Originally Buddhism set its face against all solitary asceticism and all secret efforts to attain sublime heights of knowledge.
Indeed, it is probable that the chief cause of their popularity, as personal objects of adoration, was that they were able to help their worshippers to attain to the same permanent and unchangeable regions of bliss.
It was certainly a great gain for a woman when she was permitted to become a nun (or a Theri); for, as a nun, she could even attain Arhatship.
It is right, being such, that I should strive to attain the great deathless Nirva[n.
No woman, however, couldattain to Buddhahood without being born as a man, so that it could scarcely be said that in Buddha there is 'neither male nor female.
These, too, every Bodhi-sattva had to practise before he could attain Buddhahood.
It may be safely affirmed that the chief religious aim of the Buddhists of Ceylon is to acquire merit with a view to 'better' themselves in future states of existence, and that their highest aspiration is to attain to the heaven of Indra ([.
But he was to attain more notoriety in a less useful struggle.
There are in the north cedars of excellent quality, both red and white, which attain a height of 160 feet.
On the Civil Port immense sums have been spent, and it has been made thoroughly fit to deal with the portentous grain traffic, large already and which must very soon attain marvellous proportions.
It is believed that even poisonous plants are absolutely innocuous if plucked and eaten on the fifth of the fifth moon, while medicinal herbs attain their supreme degree of efficacy.
Certainly the offering of these must have been an act of the highest merit, and the giver must be a holy man who will some day attain Buddhahood.
Thus, from the most varied and often most unpromising sources are derived those important details which make it possible toattain an exact and realistic conception of Babylonian and Assyrian history and life.
These and the hints given by the legal phrase-books had allowed us to attain considerable knowledge of what was legal and right in ancient Babylonia or Assyria.
From a very early age I have had to act contrary to my inner convictions; in religion, in society, in politics, I have often had to pretend in order to attain my object.
In spite of every comfort and convenience I cannot to-day attain to what I could when I went to bed hungry and slept on the hard, bare boards.
I was considered the second best scholar, but could not attainto the position of primus, for the simple reason that I studied one subject less than the others, namely, catechism.
On the east is the Pennine range of mountains, which in this locality attain their greatest altitude.
But we have what are called racing carriages with which we canattain nearly twice that speed.
And the committee were well aware that extreme measures were necessary to attain these ends, for to convert the Masai into a peaceable people meant nothing less than to divest them of their characteristic peculiarities.
The brow and eyes, the whole spirit of the face, betokened reflection and acuteness, and Rachel wanted to attain to her opinions; but beyond a certain depth there was no reaching.
He is not a regimental officer; he is on our staff," said Leoline, whose imagination could not attain to an earlier condition than "on our staff.
I should like to have as much influence over people's minds as that Invalid for instance, and by earnest effort I know I shall attain it.
Plato lays down his ends with great distinctness as well as the means whereby he proposes toattain them.
In order to attain this position, the eye itself is not unfrequently distorted; and when it is kept so for any length of time it becomes extremely painful.
Bewick's life affords a useful lesson to all who wish to attain distinction in art, and at the same time to preserve their independence.
Though wood engraving had very greatly improved from about the end of the fifteenth century to the time of Durer's decease, yet it certainly did not attain its perfection within that period.
Had Albert Durer engraved his own designs, I am inclined to think that he would not have introduced cross-hatching so frequently, but would have endeavoured to attain his object by means which were easier of execution.
This class of the comic, moreover, may attain a special profundity of its own when it discloses not merely a professional practice, but a fault in character.
Ah, within thine arms to hide me, That was a sweet and a gracious bliss, But no more, no more can I attain it!
Through beauty, as Schiller tried to show in his letters on 'AEsthetic Culture,' weattain to freedom.
We make a great mistake when we imagine that children are influenced in their activity mainly by a desire for the objects which they attain by it.
For example, they in Tuscany are like unto those of other countries: so that from the knowledge of the site of one country, it is easie to attain to know that of others.
He seems to have intended to illustrate and to popularise his ideals and to attain by a story the many whom his discourses could not reach.
Insects have more stages to pass through before they attain their perfect growth than other creatures.
If they affect ourselves, in our health or our possessions, whether for good or for evil, an additional impulse is naturally given to our desire to attain a knowledge of their properties.
Owing to particular circumstances, they do not all attain an equal size.
He however aspired at something far beyond mere imitation, and said that he had a mental conception of the beautiful, which he did not despair to attain if his life should be spared.
Although educated by Franceschini, as we learn from the new Guide, he did not imitate his colouring: this he sought to attain from Cignani.
He painted to advance the art, and spared neither time nor expense to attain his object, employing seven years on his fresco histories at St. Peter's; and five more in retouching them when dry.
To give it greater attractions, he next proceeded to copy from, and to consult Lodovico, not in order to attain his manner, but with the view of improving his own.
A warrior who would be guilty of violating this taboo would never, it is thought, attain the rank of warrior chief.
He therefore retires a little distance, and after reassuring himself that all is well, proceeds to attain his object.
Neither did the man crouch or flee, nor did the beast attain to him.
With diligence in accumulating materials, and patient care in elaborating them, he could scarcely fail to attain distinguished excellence.
Her element was altogether house-management; the aim of her endeavour to attain the virtues by which she saw her pious Mother made happy herself, in making others happy in the narrow in-door kingdom.
After these incidents, Schiller bent his whole strength to disengage himself from the crushing burden of his debts, and to attain the goal marked out for him by his Parents' wishes,—an enduring settlement and steady way of life.
He lived to see the full renown of the Poet, and his close connection with Goethe, through which he was to attain complete mastership and lasting composure.
A catalogue or list of stars is a work giving for each star listed its magnitude and its position on the celestial sphere, with such other particulars as may be necessary to attain the object of the catalogue.
The fact that the expedition had failed to reach the Pole, or to attain any unusual high latitude, was forgotten or ignored.
Of what use now was ambition, endeavour, and the striving to attain great ends?
There'd be no criminals if every one were able to attain his desires within the law.
