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Few , indeed , hare either the time or the inclination to read through the
increasing accumulation of very solid literature which deals with the philosophic
side of Hinduism ; and the more popular missionary accounts ( with our national
tendency ...
Few , indeed , hare either the time or the inclination to read through the
increasing accumulation of very solid literature which deals with the philosophic
side of Hinduism ; and the more popular missionary accounts ( with our national
tendency ...
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The methods of the Inquisition , and the argument of the sword and stake , never
became popular with Hindu religious teachers . Whatever may be urged against
the Hindu system , it must be admitted that it has always stood for absolute liberty
...
The methods of the Inquisition , and the argument of the sword and stake , never
became popular with Hindu religious teachers . Whatever may be urged against
the Hindu system , it must be admitted that it has always stood for absolute liberty
...
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... were admitted into the Aryan fold , and there gradually accumulated round the
pure Aryan doctrines a vast agglomeration of the primitive native faiths and
purely Indian traditions which constitute the basis of the popular Hinduism of to -
day .
... were admitted into the Aryan fold , and there gradually accumulated round the
pure Aryan doctrines a vast agglomeration of the primitive native faiths and
purely Indian traditions which constitute the basis of the popular Hinduism of to -
day .
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... whose names were Yudhishthira , Bhima , and Arjuna by one wife , and Nakula
and Sahadeva by another . They were assisted by Krishna , whose worship as
one of the incarnations of Vishnu is the chief popular cult of modern Hinduism .
... whose names were Yudhishthira , Bhima , and Arjuna by one wife , and Nakula
and Sahadeva by another . They were assisted by Krishna , whose worship as
one of the incarnations of Vishnu is the chief popular cult of modern Hinduism .
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Popular superstition " soon invested Buddha ' s person with miraculous powers ,
to which he himself laid no claim , and after his death the thaumaturgic powers of
the Brahmin priesthood , which he contemptuously disputed , were associated ...
Popular superstition " soon invested Buddha ' s person with miraculous powers ,
to which he himself laid no claim , and after his death the thaumaturgic powers of
the Brahmin priesthood , which he contemptuously disputed , were associated ...
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Page 40 - I am now going to the city of Benares to establish the kingdom of righteousness, to give light to those enshrouded in darkness, and to open the gate of immortality to men.
Page 10 - Those offerings of clarified butter, sour milk, whey, and curds, which thou madest in the waters, with them thou hast begotten me. I am the blessing (benediction) : make use of me at the sacrifice! If thou wilt make use of me at the sacrifice, thou wilt become rich in offspring and cattle. Whatever blessing thou shalt invoke through me, all that shall be granted to thee!
Page 12 - ... Nachiketa would not be denied. "Thou sayest, O Death, that even the gods were once puzzled by this mystery, and that it is not easy to understand. Surely there is no teacher better able to explain it than thou — and there is no other boon equal to this." To which, trying Nachiketa again, the god replied: "Ask for sons and grandsons who shall live a hundred years. Ask for cattle, elephants, horses, gold. Choose for thyself a mighty kingdom. Or if thou canst imagine aught better, ask for that...
Page 3 - He knows the path of birds that fly through heaven, and, sovran of the sea, He knows the ships that are thereon. 8. True to his holy law, he knows the twelve moons with their progeny : He knows the moon of later birth.
Page 20 - The ears of a Sudra who listens, intentionally, when the Veda is being recited are to be filled with molten lead. His tongue is to be cut out if he recite it. His body is to be split in twain if he preserve it in his memory.
Page 57 - And of the sacrifice performed by the master who has understood these truths, the soul is the performer; the heart, the seat of the sacrificial fire; sensual desires, the ghee; anger, the sacrificial lamb; contemplation, fire; the period of sacrifice, as long as life...
Page 29 - The almost illiterate oil-manufacturer or confectioner of Bengal spells out some modern translation of the Maha-bharata to while away his leisure hour. The tall and stalwart peasantry of the North-West know of the five Pandav brothers, and of their friend the righteous Krishna. The people of Bombay and Madras cherish with equal ardour the story of the righteous war. And even the traditions and tales interspersed in the Epic, and which spoil the work as an Epic, have themselves a charm...
Page 29 - Then the earth was rent and parted, and a golden throne arose, Held aloft by jewelled Nagas as the leaves enfold the rose, And the Mother in embraces held her spotless sinless Child, Saintly Janak's saintly daughter, pure and true and undefiled, Gods and men proclaim her virtue! But fair Sita is no more, Lone is Rama's loveless bosom and his days of bliss are o'er!
Page 45 - altogether as bright as jade. It is glistening, and sparkles like light; and all those who pray fervently before it see from time to time, according to their petitions, figures with good or bad signs.
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| Title | Benares, the Sacred City: Sketches of Hindu Life and Religion Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Mapping the World: Maps and Travel Literature |
| Author | Ernest Binfield Havell |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | Blackie & Son, limited, 1905 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 12 Jul 2005 |
| Length | 226 pages |
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