The Progress of Religious Ideas: Through Successive Ages : in Three Volumes, Volume 1C. S. Francis & Company, 1855 |
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... Lord of all created things . " In the Sacred Books called Vedas , The Word utters a soliloquy , in which he praises himself as " the Universal Soul . " There is likewise a prayer in the Vedas , called Gaya- tree , which consists of ...
... Lord of all created things . " In the Sacred Books called Vedas , The Word utters a soliloquy , in which he praises himself as " the Universal Soul . " There is likewise a prayer in the Vedas , called Gaya- tree , which consists of ...
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... Lord , art my refuge ; Thou only art my refuge . " " By one Supreme Ruler is this universe pervaded ; even every world in the whole circle of Nature . Enjoy pure delight , O man , by abandoning all thoughts of this perishable world ...
... Lord , art my refuge ; Thou only art my refuge . " " By one Supreme Ruler is this universe pervaded ; even every world in the whole circle of Nature . Enjoy pure delight , O man , by abandoning all thoughts of this perishable world ...
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... lord is de- ceased , let her not even pronounce the name of another man . Let her continue till death forgiving all ... lord , she devote herself to pious austerity . But a widow , who , from a wish to bear children , slights her ...
... lord is de- ceased , let her not even pronounce the name of another man . Let her continue till death forgiving all ... lord , she devote herself to pious austerity . But a widow , who , from a wish to bear children , slights her ...
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... Lord of the Universe , loving the holy man , and in- tending to preserve him from the sea of destruction , caused by the wickedness of the age , thus addressed him : ' O thou tamer of enemies , in seven days from this time , the three ...
... Lord of the Universe , loving the holy man , and in- tending to preserve him from the sea of destruction , caused by the wickedness of the age , thus addressed him : ' O thou tamer of enemies , in seven days from this time , the three ...
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... seemed so amazed , he replied : " O Sovereign Lord , thou well knowest what I have seen in the water . " The divine child merely smiled , and passed on . He knew the secret thoughts of all who came into 64 PROGRESS OF RELIGIOUS IDEAS .
... seemed so amazed , he replied : " O Sovereign Lord , thou well knowest what I have seen in the water . " The divine child merely smiled , and passed on . He knew the secret thoughts of all who came into 64 PROGRESS OF RELIGIOUS IDEAS .
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