JOURNAL 



OF 



THE CEYLON BRANCH 



OF THE 



ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY. 



Budhism:—Chariya Pitaka. By the Rev. D. J. GOGERLY. 



[The discourses of Budha are contained in five large divi- 

 sions called in Pali Mkayo, and in Singhalese Sangi: the 

 fifth of these, called Kudagot Sangi, comprises 15 books, one 

 of which is the Chariya Pitaka, or a collection of preceding 

 states of existence. The book is composed in Pali verse, 

 and the legends it contains are brief accounts of events more 

 largely developed in the book called Jataka, which latter 

 book is also contained in the Kudagot Sangi. The tales in 

 this small volume have all a reference to the desire supposed 

 to have been felt by Gautama, in previous states of existence, 

 to become a Budha, and some of the means he used to ac- 

 complish his object. These means are divided into ten sections 

 called Parimitta, and each of these, being subdivided into 

 three other sections, makes the whole number thirty. Only 

 a part of these means are contained in this work. The portion 

 now presented to the Society contains the Parimitta of Alms- 

 giving; the remainder will be given on a future occasion, with 

 such observations as may be necessary for its elucidation. 

 The Book is also called Budhapadana, or sections of Budha's 

 previous existences.] 



The whole of my proceedings during four atsankya and 

 one hundred thousand calpas, lias been for the purpose of 

 becoming a Budha. 



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