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382 QUESTIONS AND PUZZLES OF MILINDA THE KING.
Lion, simile of, 338. Looking-glass, simile of, 158. Lotus, simile of, 70, 189, 222, 256,
Final assurance, 226. Fire, by attrition, 203. Fire, simile of, 311. Fireplaces, form of, 86. Fisherman, riddle of, 360. Food, moderation in, 4-7. Friendship of the world, 1. Frog and elephant, parable of, 180.
Gem, the mystic royal, 14, 128; the wish-conferring, 59, 74, 119, 193, 258.
Gifts, how sanctified, 82-84. God, the only one, 50. Gourd, simile of, 294. Graves, wonders at, 174 foll. Gravitation, 80. Gypsies, 87.
'Head Holocaust,' 147.
Heredity, 21.
Household cares, I. Hunter, has four qualities of the Arahat, 358. Hyenas, 101.
Iddhi, 94, 96, 117, 231, 234, 259, 267. Impermanence, law of, 102. Imputed righteousness, 153-156. Iron, 102, 364.
Jackal, simile of, 329. Jasmine, the best of flowers, 73.
Karma, 11, 22, 38, 93, 95, 103, 108, 145-149, 163, 213, 214, 230. Kings, their courtiers, &c., 41, 265; force of their example, 42; will fail if unworthy, 69, 262; custody of their seal, 124; seven mystic treasures of, 203; six royal insignia of, 207; powers and perquisites of, 266, 270; king has four qualities of the Arahat, 323. Kingship of the Buddha, explained, 26-30.
Knowledge, Buddhist, described, 223.
Landowners, 15. Laymen, can become Arahats, 57, 96; why admitted at once (before conversion) into the Order, 63-75, when they cannot enter the path, 78.
Leech, why like the Arahat, 347.
295.
'Lower state,' the, 63-75.
Madness, wrong done in, 18, 19. Magic. See Gem, Root, and Drugs. Mankind will all become by nature pure, 95. Mast, simile of, 300. Matriarchate, 127 note. Medicine (see Diseases) :tonic, use of, 7;
purge, preparation for, 33; diagnosis, 64, 67; medicine of Nirvâna, 65, 190; of the vows, 256;
a specific for all diseases, 67; the internal fire (for digestion), 97; list of old teachers of, 109; various divisions of medical knowledge, 109;
verses on, 218, 219;
training in surgery, 255; riddle about, 368.
Meditation, various sorts of, 212, 213; qualities of, 222.
Minister of State, 147, and see Seal. Miracles, why the Buddhas work none, 24. Monkey, simile of, 292. Moon, simile of, 318. Moon-worship, 127. Mungoose, simile of, 329.
Nihilism, the explanation of Buddhist, 102; modern theories of, 142.
Nirvâna, is medicine, 65, 190; like space is without a cause, 103, 107;
is unproducible, 102;
is not put together of any qualities, 103;
has no colour or form, 107; what it is, 181 note;
has no pain involved in it, 181-185; has no form, or duration, or measure, 186-188;
its qualities explained by similes, 189-195;
how it can be known, 196; how attained to, 197-201; where attained to, 202-205.
Offerings for the dead, 151.
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