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Hindu Ethics: A Historical and Critical Essay John McKenzie,John McKenzie M a No preview available - 2017 |
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activity ahimsa ascetic asceticism Atharva Veda attainment austerities belief Bhagavadgītā bhakti Brahman Brāhmaṇas Brih Buddhism caste character Chhand Christian conceived conception conduct connexion Darśana deeds deliverance devotion dharma distinction doctrine of karma dranath duties elements essential ethical teaching ethical thought evil existence expression fact fruit Gautama given gods grihastha Guru highest Hindu ethical Hindu thought Hinduism idea ideal important India individual influence intellectual Jainism kind knowledge Krishna Kshatriya Law Books literature living magical Mahabharata Manu Max Müller means mind modern monism moral nature one's outcome passage penance performance philosophy point of view position practice Prakriti principles Purusha question Rāmānuja realization recognized regarding relation religion religious Rig Veda rita sacrifice Samāj Samkhya samsara sense significance sins social soul spirit stage subtle body Supreme Sūtras tapas tendency thinkers thou tion true truth Upanishads various Varuņa Vedanta Vedic virtues worship Yoga
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Page 253 - Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels. For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat : I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink : : I was a stranger, and ye took me not in : naked, and ye clothed me not : sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.
Page 50 - Citizens, we shall say to them in our tale, you are brothers, yet God has framed you differently. Some of you have the power of command, and in the composition of these he has mingled gold, wherefore also they have the greatest honor; others he has made of silver, to be auxiliaries; others again who are to be husbandmen and craftsmen he has composed of brass and iron; and the species will generally be preserved in the children.
Page 42 - But in order to protect this universe He, the most resplendent one, assigned separate (duties and) occupations to those who sprang from his mouth, arms, thighs, and feet.
Page 236 - And if thy right eye causeth thee to stumble, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not thy whole body be cast into hell. And if thy right hand causeth thee to stumble, cut it off, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not thy whole body go into hell.
Page 201 - Children of immortal bliss' — what a sweet, what a hopeful name! Allow me to call you, brethren, by that sweet name, heirs of immortal bliss — yea, the Hindu refuses to call you sinners. Ye are the Children of God, the sharers of immortal bliss, holy and perfect beings. Ye divinities on earth — sinners! It is a sin to call a man so: it is a standing libel on human nature.
Page 92 - The hereafter never rises before the eyes of the careless child, deluded by the delusion of wealth. " This is the world," he thinks, " there is no other " — thus he falls again and again under my sway.
Page 78 - And he who knows me thus, by no deed of his is his life harmed : not by the murder of his mother, not by the murder of his father, not by theft, not by the killing of a Brahman. If he is going to commit a sin, the bloom does not depart from his face.
Page 93 - Know the Self to be sitting in the chariot, the body to be the chariot, the intellect (buddhi) the charioteer, and the mind the reins. The senses they call the horses, the objects of the senses their roads. When he 'the Highest Self is in union with the body, the senses, and the mind, then wise people call him the Enjoyer.
Page 250 - Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths : but I say unto you...
Page 73 - Take my hand, my friend. We two alone shall know of this; let this question of ours not be (discussed) in public.