The Buddhas Way of Virtue a Translation of the Dhammapada From the Pali Tex
The Buddhas Way of Virtue a Translation of the Dhammapada From the Pali Tex
Gabrielle Festing
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46. The flowery sliafts of Mara : the insidious advances of the King of Death. Cf. Ps. V, 9 : " They flatter with their tongue. " 49. The mendicant is to take what is given him by the faithful, doing them no harm, and taking nothing but what they freely give. 51. Cf. Matt, xxiii, 3: "They say and do not. " 54. Natural law is not universally valid in the spiritual world ! 56. Certain " rishis, " having neglected cleanliness in their pursuit of holiness, were ashamed to come into the presence of ...the gods : " Never fear, " said the gods, " our nostrils are filled with the fragrance of your good deeds. " NOTES 89 Cf. Our phrases : " The odour of sanctity " ; " The beauty of holiness. " 61. According to Buddhism neither will profit by such companionship. (Cf. 64. ) 64. Cf. Ecclus. Xxii, 7 : "He that teacheth a fool is as one that glueth a potsherd together. " 70. I. E. Extreme asceticism and religious observance are not worth a tithe of goodness. 73-4. Ambition and self-will are the besetting faults of the Brahmin.
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