Oriental Religions and Their Relation to Universal Religion: IndiaJas. R. Osgood, 1873 - 802 pages |
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affirms ancient Aryan Aryan race Aśoka aspiration belief Bhagavadgitâ birth Brahman Brihad Buddha Buddhist Burnouf caste century Christian civilization creatures death deity desire Dhammapada distinct divine duty elements epic eternal evil existence fact faith force forms freedom gods Gotama Greek heaven Hebrew Hindu Hiouen Thsang honor human hymns Ibid idea ideal immortality incarnation India Indra infinite instinct Kapila king Koeppen Krishna Kshatriya Lassen legend light living Manu meaning ment mind moral Müller mystery mystical mythology nature nirvâna Oriental pantheism path philosophy polytheism practical Prakriti prayer Purâna pure races Râma Râmâyana recognized relations religion religious Rig Veda rites sacred sacrifice saints Sânkhya Sanskrit says sense sentiment social soul spiritual substance Sudra Sutras symbol theism things thou thought tion transmigration tribes truth unity universal Upanishads Varuna Vedanta Vedic virtue Vishnu whole wisdom wise word worship
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Page 635 - Sleep soft, beloved !" we sometimes say, But have no tune to charm away Sad dreams that through the eyelids creep. But never doleful dream again. Shall break the happy slumber when He giveth His beloved, sleep.
Page 428 - ... the worm that dieth not, and the fire that is not quenched.
Page 658 - All that we are is the result of what we have thought: it is founded on our thoughts, it is made up of our thoughts.
Page 117 - In the beginning there arose the source of golden light. He was the only born lord of all that is. He established the earth and the sky. Who is the God to whom we shall offer our sacrifice...
Page 395 - For we know in part, and we prophesy in part: but when that which is perfect is come, that which is in part shall be done away.
Page 163 - Slight those who say amidst their sickly healths, Thou livest by rule. What doth not so but man ? Houses are built by rule, and commonwealths. Entice the trusty sun, if that you can, From his Ecliptic line ; beckon the sky. Who lives by rule, then, keeps good company.
Page 533 - God made all the creatures and gave them our love and our fear, To give sign, we and they are His children, one family here.
Page 591 - Looking for the maker of this tabernacle, I shall have to run through a course of many births, so long as I do not find ( him ) ; and painful is birth again and again. But now, maker of the tabernacle, thou hast been seen; thou shalt not make up this tabernacle again. All thy rafters are broken, thy ridge-pole is sundered; the mind, approaching the Eternal ( visankhara, nirvana ) has attained to the extinction of all desires.
Page 182 - O friend to virtue ! that supreme Spirit, which thou believest one and the same with thyself, resides in thy bosom perpetually, and is an all-knowing inspector of thy goodness or of thy wickedness.