An Introduction to the Study of Some Living Religions of the East |
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Abū Ahura Mazdāh Allāh Amida ancient Angra Mainyu ascetics assigned Atman Avesta became become believed birth Blessed Bodhisattvas born Brahman Buddha Buddhism called century Chinese Christian claimed Confucianism Confucius Daevas dead death deities deliverance denotes devotion disciples doctrine Druj early earth Emperor evil faith founder Fravashis Gāthās gods Gotama Heaven hell Hindu Hinduism holy hymns Imām India influence Islām Japan Japanese Jesus Jews karma Khalif king Kojiki Krishna later living Lord Mahāyāna Māra Mecca Medina monks Muhammad Muslims nature Nirvana Noble Truth Order orthodox Pahlavi Pāli Pārsīs path popular praised prayer preach Prophet Quraish Quran Rāma recognised redemption religion of China religious Rigveda sacred sacrifice Samāj Sanskrit scholars Scriptures sect Shiahs Shinto Siva soul speak spirits supreme Surah Sutta Taoism Tathāgata teaching temple texts thought tion to-day tradition translated Upanishads Varuna Vishnu whilst word worship Zoroaster Zoroastrianism
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Page 63 - He is there where the tiller is tilling the hard ground and where the pathmaker is breaking stones. He is with them in sun and in shower, and his garment is covered with dust. Put off thy holy mantle and even like him come down on the dusty soil I Deliverance?
Page 117 - Bhikkhus, is the noble truth of suffering : birth is suffering, decay is suffering, illness is suffering, death is suffering, presence of objects we hate is suffering, separation from objects we love is suffering, not to obtain what we desire is suffering. Briefly, the fivefold clinging to existence is suffering.
Page 127 - As a mother at the risk of her life watches over her own child, her only child, so also let every one cultivate a boundless (friendly) mind towards all beings.
Page 238 - I am He whom I love, and He whom I love is I : We are two spirits dwelling in one body. If thou seest me, thou seest Him, And if thou seest Him, thou seest us both.
Page 213 - Make war upon such of those to whom the Scriptures have been given as believe not in God, or in the last day, and who forbid not that which God and His Apostle have forbidden, and who profess not the profession of the truth, until they pay tribute out of hand, and then be humbled. " The Jews say, ' Ezra is a son of God,' and the Christians say,
Page 198 - Recite thou, in the name of thy Lord who created; — Created man from Clots of Blood: ~ Recite thou! For thy Lord is the most Beneficent, Who hath taught the use of the pen; — Hath taught Man that which he knoweth not.
Page 113 - Therefore, O Ananda, be ye lamps unto yourselves. Be ye a refuge to yourselves. Betake yourselves to no external refuge. Hold fast to the truth as a lamp. Hold fast as a refuge to the truth. Look not for refuge to any one besides yourselves.
Page 23 - Who verily knows and who can here declare it, whence it was born and whence comes this creation ? The gods are later than this world's production. Who knows, then, whence it first came into being?
Page 35 - Self. Evil does not overcome him, he overcomes all evil. Evil does not burn him, he burns all evil. Free from evil, free from spots, free from doubt, he becomes a true Brahman; — enters the Brahma world.
Page 156 - Lu asked about serving the spirits of the dead. The Master said, 'While you are not able to serve men, how can you serve their spirits?' Chi Lu added, 'I venture to ask about death?' He was answered, 'While you do not know life, how can you know about death?