His Star in the East: A Study in the Early Aryan ReligionsHoughton, 1887 - 292 pages |
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Agni agnosticism answer Aryan Atman Avesta belief body Brahmanism Buddha Buddhism called cause ceremonial Christ Christian Church consciousness Daevas death declared disciples divine doctrine dogmatism earth East eternal evil faith Father glory God's gods gospel Haoma hath heart heathen heaven Hebrew Hindu Hinduism holy human hymns immanence incarnation India individual Indra influence Iranian Israel Jesus Jews Kamma king kingdom light living Lord manifestation Max Müller means mind miracles of Jesus moral nature ness never Nirvâna Oriental pantheism Paul peace Persian personality philosophy prayer preached priests prophets pure purity religion religious result revelation Rig-Veda righteousness Sacred Books sacrifice Sât seems seen Shaivism Shiva Skandhas Soma sorrow soul speak spirit spoken teaching thee theism theology things thirst thou thought tion true truth unto Upanishads Vaishnuism Varuna Vedaism Vedanta Vedas Vedic Vishnu word worship Zoroaster Zoroastrianism
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Page 276 - Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.
Page 276 - I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me. For I delight in the law of God after the inward man : but I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.
Page 130 - Keep innocency, and take heed unto the thing that is right : for that shall bring a man peace at the last.
Page 122 - For the wages of sin is death ; but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Page 142 - Whose good is quick and mighty, far and near, So that fruits follow it. No need hath such to live as ye name life ; That which began in him when he began Is finished : he hath wrought the purpose through Of what did make him Man. Never shall yearnings torture him, nor sins Stain him, nor ache of earthly joys and woes Invade his safe eternal peace ; nor deaths And lives recur. He goes Unto NIRVANA. He is one with Life, Yet lives not. He is blest, ceasing to be. OM, MANI PADME, OM ! the Dewdrop slips...
Page 152 - Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; that ye may be the children of your Father in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.
Page 119 - There are two extremes, O Bhikkhus, which the man who has given up the world ought not to follow — the habitual practice, on the one hand, of those things whose attraction depends upon the passions, and especially of sensuality — a low and pagan way...
Page 276 - For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing : for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not.
Page 150 - Whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him ? 1 St.