Lectures on the origin and growth of religion as illustrated by some points in the history of Indian Buddhism / by T.W. Rhys Davids.

  • Thomas William Rhys Davids
Date:
1891
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Credit: Lectures on the origin and growth of religion as illustrated by some points in the history of Indian Buddhism / by T.W. Rhys Davids. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Each of them adduces the authority of a Brahman teacher, learned in the Scriptures; and when neither is able to convince the other, Yasettha says, “ That ^‘Samana Gotama, Bharadvaja, of the Sakya clan, who ‘‘left the Sakya tribe to adopt the religious life, is now “staying at Manasakata, in the mango-grove on the “bank of the river to the south of Manasakata. Now “regarding that venerable Gotama, such is the high “ reputation that has been noised abroad, that he is said “to be ‘a fully enlightened one, blessed and worthy, “‘abounding in wisdom and goodness, happy, with “ ‘ knowledge of the worlds, a blessed Buddha.’ Come “then, Bharadvaja, let us go to the place where the “Samana Gotama is; and having done so, let us ask “the Samana Gotama touching this matter. What “the Samana Gotama shall declare unto us, that let us “ bear in mind!” So they go to the Master and lay their difficulty before him, Yasettha being the spokesman. When Gotama hears that they both depend upon authorit}?^, he wants to know what is the dispute, the difference of opinion between them. “Just, Gotama, as near a village or a town there are “ many and various paths, yet they all meet together “in the village; just in that way are all the various “paths taught by various Brahmans—the Addhari}m “Brahmans, the Tittiriya Brahmans, the Chandoka “ Brahmans, the Chandava Brahmans, the Brahma-
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