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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... religious conceptions and are full of the imagery of nature . It would be absurd to deny to very many of them the posses- sion of the truest poetic inspiration . The scenery of the Hima- layas , ice and snow , storm and tempest , lend ...
... religious conceptions and are full of the imagery of nature . It would be absurd to deny to very many of them the posses- sion of the truest poetic inspiration . The scenery of the Hima- layas , ice and snow , storm and tempest , lend ...
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... religious awe as profound as any we find in the Hebrew Scriptures . It is very difficult to arrive at the true date of the Vedas . The word Veda means knowledge , and is applied to unwritten literature . The Vedas are therefore the ...
... religious awe as profound as any we find in the Hebrew Scriptures . It is very difficult to arrive at the true date of the Vedas . The word Veda means knowledge , and is applied to unwritten literature . The Vedas are therefore the ...
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... Religion , whether it be natural religion or that which is formulated in a book , is as universal as poetry , and like poetry , existed before letters and writing . It is only ... religious leaders as Buddha and Mohammed . He 51 Introduction.
... Religion , whether it be natural religion or that which is formulated in a book , is as universal as poetry , and like poetry , existed before letters and writing . It is only ... religious leaders as Buddha and Mohammed . He 51 Introduction.
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Timothy Dwight, Julian Hawthorne. such great religious leaders as Buddha and Mohammed . He was the predecessor of ... religion of Zoroaster was a Dualism . Two powerful and creative beings , the one good the one evil , have control of the ...
Timothy Dwight, Julian Hawthorne. such great religious leaders as Buddha and Mohammed . He was the predecessor of ... religion of Zoroaster was a Dualism . Two powerful and creative beings , the one good the one evil , have control of the ...
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... Religion of Ahura , the Religion of Zara- thustra . Unto him , O Zarathustra , I , Ahura Mazda , spake , saying : ' Well , fair Yima , son of Vivanghat , be thou the Preacher and the bearer of my Religion ! ' And the fair Yima , O ...
... Religion of Ahura , the Religion of Zara- thustra . Unto him , O Zarathustra , I , Ahura Mazda , spake , saying : ' Well , fair Yima , son of Vivanghat , be thou the Preacher and the bearer of my Religion ! ' And the fair Yima , O ...
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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
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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.