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... ignorance , and consequently from bondage , is known in Hindu- ism as Moksa ( Salvation ) . Every man is capable of salvation . As ignorance is the root cause of bondage , the natural cure is knowledge ( Jñāna ) . By knowledge man can ...
... ignorance , and consequently from bondage , is known in Hindu- ism as Moksa ( Salvation ) . Every man is capable of salvation . As ignorance is the root cause of bondage , the natural cure is knowledge ( Jñāna ) . By knowledge man can ...
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... ignorance ( Avidya ) which is beginningless ( Anādi ) . Thus ignorance is the root cause of all suffering . The above is a very general outline of the problem of suffer- ing in Hinduism . However , if we refer to the ancient sacred ...
... ignorance ( Avidya ) which is beginningless ( Anādi ) . Thus ignorance is the root cause of all suffering . The above is a very general outline of the problem of suffer- ing in Hinduism . However , if we refer to the ancient sacred ...
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... ignorance about the true nature of reality . It is due to this ignorance that man per- forms attached actions and invites rebirth which marks the origin of all suffering . The moment ignorance is removed , suffering ceases to be a ...
... ignorance about the true nature of reality . It is due to this ignorance that man per- forms attached actions and invites rebirth which marks the origin of all suffering . The moment ignorance is removed , suffering ceases to be a ...
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... ignorance that the soul misses its real divine nature of perfection and falls in bondage . But when release from worldly bondage is attained , the soul once again realises its true nature and obtains its inherent perfection . This ...
... ignorance that the soul misses its real divine nature of perfection and falls in bondage . But when release from worldly bondage is attained , the soul once again realises its true nature and obtains its inherent perfection . This ...
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... ignorance , and consequently by attaining knowledge that one attains Moksha . Nevertheless , the role of moral actions and devotion to God in attaining liberation is not simply ruled out in Hinduism . It rather pres- cribes and ...
... ignorance , and consequently by attaining knowledge that one attains Moksha . Nevertheless , the role of moral actions and devotion to God in attaining liberation is not simply ruled out in Hinduism . It rather pres- cribes and ...
Contents
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Ultimate destiny | 36 |
BUDDHISM | 43 |
Life after death | 57 |
Principal sects | 67 |
Life after death | 99 |
CHRISTIANITY | 130 |
ISLAM | 153 |
SIKHISM | 173 |
COMPARISON AND APPRAISAL | 191 |
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Page 136 - So the Father is God, the Son is God : and the Holy Ghost is God. And yet they are not three Gods : but one God.
Page 105 - I am the Lord, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid you out of their bondage, and I will redeem you with a stretched out arm, and with great judgments...
Page 17 - THEN was not non-existent nor existent: there was no realm of air, no sky beyond it. What covered in, and where ? and what gave shelter ? Was water there, unfathomed depth of water? Death was not then, nor was there aught immortal: no sign was there, the day's and night's divider. That one thing, breathless, breathed by its own nature : apart from it was nothing whatsoever.
Page 136 - So there is one Father, not three Fathers ; one Son, not three Sons ; one Holy Ghost, not three Holy Ghosts, And in this Trinity none is afore or after other, none is greater or less than another) but the whole three persons are co-eternal together, and co-equaL So that in all things, as is aforesaid, the Unity in Trinity and the Trinity in Unity is to be worshipped.
Page 136 - The Father incomprehensible, the Son incomprehensible, and the Holy Ghost incomprehensible. The Father eternal, the Son eternal, and the Holy Ghost eternal. And yet they are not three eternals, but one eternal.