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Veda . - Bhakti . - Sraddhâ , faith . 73 - 102 LECTURE V . MY OWN DEFINITION
OF RELIGION . Is Buddhism a religion ? - Buddhism , as theoretical , not in .
cluded under any definition . — Mâlunkya - putta and Buddha . - Yamaka , on life
after ...
Veda . - Bhakti . - Sraddhâ , faith . 73 - 102 LECTURE V . MY OWN DEFINITION
OF RELIGION . Is Buddhism a religion ? - Buddhism , as theoretical , not in .
cluded under any definition . — Mâlunkya - putta and Buddha . - Yamaka , on life
after ...
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What imparts a religious character . - - Moral influences of physical phenomena .
Vedic prayers . - Early morality . - Moral influence of ancestral spirits . - Ancestral
law in China . - - Moral influence of psychological deities . — Temple to Mens .
What imparts a religious character . - - Moral influences of physical phenomena .
Vedic prayers . - Early morality . - Moral influence of ancestral spirits . - Ancestral
law in China . - - Moral influence of psychological deities . — Temple to Mens .
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Historical traces in the Veda . - - The old ... English . - Veda = olda . — Anglo -
Saxon . — Gothic . - - Continental Saxon . - Scandinavian . — Thorr and Thursday
. - Týr and ... Indic class , Vedic Hymns , Brâhmanas , Sûtras , Pâninean Sanskrit .
Historical traces in the Veda . - - The old ... English . - Veda = olda . — Anglo -
Saxon . — Gothic . - - Continental Saxon . - Scandinavian . — Thorr and Thursday
. - Týr and ... Indic class , Vedic Hymns , Brâhmanas , Sûtras , Pâninean Sanskrit .
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India . — The Veda . - Bud . dhism . — Influence of the Kshatriyas , the nobility . —
Media and Persia . - China . — Palestine . — Judaism . — Christianity . -
Mohammedanism . — The Eight Religions . - Book - religions .The invention of
writing .
India . — The Veda . - Bud . dhism . — Influence of the Kshatriyas , the nobility . —
Media and Persia . - China . — Palestine . — Judaism . — Christianity . -
Mohammedanism . — The Eight Religions . - Book - religions .The invention of
writing .
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... of the Rig - veda , which consists of six volumes quarto , of about a thousand
pages each , and that besides that , I was engaged in putting a finishing touch to
an English translation of the hymns of that Veda , - to say nothing of new editions
...
... of the Rig - veda , which consists of six volumes quarto , of about a thousand
pages each , and that besides that , I was engaged in putting a finishing touch to
an English translation of the hymns of that Veda , - to say nothing of new editions
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