Benares, the Sacred City: Sketches of Hindu Life and ReligionBlackie & Son, limited, 1905 - 226 pages |
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... souls of his wife and brothers in the regions of hell , all the Pāndavas were at last reunited in Indra's abode of eternal peace , Around the original story there have accumulated in the course of many centuries a number of beautiful ...
... souls of his wife and brothers in the regions of hell , all the Pāndavas were at last reunited in Indra's abode of eternal peace , Around the original story there have accumulated in the course of many centuries a number of beautiful ...
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... soul which is believed to be a part of every individual . The extremes to which this doctrine can be pushed by Hindus of the present day is described by Mr. H. H. Risley in the report of the last census : - " Priests and priestesses ...
... soul which is believed to be a part of every individual . The extremes to which this doctrine can be pushed by Hindus of the present day is described by Mr. H. H. Risley in the report of the last census : - " Priests and priestesses ...
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... soul had cul- minated in the philosophy of the Upanishads .. We now arrive at the time , which may be fixed roughly ... souls ; Buddha's doctrine was but a slight modification of it . They held that human suffer- ing was to be destroyed ...
... soul had cul- minated in the philosophy of the Upanishads .. We now arrive at the time , which may be fixed roughly ... souls ; Buddha's doctrine was but a slight modification of it . They held that human suffer- ing was to be destroyed ...
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... Soul . The Upanishads say : " As the spokes of a wheel are attached to the nave , so are all things attached to Life . This Life ought to be approached with faith and reverence , and viewed as an immensity which abides in its own glory ...
... Soul . The Upanishads say : " As the spokes of a wheel are attached to the nave , so are all things attached to Life . This Life ought to be approached with faith and reverence , and viewed as an immensity which abides in its own glory ...
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... soul , which the Buddhists deny , and worship twenty - four saints , or Tirthankars , who have finished the cycles of human existences . Mahāvira , their teacher , is considered the twenty- fourth . Jainism is the only one of the early ...
... soul , which the Buddhists deny , and worship twenty - four saints , or Tirthankars , who have finished the cycles of human existences . Mahāvira , their teacher , is considered the twenty- fourth . Jainism is the only one of the early ...
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Page 40 - I am now going to the city of Benares to establish the kingdom of righteousness, to give light to those enshrouded in darkness, and to open the gate of immortality to men.
Page 10 - Those offerings of clarified butter, sour milk, whey, and curds, which thou madest in the waters, with them thou hast begotten me. I am the blessing (benediction) : make use of me at the sacrifice! If thou wilt make use of me at the sacrifice, thou wilt become rich in offspring and cattle. Whatever blessing thou shalt invoke through me, all that shall be granted to thee!
Page 12 - ... Nachiketa would not be denied. "Thou sayest, O Death, that even the gods were once puzzled by this mystery, and that it is not easy to understand. Surely there is no teacher better able to explain it than thou — and there is no other boon equal to this." To which, trying Nachiketa again, the god replied: "Ask for sons and grandsons who shall live a hundred years. Ask for cattle, elephants, horses, gold. Choose for thyself a mighty kingdom. Or if thou canst imagine aught better, ask for that...
Page 3 - He knows the path of birds that fly through heaven, and, sovran of the sea, He knows the ships that are thereon. 8. True to his holy law, he knows the twelve moons with their progeny : He knows the moon of later birth.
Page 20 - The ears of a Sudra who listens, intentionally, when the Veda is being recited are to be filled with molten lead. His tongue is to be cut out if he recite it. His body is to be split in twain if he preserve it in his memory.
Page 61 - And of the sacrifice performed by the master who has understood these truths, the soul is the performer; the heart, the seat of the sacrificial fire; sensual desires, the ghee; anger, the sacrificial lamb; contemplation, fire; the period of sacrifice, as long as life...
Page 29 - The almost illiterate oil-manufacturer or confectioner of Bengal spells out some modern translation of the Maha-bharata to while away his leisure hour. The tall and stalwart peasantry of the North-West know of the five Pandav brothers, and of their friend the righteous Krishna. The people of Bombay and Madras cherish with equal ardour the story of the righteous war. And even the traditions and tales interspersed in the Epic, and which spoil the work as an Epic, have themselves a charm...
Page 29 - Then the earth was rent and parted, and a golden throne arose, Held aloft by jewelled Nagas as the leaves enfold the rose, And the Mother in embraces held her spotless sinless Child, Saintly Janak's saintly daughter, pure and true and undefiled, Gods and men proclaim her virtue! But fair Sita is no more, Lone is Rama's loveless bosom and his days of bliss are o'er!
Page 45 - altogether as bright as jade. It is glistening, and sparkles like light; and all those who pray fervently before it see from time to time, according to their petitions, figures with good or bad signs.