The Gospel of Buddha
Paul Carus
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The Gospel of Buddha, passage 1082
The Blessed One replied: "Evil thought is the most dangerous thief; virtue is the most precious treasure. The mind takes possession of everything not only on earth, but also in heaven, and immortality is its securest treasure-trove." 7
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 502
"Even those who, by their evil karma, have been born in low degree, when they see a virtuous man, feel reverence for him. How much more must an independent king, on account of merits acquired in previous existences, when meeting a Buddha, conceive reverence for him. 15
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 990
Kūtadanta made no reply; and the Blessed One asked again: "Answer me, O Brahman, where does wisdom dwell? Is wisdom a locality?" 21
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 573
And Rāhula replied with firmness: "I do. I want to join the brotherhood of the Buddha." 13
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 1410
"This is the mirror of truth which teaches the straightest way to enlightenment which is the common goal of all living creatures. He who possesses the mirror of truth is free from fear; he will find comfort in the tribulations of life, and his life will be a blessing to all his fellow-creatures." 10
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 1828
Nātapu'tta, _Jain Prakrit_, Jñātapu'tra, _skt._, the son of Jñāta. Patronym of Vardhamāna, the founder of Jainism.
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 1785
Gotamī, name of any woman belonging to the Gotama family. Kisā Gotamī.
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 80
Yet ye love self and will not abandon self-love. So be it, but then, verily, ye should learn to distinguish between the false self and the true self. The ego with all its egotism is the false self. It is an unreal illusion and a perishable combination. He only who identifies his self with the truth will attain Nirvāna; and he who has entered Nirvāna has attained Buddhahood; he has acquired the highest good; he has become eternal and immortal. 18
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 892
Let us live happily then, free from all ailments among the ailing! Among men who are ailing let us dwell free from ailments! 53
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 1660
Gospel: LII Sources: EA [cf. CBS, p. 15 and also MV, v] Parallelisms: --
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 1649
Gospel: XLII Sources: RB, pp. 68-69. [Cf. RhDB, p. 71 and OldG, 376-378.] Parallelisms: Mark iii, 14; Luke ix, 2
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 1440
"Just as a worn-out cart can not be made to move along without much difficulty, so the body of the Tathāgata can only be kept going with much additional care. 11
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 1887
Upava'ttana, Upava'rtana, _skt._, a grove in Kusinagara. The word means a rambling-place, a gymnasium.
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 1358
The neighbors wondered and began to talk about it, and rumors of the affair reached the ears of the brethren in Jetavana. While the brethren discussed the occurrence in the assembly hall, the Blessed One entered and asked "What was the topic of your conversation?" And they told him. 2
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 292
"Be merciful to those that struggle; have compassion upon the sufferers; pity the creatures who are hopelessly entangled in the snares of sorrow. 10
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 106
At her couch stood an aged woman imploring the heavens to bless the child. 7
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 215
Alāra said: "What is that self which perceives the actions of the five roots of mind, touch, smell, taste, sight, and hearing? What is that which is active in the two ways of motion, in the hands and in the feet? The problem of the soul appears in the expressions '_I_ say,' '_I_ know and perceive,' '_I_ come,' and '_I_ go' or '_I_ will stay here.' Thy soul is not thy body; it is not thy eye, not thy ear, not thy nose, not thy tongue, nor is it thy mind.
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 1584
Truth is the essence of life, for truth endureth beyond the death of the body. Truth is eternal and will still remain even though heaven and earth shall pass away. 28
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 448
Sāriputta seeing the venerable Assaji begging for alms, modestly keeping his eyes to the ground and dignified in deportment,[1] exclaimed: "Truly this samana has entered the right path; I will ask him in whose name he has retired from the world and what doctrine he professes." Being addressed by Sāriputta, Assaji replied: "I am a follower of the Buddha, the Blessed One, but being a novice I can tell you the substance only of the doctrine." 2
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 439
Sakka, the king of the Devas, assuming the appearance of a young Brahman, walked in front, and said: 4
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 1171
Little by little must the minds of men be trained for higher truths. 6
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 746
"So long as to the things Called 'mine' and 'I' and 'me' Thine anxious heart still clings, My snares thou canst not flee." 27
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 340
The devas left their heavenly abodes to listen to the sweetness of the truth; the saints that had parted from life crowded around the great teacher to receive the glad tidings; even the animals of the earth felt the bliss that rested upon the words of the Tathāgata: and all the creatures of the host of sentient beings, gods, men, and beasts, hearing the message of deliverance, received and understood it in their own language. 36
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 122
"On the fire of covetousness he will cause the cloud of his mercy to rise, so that the rain of the law may extinguish it. The heavy gates of despondency will he open, and give deliverance to all creatures ensnared in the selfentwined meshes of folly and ignorance. 23
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 812
"VII. Waste not the time with gossip, but speak to the purpose or keep silence. 10
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 1183
'Thou wilt let me fall if thou carry me like that. I will not go with thee!' replied the lobster. 9
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 480
The Buddha saw into the heart of the supporter of orphans; and knowing that unselfish charity was the moving cause of his offer, in acceptance of the gift, the Blessed One said: 2
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 694
"And Dīghāvu said without bitterness or ill-will: 'How can I grant thee thy life, O king, since my life is endangered by thee. I do not mean to take thy life. It is thou, O king, who must grant me my life.' 32
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 1896
Vesā'lī, _p._, Vaiśā'līī, _skt._, a great city of India, north of Patna.
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 1262
Then the Tathāgata concluded: "Are you going to stake that which is priceless against that which has no intrinsic value whatever?" 8
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 824
"No hostile feelings shall reside in his heart, and he must never abandon the disposition of charity toward all beings. His sole aim must be that all beings become Buddhas. 10
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 1825
Nadī'-Ka'ssapa, _p._, Nadī-Kā's'yapa, _skt._, brother of the great Kassapa of Uruvelā.
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 815
"X. Free your mind of ignorance and be anxious to learn the truth, especially in the one thing that is needful, lest you fall a prey either to scepticism or to errors. Scepticism will make you indifferent and errors will lead you astray, so that you shall not find the noble path that leads to life eternal." 13
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 1134
And the Blessed One replied: "These are wondrous things; but verily, every man can attain them. Consider the abilities of thine own mind; thou wert born about two hundred leagues from here and canst thou not in thy thought, in an instant travel to thy native place and remember the details of thy father's home? Seest thou not with thy mind's eye the roots of the tree which is shaken by the wind without being overthrown?
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 198
"Charity is rich in returns; charity is the greatest wealth, for though it scatters, it brings no repentance. 12
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 179
"I have awakened to the truth and I am resolved to accomplish my purpose. I will sever all the ties that bind me to the world, and I will go out from my home to seek the way of salvation. 17
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 522
"Whether Buddhas arise, O priests, or whether Buddhas do not arise, it remains a fact and the fixed and necessary constitution of being that all conformations are transitory. This fact a Buddha discovers and masters, and when he has discovered and mastered it, he announces, teaches, publishes, proclaims, discloses, minutely explains and makes it clear that all conformations are transitory. 2
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 1360
Once upon a time, when Brahmadatta was king of Benares, the Bodhisatta was born in the Himālaya region as an elephant. He grew up strong and big, and ranged the hills and mountains, the peaks and caves of the tortuous woods in the valleys. Once as he went he saw a pleasant tree, and took his food, standing under it. 4
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 1027
"At the same time thou art sure to receive the blessings of thy good actions. 64
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 696
"Thus, king Brahmadatta of Kāsi and young Dīghāvu granted each other's life and took each other's hand and swore an oath not to do any harm to each other. 34
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 172
A thrill of joy passed through Siddhattha's heart. "Now is the time to seek religion," he said; "now is the time to sever all ties that would prevent me from attaining perfect enlightenment; now is the time to wander into homelessness and, leading a mendicant's life, to find the path of deliverance." 10
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 1713
ChD.--[Chinese Dhammapada.] Texts from the Buddhist Canon, commonly known as Dhammapada. Translated by S. Beal, London and Boston, 1878.
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 1488
And the Blessed One addressed the venerable Ānanda, and said: "Now it may happen, Ānanda, that some one should stir up remorse in Chunda, the smith, by saying: 'It is evil to thee, Chunda, and loss to thee, that the Tathāgata died, having eaten his last meal from thy provision.' Any such remorse, Ānanda, in Chunda, the smith, should be checked by saying: 'It is good to thee, Chunda, and gain to thee, that the Tathāgata died, having eaten his last meal from thy provision.
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 129
But the kinsfolk replied and said: "The prince is young and delicate; nor has he learned any of the sciences. He would not be able to maintain our daughter, and should there be war he would be unable to cope with the enemy." 2
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 667
And both parties went to Savatthi to the Blessed One. And the venerable Sāriputta, having heard of their arrival, addressed the Blessed One and said: "These contentious, disputatious, and quarrelsome bhikkhus of Kosambī, the authors of dissensions, have come to Sāvatthi. How am I to behave, O Lord, toward those bhikkhus." 4
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 1365
"If they will treat another one like me, He will destroy them; and I shall be free." 10
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 250
When the Bodhisatta saw the bhikkhus turning away from him, he felt sorry for their lack of confidence, and was aware of the loneliness in which he lived. 12 Suppressing his grief he wandered on alone, and his disciples said, "Siddhattha leaves us to seek a more pleasant abode." 13
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 1931
Ignorance, free your mind of; ignorance the root of evil. Illimitable light. Illusion, self an; the ego an illusion. Illustration by a lamp; illustration by a letter. Image of the eternal, truth the. Immaterial life, emptiness and. Immeasurable light. Immolation. Immortal, life; the immortal path. Immortality; door of immortality; earnestness is the path of immortality; immortality in transiency; immortality in truth; the fruit of immortality; the water of immortality; truth and immortality.
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 1283
"Sister," said the young man, "it is not for my pleasure that I approach thee. It is to restore to thee a nobler beauty than the charms which thou hast lost. 8
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 252
As he walked, the earth shook and a brilliant light transfigured the world. 2