His Star in the East: A Study in the Early Aryan ReligionsHoughton, 1887 - 292 pages |
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Agni agnosticism answer Aryan Âtman Avatāra Avesta belief body Brahmanism Buddha Buddhism called cause ceremonial Christ Christian Church consciousness Daevas death declared disciples divine doctrine dogmatism earth East eternal evil faith Father glory God's gods gospel Haoma hath heart heathen heaven Hebrew Hindu Hinduism holy human hymns immanence incarnation India individual Indra influence Iranian Israel Jesus Jews Kamma king kingdom light living Lord manifestation Max Müller means mind miracles of Jesus moral nature never Nirvâna Oriental pantheism Paul peace Persian personality philosophy prayer preached priests prophets pure purity religion religious result revelation Rig-Veda righteousness Sacred Books sacrifice Sât seems seen Shaivism Shiva Skandhas Soma sorrow soul speak spirit spoken teaching thee theism theology things thirst thou thought tion true truth unto Upanishads Vaishnuism Varuna Vedaism Vedanta Vedas Vedic Vishnu word worship Zoroaster Zoroastrianism
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Page 236 - devil said unto him, All this power will I give thee, and the glory of them, for that is delivered unto me; and to whomsoever I will, I give it. . . . And Jesus answered, and said unto him, Get thee behind me Satan.
Page 76 - devoted to the Self, enter into him wholly. As the flowing rivers disappear in the sea, losing their name and their form, thus a wise man, freed from name and form, goes to the divine person, who is greater than the great
Page 120 - Bhikkhus, ... a path which opens the eyes and bestows understanding, which leads to peace of mind, to the higher wisdom, to full enlightenment ; to Nirvana!
Page 276 - good, evil is present with me. For I delight in the law of God after the inward man. But I see another law in my members warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.
Page 142 - He is one with Life Yet lives not. He is blest, ceasing to be. Om Mani Padme, Hum! The dew-drop slips Into the shining sea ! " 1 It is important in this connection to
Page 109 - Rama, Rama, hear! Call upon Rama brothers; " next the bier, Knit of four poles with bamboos interlaced, Whereon lay stark and stiff, with feet foremost, lean, Chapfallen, sightless, hollow-flanked a-grin, Sprinkled with red and yellow dust the Dead. Then spake the Prince: — " Is this the end which comes to all who live ?' " This is the end that comes To all,
Page 108 - Channa ! what thing is this that seems a man, Yet surely only seems, being so bowed, So miserable, so horrible, so sad ? Are men born sometimes thus ? What meaneth he Moaning ' to-morrow or next day I die ? ' Finds he no food that so his bones jut forth ? What woe hath happened to this piteous one ? " Then answer made the charioteer, "Sweet Prince
Page 120 - unworthy, unprofitable, and fit only for the worldly minded ; and the habitual practice, on the other hand, of asceticism, — which is painful, unworthy, and unprofitable. There is a middle path, 0 Bhikkhus,