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The Maha-Bodhi. May-June 1948

1948

“Go ye Bhikkhus and wander forth for the gain of the many for the welfare of the many in compassion for the world for the good for the gain for the welfare of gods and men. [...] From the cessation of Ignorance to the cessation of the Sankharas ; from the cessation of the Sankharas to the cessation of Consciousness ; from cessation of"42 THE MAH A-BODHI [MAY---IJNE Consciousness to the cessation of Nama Rupa and so to the end even to the Ultimate Peace of Nirvana. [...] Real faith of the highest kind is the. faith that is connected with the realisation of Nibbana the Peace that arises with the final dstruction of craving in all its forms ; and as the Buddha his Dhamma and the Aryasangha embody for us the essentials of that realisation to have the highest kind of faith is to take the Three Refuges with fullest cofidence. [...] In the same way the seed of faith establishes itself in the field of the human heart by the roots of virtue and sends forth the shoots of quietude and insight."2492 / 4948] THE MEANING AND VALUE OF FAITH IN BUDDHISM 145 And even as the seed of rice or other grain after drawing up the essences of earth and water by its stem gi ows for the purpose of getting its fruit to maturity even so the faith o [...] The pleasure of undestanding the doctrine produces zest for the practice of the dhamma and imbued with zest he tries to grasp the deeper side of ' the teaching through careful investigation and with that grasp of the profundities of the Norm becomes strenuous in the application of the Norm to life and even in his own mind realizes the highest truth through wisdom and sees that truth in all its
philosophy religion
Pages
108
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.120309
Segment Pages Author Actions
Frontmatter
i-i unknown view
The Relics
120-122 A. Albers view
The Buddha and His Modern Disciples
123-126 Alexandra David-Neel view
The Vaishakha Festival
127-128 Hari Gour view
The Message of Wesak
129-133 Priyadarsi Sugatananda view
The Doors to True Culture
134-136 Venerable Vajiranana view
Thought Potentiality
137-138 J. Lounsbery view
For the Weal of All Ind
139-140 Bhikkhu Kassapa view
The Meaning and Value of Faith in Buddhism
141-146 Bhikkhu Soma view
The Message of Gautama Buddha
147-148 N.N. Ghosh view
Was the Buddha an Atheist ?
149-150 M. Syed view
Avalokiteshvara-Maitreva
151-151 Anagarika Govinda view
The Anti -Vivisection Cause
152-156 Ralph Lewis view
The True-Nature of Samsara
157-159 Bhikku Dhammaratana view
Buddha-Liberator of Suffering Humanity and World Peace
160-165 Balichand Bose view
On the Life of Buddhaghosa
166-ii unknown view
Buddhism and Modern Science
171-173 J. Samarajeeva view
Scenes of Forest-Life
174-176 Bhikkhu Dhammananda view
Buddhagaya and Kataragama
177-180 A. Correspondent view
Buddhists in Kashmir
181-ii C.L. wattal view
Vaishakha Celebrations in India
185-189 unknown view
The Light Undimmed
190-191 unknown view
A Report on the Progress of the Buddhist Mission to America
192-193 R.L. Soni view
The 56Th Annual General Meeting of the Maha Bodhi Society of India
194-197 unknown view
Correspondence
198-204 unknown view
Book Reviews
205-206 unknown view
Notes and News
207-212 unknown view
Backmatter
i-ix unknown view

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