Religious Thought and Life in India: An Account of the Religions of the Indian Peoples, Based on a Life's Study of Their Literature and on Personal Investigations in Their Own Country, Part 1 |
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... heaven . Fire , in fact , may be regarded as the next god to the Rain- god in the estimation of Vedic worshippers ; and certainly he takes precedence over every other god in connection with sacrificial rites . Even the Sun - god , who ...
... heaven . Fire , in fact , may be regarded as the next god to the Rain- god in the estimation of Vedic worshippers ; and certainly he takes precedence over every other god in connection with sacrificial rites . Even the Sun - god , who ...
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... heaven . Thou art the cherished guest In every household - father , brother , son , Friend , benefactor , guardian , all in one . Deliver , mighty lord , thy worshippers , Purge us from taint of sin , and when we die , Deal mercifully ...
... heaven . Thou art the cherished guest In every household - father , brother , son , Friend , benefactor , guardian , all in one . Deliver , mighty lord , thy worshippers , Purge us from taint of sin , and when we die , Deal mercifully ...
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... heaven , and welcome others to that bright abode . No power can rob us of the home thus won by thee . 1 The demon Vṛitra , who is supposed to keep the waters imprisoned in thick clouds . O king , we come ; the born must die 16 Vedism .
... heaven , and welcome others to that bright abode . No power can rob us of the home thus won by thee . 1 The demon Vṛitra , who is supposed to keep the waters imprisoned in thick clouds . O king , we come ; the born must die 16 Vedism .
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... heaven . All this involved the elaboration of a complicated ritual , and the organization of a regularly constituted hierarchy . To institute a sacrificial rite ( such as the Asvamedha , Jyoti- shṭoma , Agnishṭoma , Aptoryāma , Vājapeya ...
... heaven . All this involved the elaboration of a complicated ritual , and the organization of a regularly constituted hierarchy . To institute a sacrificial rite ( such as the Asvamedha , Jyoti- shṭoma , Agnishṭoma , Aptoryāma , Vājapeya ...
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... heaven , or even raise the sacri- ficer to the level of the highest deities . It was even believed that the gods themselves had attained their celestial position by performing sacrifices . By sacrifices , ' says the Taittiriya- brāhmaṇa ...
... heaven , or even raise the sacri- ficer to the level of the highest deities . It was even believed that the gods themselves had attained their celestial position by performing sacrifices . By sacrifices , ' says the Taittiriya- brāhmaṇa ...
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Page 478 - There is but one living and true God, everlasting, without body, parts, or passions; of infinite power, wisdom, and goodness; the Maker, and Preserver of all things both visible and invisible. And in unity of this Godhead there be three Persons, of one substance, power, and eternity; the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost.
Page 19 - The embodied spirit has a thousand heads, A thousand eyes, a thousand feet, around On every side enveloping the earth, Yet filling space no larger than a span. He is himself this very universe ; He is whatever is, has been, and shall be ; He is the lord of immortality.
Page 485 - God, who has equally subjected all living creatures, without distinction of caste, rank, or wealth, to change, disappointment, pain and death, and has equally admitted all to be partakers of the bountiful mercies which he has lavished over nature, and is also so well fitted to regulate the conduct of the human race in the discharge of their various duties to God, to themselves, and to society, that I cannot but hope the best effects from its promulgation in the present form.
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Page 518 - You cannot deny that your hearts have been touched, conquered and subjugated by a superior power. That power need I tell you - is Christ. It is Christ who rules British India, and not the British Government. England lias sent out a tremendous moral force in the life and character of that mighty prophet, to conquer and hold this vast empire.
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