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... practices that these religions inculcate and emphasize . Instead of going into the history of religions the author deals with certain specific topics relating to the important beliefs and practices of the followers of these reli- gions ...
... practices that these religions inculcate and emphasize . Instead of going into the history of religions the author deals with certain specific topics relating to the important beliefs and practices of the followers of these reli- gions ...
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... practices that these religions inculcate and emphasise . I have , therefore , instead of going into the history of the religions , tried in the present book to deal with them with reference to certain specific topics relating to the ...
... practices that these religions inculcate and emphasise . I have , therefore , instead of going into the history of the religions , tried in the present book to deal with them with reference to certain specific topics relating to the ...
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... practices . There is no limit to external criticisms . They all depend upon the personal convictions , likes and dislikes of the appraiser . But such criticisms based on personal likes and dislikes , or based on criteria drawn out of ...
... practices . There is no limit to external criticisms . They all depend upon the personal convictions , likes and dislikes of the appraiser . But such criticisms based on personal likes and dislikes , or based on criteria drawn out of ...
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... practices , but none can claim exclusive authority . Some of the important religious texts of Hinduism are the Vedas , the Upanisads , the Purāņas , the 1. K. M. Sen , Hinduism , ( Penguin Books ) , pp . 14-15 . Dharma Sūtras and Dharma ...
... practices , but none can claim exclusive authority . Some of the important religious texts of Hinduism are the Vedas , the Upanisads , the Purāņas , the 1. K. M. Sen , Hinduism , ( Penguin Books ) , pp . 14-15 . Dharma Sūtras and Dharma ...
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... practice . Varying beliefs and practices can be found amongst those who call themselves Hindus . A polytheist is as much a Hindu , as a monotheist or a monist or even an atheist . Hinduism is really a vast and apparently incoherent ...
... practice . Varying beliefs and practices can be found amongst those who call themselves Hindus . A polytheist is as much a Hindu , as a monotheist or a monist or even an atheist . Hinduism is really a vast and apparently incoherent ...
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...
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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.