Lectures on the Science of Religion: With a Paper on Buddhist Nihilism, and a Translation of the Dhammapada Or "Path of Virtue."

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Scribner, 1893 - Buddhism - 300 pages

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Page 112 - All that we are is the result of what we have thought: it is founded on our thoughts, it is made up of our thoughts.
Page 40 - Now therefore fear the LORD, and serve him in sincerity and in truth : and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the flood, and in Egypt ; and serve ye the LORD.
Page 40 - And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose you this day whom ye will serve ; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell : but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.
Page 245 - Not to commit any sin, to do good, and to purify one's mind, that is the teaching of (all) the Awakened.
Page 112 - This world is dark, few only can see here; a few only go to heaven, like birds escaped from the net.
Page 114 - When one cultivates to the utmost the principles of his nature, and exercises them on the principle of reciprocity, he is not far from the path. What you do not like, when done to yourself, do not do to others.
Page 40 - And Joshua said unto all the people, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Your fathers dwelt on the other side of the flood in old time, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nachor : and they served other gods.
Page 40 - Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely thou hadst sent me away now empty. God hath seen mine affliction and the labour of my hands, and rebuked thee yesternight.
Page 40 - AND Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and called for the elders of Israel, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers ; and they presented themselves before God.

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