 Therefore, O Ananda, be ye lamps unto yourselves. Be ye a refuge to yourselves. Betake yourselves to no external refuge. Hold fast to the truth as a lamp. Hold fast as a refuge to the truth. Look not for refuge to any one besides yourselves.  The Bibliotheca Sacra - Page 7681901Full view - About this book
 | 1894 - 1020 pages
...himself, may be considered a comprehensive embodiment of the Buddhistic practical doctrine : — " Be ye lamps unto yourselves. Be ye a refuge to yourselves....not for refuge to any one besides yourselves. And how is a brother to be a lamp unto himself, betaking himself to no external refuge, holding fast to... | |
 | Suttapiṭaka - 1881 - 420 pages
...concerned with no material object — it is only then that the body of the Tathagata is at ease. 33. 'Therefore, O Ananda, be ye lamps unto yourselves....not for refuge to any one besides yourselves. And how, Ananda, is a brother to be a lamp unto himself, a refuge to himself, betaking himself to no external... | |
 | 1881 - 294 pages
...the body of " ' the Tathagata is at ease. " ' Therefore, O Ananda, be ye lamps unto your" ' selves. Be ye a refuge to yourselves. Betake " ' yourselves...for refuge to any one besides yourselves. " ' And how, Ananda, is a brother to be a lamp unto " 'himself, a refuge to himself, betaking himself to no... | |
 | Thomas William Rhys Davids - 1881 - 286 pages
...that the body of " 'the Tathagata is at ease. "'Therefore, 0 Ananda, be ye lamps unto your" ' selves. Be ye a refuge to yourselves. Betake " ' yourselves...for refuge to any one besides yourselves. " ' And how, Ananda, is a brother to be a lamp unto " ' himself, a refuge to himself, betaking himself to no... | |
 | Thomas William Rhys Davids - 1882 - 298 pages
...body of " ' the Tathagata is at ease. " ' Therefore, 0 Ananda, be ye lamps unto your"' selves. I3e ye a refuge to yourselves. Betake " ' yourselves to...for refuge to any one besides yourselves. " ' And how, Ananda, is a brother to be a lamp unto " 'himself, a refuge to himself, betaking himself to no... | |
 | Samuel Henry Kellogg - 1885 - 422 pages
...told again that, shortly before the death of the Buddha, he said to Ananda, one of his disciples— O Ananda, be ye lamps unto yourselves. Be ye a refuge...Look not for refuge to any one besides yourselves. 4 The Parables of Buddhaghosha, as already remarked, give us by the help of parable an exposition of... | |
 | Samuel Henry Kellogg - 1885 - 422 pages
...told again that, shortly before the death of the Buddha, he said to Ananda, one of his disciples — 0 Ananda, be ye lamps unto yourselves. Be ye a refuge...the truth. Look not for refuge to any one besides yourselves.4 The Parables of Bvddhaghosha, as already remarked, give us by the help of parable an exposition... | |
 | Romesh Chunder Dutt - 1889 - 368 pages
...journey is drawing to its close, I have reached the sum of my days, I am turning eighty years of age. * * Therefore, O Ananda ! be ye lamps unto yourselves....Truth as a lamp. Hold fast as a refuge to the Truth." In Chapala Chetiya, Gautama delivered a discourse in which he enumerated four classes of men, viz.,... | |
 | Charles Gore - 1891 - 336 pages
...dependent upon him. Why then should he leave instructions in any matter concerning the order? . . . Therefore, O Ananda, be ye lamps unto yourselves....yourselves. Betake yourselves to no external refuge . . . And whosoever, Ananda, either now or after I am dead, shall be a lamp unto themselves, and a... | |
 | 1892 - 880 pages
...dependent upon him. Why, then, should he leave instructions in any matter concerning the Order? ... " Therefore, O Ananda, be ye lamps unto yourselves. Be ye a refuge to yourselves. Hold fast to the truth as a lamp. Hold fast as a refuge to the truth. Look not for refuge to any one... | |
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