Benares, the Sacred City: Sketches of Hindu Life and ReligionW. Thacker, 1912 - 226 pages |
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Sketches of Hindu Life and Religion Ernest Binfield Havell. HINDUISM ABSORBS BUDDHISM 63 doubtedly profoundly influenced the ethical and spiritual ideas of modern Hinduism . Sankaracharya waged relentless war against the superstitions of ...
Sketches of Hindu Life and Religion Ernest Binfield Havell. HINDUISM ABSORBS BUDDHISM 63 doubtedly profoundly influenced the ethical and spiritual ideas of modern Hinduism . Sankaracharya waged relentless war against the superstitions of ...
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... Hindus ; but the orthodox Brahmin looks askance at the efforts of Hindu pro- pagandists , like Swami Vivekananda , who would strengthen resistance to outside influences by enlarg- ing the borders of Hinduism . The Hindu monasteries of ...
... Hindus ; but the orthodox Brahmin looks askance at the efforts of Hindu pro- pagandists , like Swami Vivekananda , who would strengthen resistance to outside influences by enlarg- ing the borders of Hinduism . The Hindu monasteries of ...
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... Hinduism will continue to be pro- foundly modified by the inflow of Western ideas . There can be no greater mistake than to consider Hinduism as so many immutable customs and forms of ritual and belief , which may be uprooted , but ...
... Hinduism will continue to be pro- foundly modified by the inflow of Western ideas . There can be no greater mistake than to consider Hinduism as so many immutable customs and forms of ritual and belief , which may be uprooted , but ...
Contents
IN THE VEDIC TIMES | 1 |
The Kāsis The Vedic hymns The Upanishads | 9 |
THE HINDU EPICSHEROWORSHIP | 17 |
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