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Buddhism, in Its Connexion with Brahmanism and Hinduism, and in Its Contrast with ChristianityMonier-Williams, Monier, Sir

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Buddhism, in Its Connexion with Brahmanism and Hinduism, and in Its Contrast with Christianity

Name: Buddhism, in Its Connexion with Brahmanism and Hinduism, and in Its Contrast with Christianity
Author: Monier-Williams, Monier, Sir

Monier-Williams, Monier, Sir

Buddhism; Buddhism -- Relations -- Christianity; Christianity and other religions -- Buddhism; India -- Religion

The sacred land of Buddhism. Kapila-vastu, the Buddha’s birth-place.
      The arrow-fountain. Buddha-Gayā. Ancient Temple. Sacred tree.
      Restoration of Temple. Votive Stūpas. Mixture of Buddhism and
      Hindūism. Hiouen Thsang’s description of Buddha-Gayā. Sārnāth near
      Benares. Ruined Stūpa. Sculpture illustrating four events in the
      Buddha’s career. Rāja-gṛiha. Scene of incidents in the Buddha’s
      life. Deva-datta’s plots. Satta-paṇṇi cave. Ṡrāvastī. Residence in
      Jeta-vana monastery. Sandal-wood image. Miracles. Vaiṡālī, place
      of second council. Description by Hiouen Thsang and Fā-hien.
      Kauṡāmbī. Great monolith. Nālanda monastery. Hiouen Thsang’s
      description. Saṅkāṡya, place of Buddha’s descent from heaven.
      Account of the triple ladder. Sāketa or Ayodhyā. Miraculous tree.
      Kanyā-kubja. Ṡilāditya. Pāṭali-putra. Aṡoka’s palace. Founding of
      hospitals. First Stūpa. Kesarīya. Ruined mound. Stūpa.
      Kuṡi-nagara, the place of the Buddha’s death and Pari-nirvāṇa
                                                                  387-425


                              LECTURE XV.
                        Monasteries and Temples.

  Five kinds of dwellings permissible for monks. Institution of
      monasteries. Cave-monasteries. Monasteries in Ceylon, Burma, and
      British Sikkim. Monastery at Kīlang in Lahūl; at Kunbum; at Kuku
      khotun; at Kuren; at Lhāssa. Palace-monastery of Potala. Residence
      of Dalai Lāma, and Mr. Manning’s interview with him. Monasteries
      of Lā brang, Ramoćhe, Moru, Gar Ma Khian. Three mother-monasteries
      of the Yellow Sect, Galdan, Sera, and Dapung. Tashi Lunpo and the
      Tashi Lāma. Mr. Bogle’s interview with the Tashi Lāma. Turner’s
      interview with the Grand Lāma of the Terpaling monastery. Sarat
      Chandra Dās’ description of the Tashi Lunpo monastery. Monasteries
      of the Red Sect, Sam ye and Sakya. Monastery libraries. Temples.
      Cave-temples or Ćaityas. The Elorā Ćaitya. The Kārle Ćaitya.
      Village temples. Temples in Ceylon. Temple at Kelani. Tooth-temple
      at Kandy. Burmese temples. Rangoon pagoda. Temples in Sikkim,
      Mongolia, and Tibet. Great temple at Lhāssa; at Ramoćhe; at Tashi
      Lunpo                                                       426-464


                              LECTURE XVI.
                           Images and Idols.

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