A General Index to the Names and Subject-Matter of the Sacred Books of the East — SBE Vol. 50 (compiled by M. Winternitz, 1910)
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; renunciation like the wishconferring g., 36, 58 sq. ; a wishconferring g. is not disgraced by a roughness on one side (Buddhism not by backsliders), 36, 74 ; Nirvana compared with the gods called * Formless Ones,' 36, 186 sq. ; guide
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in the woods who does not know the way (false philosopher), 45, 241; peeping at the hea'vens through a tube, aiming at the earth with an awl, 39, 389 ; some men do a business themselves, others need help (some become Arhats at once, others by means of recitation, «fec.), 36, 94 ; a man may go up the Himalaya^ but cannot bring the Himalaya here (Nirvana), 36, 105 ; the man thrown into a trough oi honey ^ 35, 88 ; mind without senses is like a house without a door, 8, 270 ; the world a h. on fire, 19, 53, 103 ; 45, 90 sq. ; 49 (i), 54 ; a falling h. supported by a prop— thus perseverance is a support, 35, 57; the apex the top of the h. — meditation, 35, 60 ; hs., trees and plants, pots, music, fire, images — do not spring up suddenly, but gradually, 35, 83-6 ; life compared with a redhot iron^ which cannot be taken hold of in any place, 36, 198 sq. ; if you do not give up false doctrines you will repent of it, as the man did who carried iron believing it to be silver, 45, 269 ; final beatitude, an island in the sea of Sawsara, 45, 313; people wandering through a dense forest to the Isle of Je^vels, and their guide who makes a magic city appear to give them some repose — so Buddha with fancied and real Nirvawa, 21, 181-3, 187-9 5 vciQXi setting out on 2i journey take provisions : why not take provisions on the journey to the world beyond, 4, 378 sq. ; the man who for the sake of one Kdkint loses a thousand Karshapa«as : worldly pleasures and divine life, 45, 28 sq.; the bliss of knowledge and the inconvenience undergone in the pursuit thereof, 36, 184 sq. ; teacher full of wisdom compared to a lake full of water, 22, 49 ; a lamp lighting up a house — so is wisdom, 35, 62 sq., 67; the 1. which burns the night through is the same and yet not the same in the three watches of the night— so is the continuity of a person, 35, 64 ; the letter written, when the 1. is lit, remains after the lamp is extinguished : reasoning ceases, and knowledge remains, 35, which burns the night through is the same and yet not the same in the three watches of the night— so is the continuity of a person, 35, 64 ; the letter written, when the 1. is lit, remains after the lamp is extinguished : reasoning ceases, and knowledge remains, 35,
67 ; a man lighting a 1. from another 1., 35, iiT ; 1. gives light, but remains luminous itself (Self compared with it), 48, 59 ; as one goes into a dark place with a lights so those who wish for the supreme go with the light of knowledge, 8, 379 sq. ; a lost thing found— a jungle cleared — Buddha rediscovers the lost teaching of the Buddhas, 36, 15; the man in loue with a woman whom he does not know, 11, 175 sq. ; man compared to a lute, 1, 263 sq. ; the lute the strings of which are too much stretched or too loose, 17, 8 ; the baby and the grown-up man are the same, and yet not the same individual— compare the continuity of a person when reborn, 35, 63 ; the sick man is yet subject to fear of . medical instruments, &c. (so beings in hell are in fear of death), 35, 211 sq. ; a sick man wants emetics, &c. (so for the wicked only restraint in food is enjoined, not for the Buddhas), 36, 7 ; oil given to patients before purges are administered, 36, 3 3 ; the parable of the Three Merchants, each travelling with his capital : the capital is human life, the gain is heaven, 45, xHi, 29 sq. ; the milk is not the same, and yet the same, as the curds, the butter, and the ghee — comp. the continuity of a person, 35, 65, 75 ; the mirror — the body, darkness— sleep, light— the mind, 36, 158, 160; Buddhism compared to a stainless m. that is constantly polished, 35, 189; mother-of-pearl mistaken for silver, 34, 4n., 5, 43 ; as a needle with its thread is not lost, so the soul possessing the sacred lore is not lost in the Sawsara, 45, 170 ; as the ocean remains unmoved, though all waters enter and fill it, so the devotee, 8, 51 ; as rivers run into the o., 8, 95, 307 ; the o. of this world, 8, 100, 179, 179 n., 245, 343 ; hke billows in the o., 8, 388 ; the eight qualities of the o., and the eight qualities of the Sa^wgha, 20, 301-5 ; 35, 13 1-4, 259 ; 36, 70 sq. ; the man who crosses the shallow brook, but hesitates before the mighty o. (Pa^^eka-Buddhas),
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35, 158 sq. ; a man can cross the o., but cannot bring the other shore here (Nirvawa realized, but no cause), 36, 105 ; Nirvawa as unfathomable as the sea, 36, 186 sq. ; drop of water on the blade of grass, and the o. : as human compared with divine pleasures, 45, 30 sq. ; Buddha compared to 2i physician^ 21, 304-6, 309; 35, 116, 165, i68 sq., 240; the ph. with the five kinds of drugs, 35, 68 sq. ; the sick man who goes to a skilled ph. but will not allow himself to be cured (backsliders), 36, 64 sq., 67 sq. ; training of a ph., comp. training for Nirvawa,
; Buddha compared to 2i physician^ 21, 304-6, 309; 35, 116, 165, i68 sq., 240; the ph. with the five kinds of drugs, 35, 68 sq. ; the sick man who goes to a skilled ph. but will not allow himself to be cured (backsliders), 36, 64 sq., 67 sq. ; training of a ph., comp. training for Nirvawa,
36, 254 sq. ; the man rescued from a pit full of dead bodies (Nirvawa), 36, 197 ; the man preparing poisons, and the man preparing ghee, honey, &c., 35, 94 sq. ; he who eats poison without knowing it, dies ; who walks into fire unawares, is burnt ; a man bitten by a snake unawares, is killed ; — an unconscious sin prevents conversion, 36, 80 sq. ; thQ potter makes different pots out of the same clay, so there are disciples, Pratyeka-Buddhas, and Bodhisattvas, though there is only one Buddha-vehicle, 21, 129, 136; the proud marHs garden destroyed while that of the humble man flourished, 9, 18 sq. ; the quarrel between the sense-organs, 1, 72-4, 72 n., 290; 8, 207, 268-70; 15, 202 sq., 274; the rain pouring down on all plants, exemplifying Buddha's preaching for the benefit of all creatures, 21, xxix, 119-27 ; the man who has lost his way finds a refuge at last (Nirvawa), 36, 200 ; the rich man is not poor, though he may not have food ready in his house at any time (Buddha, though omniscient, reflects), 35, 161; the ri'ver of which the senses are the banks, the agitation of mind the waters, and delusion the reservoir, 8, 344; the man praying to the further bank of a r. to come over, 11, 178-80 ; the man who wants to cross a r. while bound by a strong chain, or covering himself up with a veil, 11, 180-2 ; the brave man who jumps over the over-flowing brook— illustration of faith, 35, 56
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