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... traditions simultaneously . " The two traditions meant here are : ( 1 ) The tradition to which the appraiser be- longs and ( 2 ) The tradition of the religion he is appraising . In a similar vein Prof. Bahm observes , " My own view is ...
... traditions simultaneously . " The two traditions meant here are : ( 1 ) The tradition to which the appraiser be- longs and ( 2 ) The tradition of the religion he is appraising . In a similar vein Prof. Bahm observes , " My own view is ...
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... tradition as beginningless ( Anādi ) and in a way exert the highest authority . Nevertheless , other texts also are regarded as no less sacred . Not only it is that Hinduism has no one as its definite founder and no book as its one ...
... tradition as beginningless ( Anādi ) and in a way exert the highest authority . Nevertheless , other texts also are regarded as no less sacred . Not only it is that Hinduism has no one as its definite founder and no book as its one ...
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... tradition too . The most obvious and important mark of this social system has been its varna dharma . As a matter of fact , traditionally , only he has been able to be a Hindu who has belonged to any of the four varnas present in Hindu ...
... tradition too . The most obvious and important mark of this social system has been its varna dharma . As a matter of fact , traditionally , only he has been able to be a Hindu who has belonged to any of the four varnas present in Hindu ...
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... tradition and philosophy have within them . Moreover , even Samkara regards this world as māyā not in the sense that it is a phantom or a dream . On the other hand , by calling the world māyā he simply wants to direct our attention to a ...
... tradition and philosophy have within them . Moreover , even Samkara regards this world as māyā not in the sense that it is a phantom or a dream . On the other hand , by calling the world māyā he simply wants to direct our attention to a ...
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... tradition in the Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upanisad where three classes of soul are distinguished - those that have faith in the eternity of the Atman , those that perform their Vedic duties of sacrifice etc. in a proper manner and those that are ...
... tradition in the Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upanisad where three classes of soul are distinguished - those that have faith in the eternity of the Atman , those that perform their Vedic duties of sacrifice etc. in a proper manner and those that are ...
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.