._ 177): "Buddhism has not been able to escape from the natural results of the wonder with which abnormal nervous states have always been regarded during the infancy of science.... But it must be added, to its credit, that the most ancient Buddhism despises dreams and visions; and that the doctrine of Samādhi is of small practical importance compared with the doctrine of the noble eightfold Path." Eitel says (_Handbook_, p. 140): "The term Samādhi is sometimes used ethically, when it designates moral self-deliverance from passion and vice."

The Gospel of Buddha, passage 923

"He who walks in the eightfold noble path with unswerving determination is sure to reach Nirvāna. The Tathāgata anxiously watches over his children and with loving care helps them to see the light. 37

The Gospel of Buddha, passage 1485

And the Tathāgata's body appeared shining like a flame, and he was beautiful above all expression. 21

The Gospel of Buddha, passage 638

A bhikkhu duly appointed should address the congregation and expound the Dharma. He should exhort the people to walk in the eightfold path of righteousness; he should comfort them in the vicissitudes of life and gladden them with the bliss of the fruit of good deeds. Thus the brethren should keep the Uposatha. 4

The Gospel of Buddha, passage 1401

And as the city gate was called after the name of the Tathāgata so the people called this passage of the river "Gotama Ford." 11

The Gospel of Buddha, passage 853

Those who imagine they find truth in untruth, and see untruth in truth, will never arrive at truth, but follow vain desires. They who know truth in truth, and untruth in untruth, arrive at truth, and follow true desires. 14

The Gospel of Buddha, passage 1822

Mette'yya, Maitre'ya, _skt._, etymology, "full of kindness"; the name of the Buddha to come.

The Gospel of Buddha, passage 1403

"Those who have died after the complete destruction of the three bonds of lust, of covetousness and of the egotistical cleaving to existence, need not fear the state after death. They will not be reborn in a state of suffering; their minds will not continue as a karma of evil deeds or sin, but are assured of final salvation. 3

The Gospel of Buddha, passage 978

Kūtadanta, being of a religious disposition and anxious about his fate after death, had sacrificed countless victims. Now he saw the folly of atonement by blood. Not yet satisfied, however, with the teachings of the Tathāgata, Kūtadanta continued: "Thou believest, O Master, that beings are reborn; that they migrate in the evolution of life; and that subject to the law of karma we must reap what we sow. Yet thou teachest the non-existence of the soul! Thy disciples praise utter self-extinction as the highest bliss of Nirvāna. If I am merely a combination of the sankhāras, my existence will cease when I die. If I am merely a compound of sensations and ideas and desires, wither can I go at the dissolution of the body?" 7

The Gospel of Buddha, passage 71

All compounds will be dissolved again, but the verities which determine all combinations and separations as laws of nature endure for ever and aye. Bodies fall to dust, but the truths of the mind will not be destroyed. 9

The Gospel of Buddha, passage 927

Thou dost well, O Sigāla, to honor, reverence, and keep sacred the words of thy father; and it is thy duty to protect thy home, thy wife, thy children, and thy children's children against the hurtful influences of evil spirits. I find no fault with the performance of thy father's rite. But I find that thou dost not understand the ceremony. Let the Tathāgata, who now speaks to thee as a spiritual father and loves thee no less than did thy parents, explain to thee the meaning of the six directions. 4

The Gospel of Buddha, passage 1178

And the Blessed One said: "This is not an isolated incident in the greedy tailor's fate; in other incarnations he suffered similar losses, and by trying to dupe others ultimately ruined himself. 2

The Gospel of Buddha, passage 1120

"I understand," said the sāvaka, "that the story of the Western Paradise is not literally true." 15

The Gospel of Buddha, passage 736

"O bhikkhus, this doctrine is sure and an eternal truth, that there is no self outside of its parts. This self of ours which constitutes Name and Form is a combination of the groups with the four elements, but there is no ego entity, no self in itself. 15

The Gospel of Buddha, passage 1767

Bodhisa'tta, _p._, Bodhisa'ttva, _skt._, he whose essence (_sattva_) is becoming enlightenment (_bodhi_). The term denotes (1) one who is about to become a Buddha, but has not as yet attained Nirvāna; (2) a class of saints who have only once more to be born again to enter into Nirvāna; (3) in later Buddhism any preacher or religious teacher; appearance of; Bodhisattas.

The Gospel of Buddha, passage 837

"O thou who rejoicest in kindness having its source in compassion, thou great cloud of good qualities and of benevolent mind, thou quenchest the fire that vexeth living beings, thou pourest out nectar, the rain of the law! 23

The Gospel of Buddha, passage 113

Now the re was at that time in a grove near Lumbinī Asita, a rishi, leading the life of a hermit. He was a Brahman of dignified mien, famed not only for wisdom and scholarship, but also for his skill in the interpretation of signs. And the king invited him to see the royal babe. 14

The Gospel of Buddha, passage 549

But the king said: "How can this be? Thou art descended from kings, and not one of them ever begged for food." 5

The Gospel of Buddha, passage 1466

"Behold, O brethren, the final extinction of the Tathāgata will take place before long. I now exhort you, saying: 'All component things must grow old and be dissolved again. Seek ye for that which is permanent, and work out your salvation with diligence.'" 20

The Gospel of Buddha, passage 797

"Desire is the root of evil; hatred is the root of evil; illusion is the root of evil; these things are the root of evil. 4

The Gospel of Buddha, passage 1112

"That mendicant does right who does not think: 'People should salute me'; who, though despised by the world, yet cherishes no ill-will towards it. 8

The Gospel of Buddha, passage 639

Now the bhikkhus, in obedience to the rule laid down by the Blessed One, assembled in the vihāra on the day appointed, and the people went to hear the Dharma, but they were greatly disappointed, for the bhikkhus remained silent and delivered no discourse. 5

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