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Edward Washburn Hopkins:The Religions Of India Volume 25
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1895 edition. Excerpt: ...overcome with astonishment as they saw his power over the King of Snakes that lived among them. The gods--for Buddhism, if not Buddha, has much to do with the gods--descend from heaven to hear him, and other mar.vels take place. The Brahmans are all converted. The miracles and the numbers may be stripped off, but thus denuded the truth still remains as important as it is plain. Priests of Brahman caste were among the first to adopt Buddhism. The popular effect of the teaching must have been great, for one reads how, when Buddha, after this great conversion, begins his victorious wanderings in Behar (Magadha), he converted so many of the young nobles that--since conversion led to the immediate result of renunciation--the people murmured, saying that Gautama (Gotama) was robbing them of their youth.1 1 A decided predilection for-the aristocracy appears to have lingered as an heir loom of the past in the older Buddhism, Oldenberg, Buddha, p. 157. From this time on.Buddha''s life was spent in wandering about and preaching the new creed mainly to the people of Behar and Oude (Kagi-Kosala, the realm of Benares-Oude), his course extending from the (Iravati) Rapti river in the north to Rajagriha (gaha, now Rajgir) south of Behar, while he spent the vasso or rainy season in one of the parks, many of which were donated to him by wealthy members of the fraternity.2 Wherever he went he was accompanied with a considerable number of followers, and one reads of pilgrims from distant places coming tp see and converse with him. The number of his followers appears to have been somewhat exaggerated by the later writers, since Buddha himself, when prophesying of the next Buddha, the Buddha of love (Maitreya) says that, whereas he himself has hundreds... Edward Washburn Hopkins, Books, Religion and Spirituality, The Religions Of India Volume 25 Books>Religion and Spirituality This is an OCR edition without illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from GeneralBooksClub.com. You can also preview excerpts from the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Original Published by: Ginn & Company in 1895 in 640 pages; Subjects: India; India Religion; History / Asia / India & South Asia; Religion / General; Religion / Buddhism / General; Religion / Eastern; Religion / Hinduism / General;<
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Edward Washburn Hopkins:The Religions Of India Volume 25
- nouveau livre ISBN: 9780217765688
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not … Plus…
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1895 edition. Excerpt: ...overcome with astonishment as they saw his power over the King of Snakes that lived among them. The gods--for Buddhism, if not Buddha, has much to do with the gods--descend from heaven to hear him, and other mar.vels take place. The Brahmans are all converted. The miracles and the numbers may be stripped off, but thus denuded the truth still remains as important as it is plain. Priests of Brahman caste were among the first to adopt Buddhism. The popular effect of the teaching must have been great, for one reads how, when Buddha, after this great conversion, begins his victorious wanderings in Behar (Magadha), he converted so many of the young nobles that--since conversion led to the immediate result of renunciation--the people murmured, saying that Gautama (Gotama) was robbing them of their youth.1 1 A decided predilection for-the aristocracy appears to have lingered as an heir loom of the past in the older Buddhism, Oldenberg, Buddha, p. 157. From this time on.Buddha''s life was spent in wandering about and preaching the new creed mainly to the people of Behar and Oude (Kagi-Kosala, the realm of Benares-Oude), his course extending from the (Iravati) Rapti river in the north to Rajagriha (gaha, now Rajgir) south of Behar, while he spent the vasso or rainy season in one of the parks, many of which were donated to him by wealthy members of the fraternity.2 Wherever he went he was accompanied with a considerable number of followers, and one reads of pilgrims from distant places coming tp see and converse with him. The number of his followers appears to have been somewhat exaggerated by the later writers, since Buddha himself, when prophesying of the next Buddha, the Buddha of love (Maitreya) says that, whereas he himself has hundreds... Edward Washburn Hopkins, Books, Religion and Spirituality, The Religions Of India Volume 25 Books>Religion and Spirituality, General Books LLC<
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