Historical Researches on the Origin and Principles of the Bauddha and Jaina Religions: Embracing the Leading Tenets of Their System, as Found Prevailing in Various Countries; Illustrated by Descriptive Accounts of the Sculptures in the Caves of Western in
Historical Researches on the Origin and Principles of the Bauddha and Jaina Religions: Embracing the Leading Tenets of Their System, as Found Prevailing in Various Countries; Illustrated by Descriptive Accounts of the Sculptures in the Caves of Western in
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1847 Excerpt: ... Sravaka, and Chailaka. The laity of the Jains engaged in secular employment, and obeying the precepts of their scriptures, without practising ascetical devotion, are called Sravakas; one of the appellations for a Bauddha proficient. Their priests too are the Saddhus, (saints) and the Yatis, or secular instructors. The ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1847 Excerpt: ... Sravaka, and Chailaka. The laity of the Jains engaged in secular employment, and obeying the precepts of their scriptures, without practising ascetical devotion, are called Sravakas; one of the appellations for a Bauddha proficient. Their priests too are the Saddhus, (saints) and the Yatis, or secular instructors. The former denomination is of similar meaning as Arhat, corrupted in Burmah into Rahatan, and applied to designate members of the monastic fraternity generally; while in Nepal the same class are called Bandyas, and in China Bonzes. The general principles of agreement in opinion between the Bauddhas and Jainas, disavowing the divine origin of the Vedas, and appealing rather to reason than to revelation, or authority, accompanied by a tender regard for the preservation of animal life, Notices of different systems of Buddhism, from Tibet authorities, by Alex. Csoma Korosi. Prinsep's Journal, Vol. VII, 142. f Mr. Colebrooke on the Nyaya or dialectic school of Hindu philosophy, Trans. R. A. S. Vol. II. p. 99, and again on the Bauddha sectaries at page 550; also Delamaine on the Jains, page 416 of the same volume. It appears from the analysis of the Kahgyur, by Professor H. H. Wilson and Alex. Csoma Korosi, that the Prajna Paramita, or transcendental wisdom of Tibet, like the Karmika system of Buddhism in Nepal, teaches the existence of the Shad Ayatan, or seats of the six senses, admitting man as as the sixth, and recognizing Akasa, (ether, ) as the fifth element, which though reckoned by the Nyayikas, wasdisputed by the Baudhas, and even by the most primitive Jains, if Mr. Colebrooke's exposition of their doctrines be correct. See Prinsep's Journal, Vol. I. p. 377. Mr. Hodgson's quotations in proof of his authority on Buddhism; Prinsep's Journal, Vol....
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