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Art. XVII.—The Buddhism of Ceylon
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 March 2011
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I propose in this paper to consider the claims of Cingalese Buddhism. What these claims are had better be stated at starting, from the writings of Dr. Rhys Davids, the most prominent advocate of these claims. We are, I think, indebted to him for priceless translations: but a linguist is not always infallible as a reasoner. Professor Beal has given us still more valuable linguistic contributions; and he has taken Dr. Rhys Davids to task. He says that the allegations that Buddha preached “atheism, annihilation, and the nonexistence of the soul,” are “more easily made than proved.”
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page note 419 1 Romantic History, Introd. p. x.
page note 419 2 Buddhism, p. 207.
page note 419 3 Ibid. p. 99.
page note 419 4 Letter to the Spectator, Feb. 25, 1882.
page note 419 5 An obstacle in the way of this date is a colossal statue in Western India, erected to Ādi Buddhanâth. This must plainly have been erected before the Brahmin persecution had expelled the Buddhists from those parts. Also, very colossal statues are not erected to new gods, but gods long established. See Tod's Travels in Western India, p. 276.
page note 420 1 Lalita Vistara, Foucaux's Translation, p. 230.
page note 420 2 Hodgson's Essays, p. 84.
page note 420 3 Ibid.
page note 420 4 Ibid.
page note 420 5 Colebrooke's Essays, vol. i. p. 242.
page note 421 1 Buddhist Suttas, p. 208.
page note 421 2 Buddhism, p. 177.
page note 422 1 A statue of Buddha was exhibited when this paper was read before the Royal Asiatic Society.
page note 422 2 Schlagintweit, , Buddhism in Tibet, p. 54Google Scholar.
page note 423 1 Buddhist Suttas, p. 214; also Preface, p. x.
page note 423 2 Buddhist Suttas, p. 167.
page note 426 1 p. 201.
page note 426 2 p. 203.
page note 426 3 Nipata, Sutta, Fausböll, p. 47Google Scholar.
page note 426 4 foot-note, Buddhist Suttas, p. 168.
page note 426 5 See Ward, vol. ii. p. 30.
page note 427 1 Roy, Rammohun, Translation of the Vedas, p. 36Google Scholar.
page note 428 1 Essays, vol. i. p. 397.
page note 428 2 Hodgson, p. 96; Bigandet, p. 331.
page note 429 1 Hodgson, pp. 44, 45.
page note 429 2 See Romantic History, Introd. p. x; Buddha and Early Buddhism, p. 125.
page note 429 3 Manual, p. 463.
page note 429 4 Manual, p. 261. As opposed to Dr. Rhys Davids, see also Oldenberg, , Buddha, pp. 244, 255, etc.Google Scholar; Burnouf, , Introduction, pp. 513; Childers, Pâli Dictionary, sub voce Kamma and the Khandas; Schrböter, Bhotanta DictionaryGoogle Scholar; Beal, , Romantic History, Introduction, p. xGoogle Scholar.
page note 429 5 Lalita Vistara, p. 337.
page note 430 1 History of Buddhism, p. 74.
page note 431 1 Sept Suttas Pālis, v. p. 107 (Grimblot).
page note 432 1 Turnour, , Jour. Beng. Asiat. Soc., vol. vi. p. 524Google Scholar.
page note 432 2 Sept Suttas Pālis, pp. 72, 73, etc.
page note 432 3 Ibid. p. 76.
page note 432 4 Ibid. p. 78.
page note 432 5 Birth Stories, pp. 78, 82, 89.
page note 433 1 Turnour, , Journ. Beng. Asiat. Soc., vol. vi. pp. 505, et seqGoogle Scholar.
page note 433 2 Sacred Books of the East, vol. x. p. x.
page note 434 1 Saturday Review, Nov. 5, 1881.
page note 434 2 p. 142.
page note 434 3 Asiatic Researches, vol. xx.
page note 435 1 Buddhism, p. 134, note.
page note 435 2 Mahāwanso, Chap. 33.
page note 436 1 Asiatic Researches, vol. xvi. p. 454.
page note 436 2 Sept Suttas Pālis, Grimblot, p. 323.
page note 437 1 Owing to a press of matter there has been some delay in printing this paper, and intermediately I have discovered the epoch of the rise of Agnostic Buddhism.It was first made official under King Kaniska (A.D. 10). In a little book, “ The Popular Life of Buddha,” published by Messrs. Kegan Paul & Trench, I have given a detailed account of this change of front.