 | Paul Carus - 1897 - 320 pages
...and pleasure-seeking is degrading and vulgar. M "But to satisfy the necessities of life is not evil. To keep the body in good health is a duty, for otherwise...lamp of wisdom, and keep our mind strong and clear. M "This is the middle path, O bhikshus, that keeps aloof from both extremes. " B And the Blessed One... | |
 | Pokala Lakshmi Narasu - 1907 - 302 pages
...to save it as far as possible from fatigue, to eliminate sensations that are disagreeable, in short, to keep the body in good health, is a duty, for otherwise...not be able to trim the lamp of wisdom and keep our minds strong and clear. " This is the Middle Path, O bhikshus, that keeps aloof from both extremes."... | |
 | 1915 - 346 pages
...pleasure-seeking is degrading and vulgar. 1 3 "But to satisfy the necessities of life is not evil. To keep the body in good health is a duty, for otherwise...lamp of wisdom, and keep our mind strong and clear. Water surrounds the lotusflower, but does not wet its petals. 14 "This is the middle path, O bhikkhus,... | |
 | 1917 - 348 pages
...drink according to the needs of the body. 1 i I* "But to satisfy the necessities of life is not evil. To keep the body in good health is a duty, for otherwise...lamp of wisdom, and keep our mind strong and clear. Water surrounds the lotusflower, but does not wet its petals. 14 "This is the middle path, O bhikkhus,... | |
 | Dennison Berwick - 1986 - 260 pages
...Buddha apparently told five monks in this first sermon. 'To satisfy the necessities of life is not evil. To keep the body in good health is a duty, for otherwise...lamp of wisdom, and keep our mind strong and clear. Water surrounds the lotus-flower, but does not wet its petals.' Buddha preached an eightfold path of... | |
 | William B. Irvine - 2005 - 336 pages
...rejection of asceticism by arguing that for someone "to satisfy the necessities of life is not evil. To keep the body in good health is a duty, for otherwise...not be able to trim the lamp of wisdom, and keep our minds strong and clear."4 This piece of advice raises a new concern. If we acknowledge our desires,... | |
 | Nagendranath Gangulee - 1957 - 214 pages
...and pleasure-seeking is degrading and vulgar. " But to satisfy the necessities of life is not evil. To keep the body in good health is a duty, for otherwise...lamp of wisdom, and keep our mind strong and clear. Water surrounds the lotus-flower, but does not wet its petals. " This is the middle path, O bhikkhus,... | |
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But to satisfy the necessities of life is not evil. To keep the body in good health is a duty, for otherwise we shall not be able to trim the lamp of wisdom, and keep our mind strong and clear. Water surrounds the lotus-flower, but does not wet its petals.... 