Buddha and Early BuddhismTrubner, 1881 - 256 pages |
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... religious history of mankind , the awakening of the spiritual life of the indi- vidual was substituted for religion by body corporate . It is also certain that Buddha was the first to proclaim that duty was to be sought in the eternal ...
... religious history of mankind , the awakening of the spiritual life of the indi- vidual was substituted for religion by body corporate . It is also certain that Buddha was the first to proclaim that duty was to be sought in the eternal ...
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... religion of Buddha . 9. It is asserted by calm thinkers like Dean Mansel that within two generations of the time of ... religions of Babylonia , Palestine , Egypt , and Greece were undermined by certain kindred mystical societies ...
... religion of Buddha . 9. It is asserted by calm thinkers like Dean Mansel that within two generations of the time of ... religions of Babylonia , Palestine , Egypt , and Greece were undermined by certain kindred mystical societies ...
Page vii
... religion virgin of coercion . It is reckoned that one - third of humanity is still in its fold . That such results should have been achieved is one of the greatest marvels of history ; and when an inquirer consults some of the best ...
... religion virgin of coercion . It is reckoned that one - third of humanity is still in its fold . That such results should have been achieved is one of the greatest marvels of history ; and when an inquirer consults some of the best ...
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... religion . He revealed a creed so like the lofty gnosticism of Philo and Clemens Alexandrinus , that writers like Mr. Rhys Davids contend that Nepaulese Buddhism is Christianity imported from the West . This brings me to the great issue ...
... religion . He revealed a creed so like the lofty gnosticism of Philo and Clemens Alexandrinus , that writers like Mr. Rhys Davids contend that Nepaulese Buddhism is Christianity imported from the West . This brings me to the great issue ...
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... religion favoured the lower form of creed . This seems to me quite impossible ; but I must premise that the origin of Christianity is a subject too vast for the present inquiry . What innovations Christ introduced into the higher ...
... religion favoured the lower form of creed . This seems to me quite impossible ; but I must premise that the origin of Christianity is a subject too vast for the present inquiry . What innovations Christ introduced into the higher ...
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