The Progress of Religious Ideas: Through Successive Ages : in Three Volumes, Volume 1C. S. Francis & Company, 1855 |
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... deemed perfectly authentic , and I have been scrupulously conscien- tious in the statement of them . I may have made mistakes ; for it is not easy to arrive at the exact truth amid a mass of obscure and often contradictory statements ...
... deemed perfectly authentic , and I have been scrupulously conscien- tious in the statement of them . I may have made mistakes ; for it is not easy to arrive at the exact truth amid a mass of obscure and often contradictory statements ...
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... deemed sacred ; but the moment there was any interference with devotional practices , they were roused at once , and defended them with the ferocity of tigers . The first question which perplexed the old sages of India , standing as ...
... deemed sacred ; but the moment there was any interference with devotional practices , they were roused at once , and defended them with the ferocity of tigers . The first question which perplexed the old sages of India , standing as ...
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... deemed a great sin for such men to represent themselves as belong- ing to the class of voluntary saints . They often became so attached to their secluded life , that they were reluctant to return to the world , when the period of their ...
... deemed a great sin for such men to represent themselves as belong- ing to the class of voluntary saints . They often became so attached to their secluded life , that they were reluctant to return to the world , when the period of their ...
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... deemed sacred by Hindoos , and wor- shipped in their temples , have brought upon them the charge of gross indecency . But if it be true at the present time , it probably was not so in the beginning . When the world was in its infancy ...
... deemed sacred by Hindoos , and wor- shipped in their temples , have brought upon them the charge of gross indecency . But if it be true at the present time , it probably was not so in the beginning . When the world was in its infancy ...
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... deemed by us indelicate . Hindoo Sacred Writings abound with metaphors drawn from sexual love , to illustrate the in- timate and fruitful union of God with Nature . So com- pletely do they mingle natural and spiritual ideas on this ...
... deemed by us indelicate . Hindoo Sacred Writings abound with metaphors drawn from sexual love , to illustrate the in- timate and fruitful union of God with Nature . So com- pletely do they mingle natural and spiritual ideas on this ...
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