Christ and Other Masters: Religions of IndiaMacmillan, 1857 - Christianity and other religions |
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... individual the devas of the Hindu populace , throughout the Vaidic period , were little more than formless powers and colourless abstractions . Human properties , it is true , were frequently ascribed to them : it was ity . 1 For ...
... individual the devas of the Hindu populace , throughout the Vaidic period , were little more than formless powers and colourless abstractions . Human properties , it is true , were frequently ascribed to them : it was ity . 1 For ...
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... individual of those three classes was dwija , ' twice - born : ' on arriving at maturity , they all received a special tonsure , and were all in- vested with a thread that symbolised their eleva- tion far above the multitude , that gave ...
... individual of those three classes was dwija , ' twice - born : ' on arriving at maturity , they all received a special tonsure , and were all in- vested with a thread that symbolised their eleva- tion far above the multitude , that gave ...
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... individual existence ( ahan - kára ) is thus , according to the present system , an attri- bute of matter : its organ is material : it can only be connected with the soul by self - illusion : it is no proper and original element of man ...
... individual existence ( ahan - kára ) is thus , according to the present system , an attri- bute of matter : its organ is material : it can only be connected with the soul by self - illusion : it is no proper and original element of man ...
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... individual souls to some great central essence , gifted with volition , and as such , analogous to the abstract God of the Védán- tins . The truth appears to be that Kapila , in recoiling from their system , rushed at once into the ...
... individual souls to some great central essence , gifted with volition , and as such , analogous to the abstract God of the Védán- tins . The truth appears to be that Kapila , in recoiling from their system , rushed at once into the ...
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... individual being , and fell in with the prevailing tendency to quietude , to mortification of the flesh , to abstract and ecstatic contemplation . Védas and blished In many other points , where it diverged entirely Assails the from the ...
... individual being , and fell in with the prevailing tendency to quietude , to mortification of the flesh , to abstract and ecstatic contemplation . Védas and blished In many other points , where it diverged entirely Assails the from the ...
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Page 166 - And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be. And he believed in the LORD ; and he counted it to him for righteousness.
Page 175 - Will I eat the flesh of bulls, Or drink the blood of goats? Offer unto God the sacrifice of thanksgiving; And pay thy vows unto the Most High: And call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
Page 11 - If I beheld the sun when it shined, Or the moon walking in brightness ; And my heart hath been secretly enticed, Or my mouth hath kissed my hand : This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge : For I should have denied the God that is above.
Page 146 - Heri, whose dwelling was on the waves ; and who now, in compassion to thy servants, bearest the form of the natives of the deep. Salutation and praise to thee, O first male, the Lord of creation, of preservation, of destruction ! Thou art the highest object, O supreme Ruler, of us thy adorers, who piously seek thee. All thy delusive descents in this world give existence to various beings : yet I am anxious to know for what cause that shape has been assumed by thee. Let me not, O...
Page 162 - By his irresistible might he will destroy all the Mlechas (barbarians or foreigners) and thieves, and all whose minds are devoted to iniquity. He will then reestablish righteousness upon earth ; and the minds of those who live at the end of the Kali age shall be awakened and shall be as pellucid as crystal. The men who are thus changed by virtue of that peculiar time, shall be as seeds of human beings, and shall give birth to a race who shall follow the laws of the Krita age, or age of purity. As...
Page 146 - In seven days from the present time, O thou tamer of enemies, the three worlds will be plunged in an ocean of death; but, in the midst of the destroying waves, a large vessel, sent by me for thy use, shall stand before thee. Then shalt thou take all medicinal herbs, all the variety of seeds: and, accompanied by seven saints, encircled by pairs of all brute animals, thou shalt enter the spacious ark, and continne in it secure from the flood, on one immense ocean, without light except the radiance...