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Page 5
... now known as Sárnáth . This may have been in the sixth century B.C. Here he
announced the change which had come upon him , and the transcendental and
superhuman , not to say divine , state in which he imagined he found himself .
... now known as Sárnáth . This may have been in the sixth century B.C. Here he
announced the change which had come upon him , and the transcendental and
superhuman , not to say divine , state in which he imagined he found himself .
Page 14
With the idea constantly before his inner self , that he is himself a god , and
deserves divine honours , —which is not a mere freak of a deluded imagination
on his part , but is acknowledged by all Hindus , some of whom , as he will stop
him ...
With the idea constantly before his inner self , that he is himself a god , and
deserves divine honours , —which is not a mere freak of a deluded imagination
on his part , but is acknowledged by all Hindus , some of whom , as he will stop
him ...
Page 15
... conviction within him that he is in some sense divine , and he will of necessity
assume a bearing and demeanour different from those of ordinary mortals . In
Benares there are not fewer than from twenty to twenty - five thousand Brahmans
.
... conviction within him that he is in some sense divine , and he will of necessity
assume a bearing and demeanour different from those of ordinary mortals . In
Benares there are not fewer than from twenty to twenty - five thousand Brahmans
.
Page 41
We must expect the opposition to Christianity to be , in many places , organized
and systematic , determined and dogged . But , if Christians in India be faithful to
themselves and to their Divine Master , the triumph of their cause is certain .
We must expect the opposition to Christianity to be , in many places , organized
and systematic , determined and dogged . But , if Christians in India be faithful to
themselves and to their Divine Master , the triumph of their cause is certain .
Page 43
... thing for both men and women to amuse themselves , with a pious intent , with
manufacturing little gods from mud or clay , and , after paying divine honours to
them , and that , too , with the same profound reverence which they display in
their ...
... thing for both men and women to amuse themselves , with a pious intent , with
manufacturing little gods from mud or clay , and , after paying divine honours to
them , and that , too , with the same profound reverence which they display in
their ...
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| Title | The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern Times |
| Author | Matthew Atmore Sherring |
| Contributor | Fitzedward Hall |
| Publisher | Trübner & Company, 1868 |
| Original from | National Library of the Netherlands |
| Digitized | 16 Nov 2012 |
| Length | 388 pages |
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