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... rishis , when they descended from the rugged mountain , and entered the vast plains of Hindu- sthan . But the effect produced upon the mind was widely different in the two instances . The prince retired to the forest to search for truth ...
... rishis , when they descended from the rugged mountain , and entered the vast plains of Hindu- sthan . But the effect produced upon the mind was widely different in the two instances . The prince retired to the forest to search for truth ...
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... rishis , Buddha could have no sympathy , and to the gods who were said to aid them in the chase , the raid , or the battle , he could pay no reverence or respect . In his meditations , intense and long continued , he thought that he had ...
... rishis , Buddha could have no sympathy , and to the gods who were said to aid them in the chase , the raid , or the battle , he could pay no reverence or respect . In his meditations , intense and long continued , he thought that he had ...
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... rishis . Of that interval , who shall tell the story ? It appears , at present , to be an impenetrable mys- tery . The dispersion of the Jews in the reign of Nebuchad- nezzar could have little to do with the intellectual position of ...
... rishis . Of that interval , who shall tell the story ? It appears , at present , to be an impenetrable mys- tery . The dispersion of the Jews in the reign of Nebuchad- nezzar could have little to do with the intellectual position of ...
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... rishis , whom his oppressors so much venerate , are his own friends , and never gave the Brahman any particle of the power he has wrongfully exercised during so many ages . I need not say to any one resident in this island , that Buddha ...
... rishis , whom his oppressors so much venerate , are his own friends , and never gave the Brahman any particle of the power he has wrongfully exercised during so many ages . I need not say to any one resident in this island , that Buddha ...
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... rishis who composed their most sacred portions , acknowledge themselves to have been the same as other men in their ignorance and weakness . As the Brahman and the Buddhist are alike in their veneration for the rishis , the removal of ...
... rishis who composed their most sacred portions , acknowledge themselves to have been the same as other men in their ignorance and weakness . As the Brahman and the Buddhist are alike in their veneration for the rishis , the removal of ...
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Page 175 - Behold, I shew you a mystery ; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump ; for the trumpet shall sound ; and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is...
Page 39 - And chiefly thou, O Spirit, that dost prefer Before all temples the upright heart and pure...
Page 175 - ... in hell for many years, for many hundreds of years, for many thousands of years, for many hundreds of thousands of years; and...
Page 67 - The profoundly wise priests had heretofore orally perpetuated the Pali Pitakattaya and its ArthakathS (commentaries). At this period these priests, foreseeing the perdition of the people (from the perversions of the true doctrines) assembled ; and in order that the religion might endure for ages, recorded the same in...
Page 11 - Brahmin eats but his own food ; wears but his own apparel ; and bestows but his own in alms : through the benevolence of the Brahmin, indeed, other mortals enjoy life.
Page 185 - You have to proclaim glad tidings fresh as when they came from angels' lips, To you is born in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.