The Gospel of Buddha
Paul Carus
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The Gospel of Buddha, passage 46
Lest the reader be unnecessarily bewildered with foreign-looking dots and signs, which after all are no help to him, all dotted ṭ, ḍ, ṃ, ṇ, and italicized _t, d, m, n_ have been replaced in the text of the book by t, d, m, n, ñ, ññ, dotted ṛ and italicized _s_ have been transcribed by ny, nny, ri, and sh, while the Glossary preserves the more exact transcription.
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 1799
Ji'na, _p._ and _skt._, the Conqueror, an honorary title of Buddha. The Jains use the term with preference as an appellative of Vardhamāna whom they revere as their Buddha.
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 154
With bated breath and stammering accents the prince exclaimed: "O worldly men! How fatal is your delusion! Inevitably your body will crumble to dust, yet carelessly, unheedingly, ye live on." 17
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 1893
Va'ssa, _p._, Va'rsha, _skt._, rain, rainy season. During the rainy season of Northern India, which falls in the months from June to October, the samanas could not wander about, but had to stay in one place. It was the time in which the disciples gathered round their master, listening to his instructions. Thus it became the festive time of the year. In Ceylon, where these same months are the fairest season of the year, Buddhists come together and live in temporary huts, holding religious meetings in the open air, reading the Pitakas and enjoying the Jātakas, legends, and parables of Buddhism. [See Rhys Davids's _B._, p. 57.]
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 1525
"But what ye speak, O disciples, is it not even that which ye have yourselves known, yourselves seen, yourselves realised?" 23
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 1037
"I shall fill with joy all the beings whose limbs languish; I shall give happiness to those who are dying from distress; I shall extend to them succor and deliverance. 7
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 485
"The charitable man has found the path of salvation. He is like the man who plants a sapling, securing thereby the shade, the flowers, and the fruit in future years. Even so is the result of charity, even so is the joy of him who helps those that are in need of assistance; even so is the great Nirvāna. 7
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 930
And Sigāla looked up to the Blessed One with reverence as to his father and said: "Truly, Gotama, thou art the Buddha, the Blessed One, the holy teacher. I never knew what I was doing, but now I know. Thou hast revealed to me the truth that was hidden as one who bringeth a lamp into the darkness. I take my refuge in the Enlightened Teacher, in the truth that enlightens, and in the community of brethren who have been taught the truth." 7
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 363
The Blessed One said to Yasa: "Here is no distress; here are no tribulations. Come to me and I will teach you the truth, and the truth will dispel your sorrows." 3
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 1232
Thus the merchant of our story traversed the desert. And when he had passed over fifty-nine leagues he thought, "Now, in one more night we shall get out of the sand," and after supper he directed the wagons to be yoked, and so set out. The pilot had cushions arranged on the foremost cart and lay down, looking at the stars and directing the men where to drive. But worn out by want of rest during the long march, he fell asleep, and did not perceive that the oxen had turned round and taken the same road by which they had come. 12
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 915
When the Buddha had thus spoken, one of the Brahmans said: "We are told, Gotama, that the Sakyamuni knows the path to a union with Brahmā." 27
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 1709
Bgt.--The Life or Legend of Gautama, by the R. Rev. P. Bigandet.
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 1361
Then some impertinent monkeys came down out of the tree, and jumping on the elephant's back, insulted and tormented him greatly; they took hold of his tusks, pulled his tail and disported themselves, thereby causing him much annoyance. The Bodhisatta, being full of patience, kindliness and mercy, took no notice at all of their misconduct which the monkeys repeated again and again. 5
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 888
The gift of religion exceeds all gifts; the sweetness of religion exceeds all sweetness; the delight in religion exceeds all delights; the extinction of thirst overcomes all pain. 49
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 781
And a man came to him and said: "My heart is nervous and excited, for I see people die. I am not anxious about others, but I tremble because of myself. Help me; cure me of my fear." 4
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 55
Table of Reference Abbreviations in the Table of Reference Glossary of Names and Terms Index Remarks on the illustrations of the Gospel of Buddha
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 1570
Receive us, O Buddha, as thy disciples from this day hence, so long as our life lasts. 14
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 462
And the Blessed One saw at once the sterling quality of Anāthapindika's heart and greeted him with words of religious comfort. And they sat down together, and Anāthapindika listened to the sweetness of the truth preached by the Blessed One. And the Buddha said: 3
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 160
The king, his father, hearing that the prince had become estranged from pleasure, was greatly overcome with sorrow and like a sword it pierced his heart. 23
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 383
When Yasa's friends heard that Yasa had cut off his hair and put on bhikkhu robes to give up the world and go forth into homelessness, they thought: "Surely that cannot be a common doctrine, that must be a noble renunciation of the world, if Yasa, whom we know to be good and wise, has shaved his hair and put on bhikkhu robes to give up the world and go forth into homelessness." 24
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 1634
Gospel: XXIX Sources: MV, i, 54; HM, 208-209 Parallelisms: --
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 270
Destroy illusions and the contact with things will cease to beget misconception. Destroy misconception and you do away with thirst. Destroy thirst and you will be free of ail morbid cleaving. Remove the cleaving and you destroy the selfishness of selfhood. If the selfishness of selfhood is destroyed you will be above birth, old age, disease, and death, and you will escape all suffering. 9
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 1384
And the Lord continued: "Then thou hast perceived all the Blessed Ones who in the long ages of the future shall be holy Buddhas?" 5
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 1311
Having arrived at the Jetavana, the Brahman told his story and how his boy had refused to recognize him and to go home with him. 8
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 29
Further, some doctrines of the constitution of existence have been formulated by the church in certain symbols, and since these symbols contain contradictions and come in conflict with science, the educated classes are estranged from religion. Now, Buddhism is a religion which knows of no supernatural revelation, and proclaims doctrines that require no other argument than the "come and see." The Buddha bases his religion solely upon man's knowledge of the nature of things, upon provable truth.
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 1615
Gospel: XVI Sources: Fo, vv. 1217-1279; MV, i, 6, Secs. 10-47 Parallelisms: --
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 1895
Veluva'na, _p._, Venuva'na, _skt._, a bamboo-grove at Rājagaha; Veluvana vihāra.
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 158
Then asked Kisā Gotamī: "How is Nirvāna attained?" The prince paused, and to him whose mind was estranged from wrong the answer came: "When the fire of lust is gone out, then Nirvāna is gained; when the fires of hatred and delusion are gone out, then Nirvāna is gained; when the troubles of mind, arising from blind credulity, and all other evils have ceased, then Nirvāna is gained!" Siddhattha handed her his precious pearl necklace as a reward for the instruction she had given him, and having returned home looked with disdain upon the treasures of his palace. 21
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 185
The Bodhisatta replied: "Well do I know that the wheel of empire will appear to me; but it is not sovereignty that I desire. I will become a Buddha and make all the world shout for joy." 24
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 164
While the prince was pondering on the problem of evil, he beheld with his mind's eye under the jambu-tree a lofty figure endowed with majesty, calm and dignified. "Whence comest thou, and who mayst thou be?" asked the prince. 4
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 801
"Birth is suffering; old age is suffering; disease is suffering; death is suffering; sorrow and misery are suffering; affliction and despair are suffering; to be united with loathsome things is suffering; the loss of that which we love and the failure in attaining that which is longed for are suffering; all these things, O brethren, are suffering. 10
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 1786
Hinayā'na, _skt._, the small vehicle, viz., of salvation. A name invented by Northern Buddhists, in contradistinction to Mahāyāna, to designate the spirit of Southern Buddhism. The term is not used among Southern Buddhists.
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 244
The Bodhisatta was shrunken and attenuated, and his body was like a withered branch; but the fame of his holiness spread in the surrounding countries, and people came from great distances to see him and receive his blessing. 6
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 1481
Aroused and gladdened by the words of the Blessed One, Pukkusa, the young Malla, addressed a certain man who happened to pass by, and said: "Fetch me, I pray thee, my good man, two robes of cloth of gold, burnished and ready for wear." 17
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 1202
A samana sitting in the market-place heard these words and said: "My friend, if thine eyes are blind to the sight of the omnipresent light of the day, do not call the world dark. Thy torch adds nothing to the glory of the sun and thy intention to illumine the minds of others is as futile as it is arrogant." 2
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 616
Visākhā replied: "Befitting, Lord, and unobjectionable are the boons I ask." 6
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 420
"Now attend and listen: The senses meet the object and from their contact sensation is born. Thence results recollection. Thus, as the sun's power through a burning-glass causes fire to appear, so through the cognizance born of sense and object, the mind originates and with it the ego, the thought of self, whom some Brahman teachers call the lord. The shoot springs from the seed; the seed is not the shoot; both are not one and the same, but successive phases in a continuous growth. Such is the birth of animated life. 12
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 4
Additions and modifications contain nothing but ideas for which prototypes can be found somewhere among the traditions of Buddhism, and have been introduced as elucidations of its main principles.
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 1075
The abuser went away ashamed, but he came again and took refuge in the Buddha, the Dharma, and the Sangha. 9
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 752
"T'is deeds, thy deeds, both good and bad; Naught else can after death be had. Thy deeds are thine, thy recompense; They are thine own when going hence; They like a shadow follow thee And will Beyond thine heirloom be. 34
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 858
If a man commits a wrong let him not do it again; let him not delight in wrongdoing; pain is the outcome of evil. If a man does what is good, let him do it again; let him delight in it; happiness is the outcome of good. 19
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 1009
"Well, then, we agree that the flame of to-day is in a certain sense the same as the flame of yesterday, and in another sense it is different at every moment. Moreover, the flames of the same kind, illuminating with equal power the same land of rooms, are in a certain sense the same." 41
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 914
The Holy One said: "The Brahmans cling to the five things leading to worldliness and yield to the temptations of the senses; they are entangled in the five hindrances, lust, malice, sloth, pride, and doubt. How can they be united to that which is most unlike their nature? Therefore the threefold wisdom of the Brahmans is a waterless desert, a pathless jungle, and a hopeless desolation." 26
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 1640
Gospel: XXXIV, 24 [Last part of the verse.] Sources: Bgt, p. 211 Parallelisms: Luke viii, 2; Matth. xiii, 24-27
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 193
And king Bimbisāra, noticing the commotion in the city, inquired the cause of it, and when he learned the news sent one of his attendants to observe the stranger. 6
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 313
"Anger, drunkenness, obstinacy, bigotry, deception, envy, self-praise, disparaging others, superciliousness and evil intentions constitute uncleanness; not verily the eating of flesh. 8
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 1052
Before Rāhula, the son of Gotama Siddhattha and Yasodharā, attained to the enlightenment of true wisdom, his conduct was not always marked by a love of truth, and the Blessed One sent him to a distant vihāra to govern his mind and to guard his tongue. 1
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 1907
Blessed One, has to suffer, the; Blessed One, refuge in the; Blessed One swooned, the; Blessed One walked unshod, the, Blessed One, wearisome to the. Blind man. Blind men. Blind received sight. Blind, the man born. Blind, truth is hidden to the. Blind, your eyes are. Bliss be diffused, let the. Bliss, the communication of. Bliss where suffering is. Blood, atonement by. Blood has no cleansing power. Blood, shedding of. Blow, give the rock a good. Blow off the impurities. Body of flesh?
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 910
"Yet this is the way of the Brahmans. They omit the practice of those qualities which really make a man a Brahman, and say, 'Indra, we call upon thee; Soma, we call upon thee; Varuna, we call upon thee; Brahmā, we call upon thee.' Verily, it is not possible that these Brahmahns, on account of their invocations, prayers, and praises, should after death be united with Brahmā." 20
The Gospel of Buddha, passage 1484
The Blessed One said: "Pukkusa, robe me in one, and Ānanda in the other." 20