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Page 357
... Buddha . This primarily peaceful organization turned into a revolutionary one , perhaps because of a lack of a consistent system of beliefs , its magical ingredients , and the presence of some of the char- acteristics of secret ...
... Buddha . This primarily peaceful organization turned into a revolutionary one , perhaps because of a lack of a consistent system of beliefs , its magical ingredients , and the presence of some of the char- acteristics of secret ...
Page 426
... ( Buddha- to - be ) Avalokitesvara into a compassionate mother figure . Most omnipresent of the shen was the local earth god ( T'u - ti ) , humble in rank , yet closest of all to the daily lives of the people in his capacity as the ...
... ( Buddha- to - be ) Avalokitesvara into a compassionate mother figure . Most omnipresent of the shen was the local earth god ( T'u - ti ) , humble in rank , yet closest of all to the daily lives of the people in his capacity as the ...
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... Buddha is mentioned for the first time in Christian literature - and there only once - by Clement of Alexandria about AD 200 ; and it vanished after that from Christian literature for a full 1,300 years . Pāli , the language of the ...
... Buddha is mentioned for the first time in Christian literature - and there only once - by Clement of Alexandria about AD 200 ; and it vanished after that from Christian literature for a full 1,300 years . Pāli , the language of the ...
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