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... ( Laotse ) sectæ caput faciunt : atque ita hae duæ sectæ ternarium deorum suo quæque modo sibi fin- gunt , ut appareat ipsum falsitatis parentem , auctorem utriusque , nondum ambitiosum de divina similitudine cupiditatem deposuisse ...
... ( Laotse ) sectæ caput faciunt : atque ita hae duæ sectæ ternarium deorum suo quæque modo sibi fin- gunt , ut appareat ipsum falsitatis parentem , auctorem utriusque , nondum ambitiosum de divina similitudine cupiditatem deposuisse ...
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... Laotse , which bears many signs of an Indian origin . Laotse , as many Indian philosophers , and in particular the author of the Bhagavad - Gita , seems not to overstep the boundary of human understanding . His doctrine , as well as ...
... Laotse , which bears many signs of an Indian origin . Laotse , as many Indian philosophers , and in particular the author of the Bhagavad - Gita , seems not to overstep the boundary of human understanding . His doctrine , as well as ...
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... Laotse . Concerning the last point , ―the cause of all effects , the worshippers of Buddha are divided into four sects , ( Ayeen Akbery , ii . 436 , London ed . 1800-8 ) , and every sect describes the Nihility , or Nirvâna , in its own ...
... Laotse . Concerning the last point , ―the cause of all effects , the worshippers of Buddha are divided into four sects , ( Ayeen Akbery , ii . 436 , London ed . 1800-8 ) , and every sect describes the Nihility , or Nirvâna , in its own ...
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... Laotse is in this respect not different from the doctrine of Buddha . " Examining this work ( he speaks of the Pradjaking , containing the esoteric doc- trine of Buddhism ) , the sentence - NIHILITY , the ruler , containing every ...
... Laotse is in this respect not different from the doctrine of Buddha . " Examining this work ( he speaks of the Pradjaking , containing the esoteric doc- trine of Buddhism ) , the sentence - NIHILITY , the ruler , containing every ...
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... Laotse drink wine , and these monks have in general a very easy Rule ( Regula ) , in comparison with those of Buddha . The followers of Confucius say , that eating is good for the Yang and drinking is good for the Yn - principle . These ...
... Laotse drink wine , and these monks have in general a very easy Rule ( Regula ) , in comparison with those of Buddha . The followers of Confucius say , that eating is good for the Yang and drinking is good for the Yn - principle . These ...
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