Indian Wisdom, Or, Examples of the Religious, Philosophical, and Ethical Doctrines of the Hindūs: With a Brief History of the Chief Departments of Sanskṛit Literature, and Some Account of the Past and Present Condition of India, Moral and IntellectualW.H. Allen, 1875 - 542 pages |
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Page xxiv
... sense , exerts no slight authority . But with us caste is not a religious institution . On the contrary , our religion , though it permits differences of rank , teaches us that such differences are to be laid aside in the worship of God ...
... sense , exerts no slight authority . But with us caste is not a religious institution . On the contrary , our religion , though it permits differences of rank , teaches us that such differences are to be laid aside in the worship of God ...
Page xxviii
... sense ; the vehicle of Hindu theology , philosophy , law , and mythology ; the one guide to the intricacies and contradictions of Hinduism ; the one bond of sympathy , which , like an electric chain , connects Hindus of oppo- site ...
... sense ; the vehicle of Hindu theology , philosophy , law , and mythology ; the one guide to the intricacies and contradictions of Hinduism ; the one bond of sympathy , which , like an electric chain , connects Hindus of oppo- site ...
Page xxx
... sense dead , but in another sense it still breathes , and lives in the speech of the people , infusing fresh life and vigour into all their dialects1 . For , independent of Sanskrit as the vernaculars probably were in their first origin ...
... sense dead , but in another sense it still breathes , and lives in the speech of the people , infusing fresh life and vigour into all their dialects1 . For , independent of Sanskrit as the vernaculars probably were in their first origin ...
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... sense of the word ( see p . 57 ) , though it is numerically the strongest of all the four creeds . With regard , then , to the first question : The object aimed at by pure Buddhism is , as we have shown at p . 57 , Nirvana , the being ...
... sense of the word ( see p . 57 ) , though it is numerically the strongest of all the four creeds . With regard , then , to the first question : The object aimed at by pure Buddhism is , as we have shown at p . 57 , Nirvana , the being ...
Page xl
... sense , and perverted judgment inherited from the first Adam , and draw re - creative force renovated wills , fresh springs of wisdom , righteous- ness , and knowledge - from the ever - living divine stem of the - It has been objected ...
... sense , and perverted judgment inherited from the first Adam , and draw re - creative force renovated wills , fresh springs of wisdom , righteous- ness , and knowledge - from the ever - living divine stem of the - It has been objected ...
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