The World's Great Classics, Volume 40Timothy Dwight, Julian Hawthorne Colonial Press, 1899 Library Committee: Timothy Dwight ... Richard Henry Stoddard, Arthur Richmond Marsh, A.B. [and others] ... Illustrated with nearly two hundred photogravures, etchings, colored plates and full page portraits of great authors. Clarence Cook, art editor. |
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... ground , he con- nects it with the moral purity which springs from innocence and rectitude , and in his code it is as reprehensible to pollute the fire by burning the dead , or the stream by committing the corpse to its waves , or the ...
... ground , he con- nects it with the moral purity which springs from innocence and rectitude , and in his code it is as reprehensible to pollute the fire by burning the dead , or the stream by committing the corpse to its waves , or the ...
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... grounds . That the " Avesta " was a fabrication of modern times was shown , he argued , by the number of Arabic words he fancied he found both in the Zend and Pahlavi dialects , as no Arabic element was introduced into the Persian ...
... grounds . That the " Avesta " was a fabrication of modern times was shown , he argued , by the number of Arabic words he fancied he found both in the Zend and Pahlavi dialects , as no Arabic element was introduced into the Persian ...
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... ground that is dry , or drains ground that is too wet . " O Maker of the material world , thou Holy One ! Which is the fourth place where the Earth feels most happy ? Ahura Mazda answered : " It is the place where there is most increase ...
... ground that is dry , or drains ground that is too wet . " O Maker of the material world , thou Holy One ! Which is the fourth place where the Earth feels most happy ? Ahura Mazda answered : " It is the place where there is most increase ...
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... ground is the cleanest and the driest and the least passed through by flocks and herds , by the fire of Ahura Mazda , by the consecrat- ed bundles of Baresma , and by the faithful . " O Maker of the material world , thou Holy One ! How ...
... ground is the cleanest and the driest and the least passed through by flocks and herds , by the fire of Ahura Mazda , by the consecrat- ed bundles of Baresma , and by the faithful . " O Maker of the material world , thou Holy One ! How ...
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... ground that is dry , or drains ground that is too wet . Unhappy is the land that has long lain unsown with the seed of the sower and wants a good husbandman , like a well - shapen maiden who has long gone childless and wants a good hus ...
... ground that is dry , or drains ground that is too wet . Unhappy is the land that has long lain unsown with the seed of the sower and wants a good husbandman , like a well - shapen maiden who has long gone childless and wants a good hus ...
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Agni Ahura Mazda answered Angra Mainyu apostle Aspahê Aspahê-astra Avesta beauty Bhikshu birth and death Bodhisattva body born Brahman Brâhmana Buddha cause chariots cleanse clouds corpse Dakhma dead deeds defiled delights desire Devas Drug Nasu rushes dwell earth evil eyes faithful father fear fire give gods grief hast hath hearing heart heaven heavenly heroes hither horses hundred stripes Indra king Koran live lord lust Maker Mâra Maruts material world mighty mind Mohammed mountains Nirvâna offer pain Parsis penalty perish Persia Peshôtanu praise prâna prayer prince rejoiced religion religious reverence righteous Rishi royal Rudra sacrifice Sanscrit Soma sorrow soul Spenta Armaiti Spitama Zarathustra splendor Sraoshô-karana strength strong Tathagata things thou Holy Thou shalt sprinkle thought true believers truth Verily wealth whilst wisdom wise words worship worshippers of Mazda Yima Zend Zoroaster
Popular passages
Page 115 - All that we are is the result of what we have thought: it is founded on our thoughts, it is made up of our thoughts.
Page 115 - He abused me, he beat me, he defeated me. he robbed me' — in those who do not harbor such thoughts, hatred will cease. "For hatred does not cease by hatred at any time: hatred ceases by love — this is an old rule.
Page 245 - And the Jews devised a stratagem against him ; but God devised a stratagem against them ; and God is the best deviser of stratagems. When God said, O Jesus, verily I will cause thee to die, and I will take thee up unto me...
Page 125 - Let no man think lightly of evil, saying in his heart, It will not come "nigh unto me. Even by the falling of waterdrops a water-pot is filled; the fool becomes full of evil, even if he gather it little by little.
Page 136 - The fault of others is easily perceived, but that of one's self is difficult to perceive; a man winnows his neighbour's faults like chaff, but his own fault he hides, as a cheat hides the bad die from the player.
Page 182 - Really his utterances, are they not a kind of ' revelation ' ; — what we must call such for want of other name ? It is from the heart of the world that he comes ; he is portion of the primal reality of things. God has made many revelations : but this man too, has not God made him, the latest and newest of all ? The ' inspiration of the Almighty giveth him understanding ' : we must listen before all to him.
Page 134 - Let a man overcome anger by love, let him overcome evil by good; let him overcome the greedy by liberality, the liar by truth!
Page 289 - I have not spoken to them any other than what thou didst command me ; namely, Worship GOD, my LORD and your LORD...
Page 227 - GOD'S sake unto his kindred, and unto orphans and the needy, and the stranger, and those who ask, and for redemption of captives ; who is constant at prayer and giveth alms ; and of those who perform their covenant, when they have covenanted, and who behave themselves patiently in adversity, and hardships, and in time of violence : these are they who are true, and these are they who fear GOD.
Page 227 - The month of Ramadan shall ye fast, in which the Koran was sent down from heaven, a direction unto men, and declarations of direction, and the distinction between good and evil.