The Sacred Books of the East Described and Examined: Philosophic and law books: Selections from the Upanishads. Bhagavad Gita. Vedanta Sara. Yoga Sastra. Laws of Manu. 1st ed. 1895Christian Literature Society for India, 1898 |
Términos y frases comunes
according action Arjuna arteries attain attributes Avidyá Ballantyne belief Bhagavad birth body Brahma breath called caste cause Christianity Creator death denotes desire Devadatta divine doctrine duty earth eternal ether evil existence explained false father fruit Gítá gods happiness heart heaven Hindu philosophy Hinduism human Ignorance immortal India individual soul infinite intellect intelligent Jacob Jivanmukta Katha Upanishad king knowledge Krishna Kshatriya living Lord Manilal Manu Max Müller Máyá means meditation mind misery nature object Pantheism Patanjali person polytheism posture Prakriti prána Pránájáma produced pure Purusha qualities R. C. Bose regard religion Rig-Veda sacred sacrifice Samyama Sankara Sankhya Sanskrit says sense sentence sleep spirit subtile Sudra supposed supreme Sutra Sútras Swami things thinking principle Thou art thought translation transmigration truth universe Upanishads Vedanta Vedántism Vedas Vishnu Vishnu Purana whole word worship Yoga Sastra Yogi
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Página 52 - ... thou hast praised the gods of silver, and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know: and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified.
Página 126 - How many of my father's hired servants have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger! I will arise and go to my father, and will say to him, "Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you, and I am no longer worthy to be called your son. Make me like one of your hired servants.
Página 53 - Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways. For there is not a word in my tongue, but lo, O Lord, thou knowest it altogether. Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it. Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?
Página 105 - But the father said to his servants, 'Bring forth the best robe and put it on him; and put a ring on his hand and shoes on his feet...
Página 51 - These are thy glorious works, Parent of good, Almighty ; Thine this universal frame, Thus wondrous fair ; Thyself how wondrous then ! Unspeakable, who sit'st above these Heavens, To us invisible, or dimly seen In these thy lowest works ; yet these declare Thy goodness beyond thought, and power divine.
Página 73 - More things are wrought by prayer Than this world dreams of. Wherefore, let thy voice Rise like a fountain for me night and day. For what are men better than sheep or goats That nourish a blind life within the brain, If, knowing God, they lift not hands of prayer Both for themselves and those who call them friend? For so the whole round earth is every way Bound by gold chains about the feet of God.
Página 104 - Of all the causes which conspire to blind Man's erring judgment, and misguide the mind, What the weak head with strongest bias rules, Is pride, the never-failing vice of fools.
Página 52 - HEAR, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: For the Lord hath spoken, I have nourished and brought up children, And they have rebelled against me. The ox knoweth his owner, And the ass his master's crib: But Israel doth not know, My people doth not consider.
Página 48 - ... medical doctrines which would disgrace an English farrier, astronomy which would move laughter in girls at an English boarding school, history abounding with kings thirty feet high and reigns thirty thousand years long, and geography, made up of seas of treacle and seas of butter.
Página 128 - Just as I am, — and waiting not To rid my soul of one dark blot, To thee, whose blood can cleanse each spot, O Lamb of God, I come. 3 Just as I am...