The Progress of Religious Ideas: Through Successive Ages : in Three Volumes, Volume 1C. S. Francis & Company, 1855 |
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Page ix
... means , and in their envious gabble would prog- nosticate a year of sects and schisms . What would ye do then ? Should ye suppress all this flowery crop of knowledge , sprung up , and yet daily springing up ? Should ye set an oligarchy ...
... means , and in their envious gabble would prog- nosticate a year of sects and schisms . What would ye do then ? Should ye suppress all this flowery crop of knowledge , sprung up , and yet daily springing up ? Should ye set an oligarchy ...
Page 16
... means of prolonging contact with the Universal Soul . Other emblems 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 ...
... means of prolonging contact with the Universal Soul . Other emblems 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 ...
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... means a state of deadness , but as peaceful , free , and happy ; serenely independent of all the world can give or take away ; a state of unchangeable beatitude , which can only be understood by those who have experienced it . Arrived ...
... means a state of deadness , but as peaceful , free , and happy ; serenely independent of all the world can give or take away ; a state of unchangeable beatitude , which can only be understood by those who have experienced it . Arrived ...
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... means The Perfect ; it is likewise called Deva Nagara , or the Divine Language . Scholars pronounce it the most copious and excellent of all the ancient tongues ; and this fact is a plain indication that it was formed by a people ...
... means The Perfect ; it is likewise called Deva Nagara , or the Divine Language . Scholars pronounce it the most copious and excellent of all the ancient tongues ; and this fact is a plain indication that it was formed by a people ...
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... Being , and urge subjugation of the senses , and devout contemplation , as the means of obtaining from above intuitive perceptions , which they call ແ science , " by whose divine agency the human HINDOSTAN , OR INDIA . 35.
... Being , and urge subjugation of the senses , and devout contemplation , as the means of obtaining from above intuitive perceptions , which they call ແ science , " by whose divine agency the human HINDOSTAN , OR INDIA . 35.
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