Theosophy Or Psychological Religion: The Gifford Lectures Delivered Before the University of Glasgow in 1892Longmans, Green and Company, 1895 - 594 pages |
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... reached . Bactria during the first century after Buddha's death , say 477-377 B.C. In later times the presence of Buddhists in Bactria cannot be doubted1 . About the same time coins had been struck with inscriptions in Pehlevi , which ...
... reached . Bactria during the first century after Buddha's death , say 477-377 B.C. In later times the presence of Buddhists in Bactria cannot be doubted1 . About the same time coins had been struck with inscriptions in Pehlevi , which ...
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... reached where the Greek stream had separated from them . That being the case , it follows that any coincidences that may be discovered between the later phases of religious or philosophical thought of Greeks and Hindus , should not be ...
... reached where the Greek stream had separated from them . That being the case , it follows that any coincidences that may be discovered between the later phases of religious or philosophical thought of Greeks and Hindus , should not be ...
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... reached before the great Aryan separation took place , thousands of years before the beginning of any history . We know that the only real historical background for the religion , the mytho- logy and the laws of the Greeks and Romans ...
... reached before the great Aryan separation took place , thousands of years before the beginning of any history . We know that the only real historical background for the religion , the mytho- logy and the laws of the Greeks and Romans ...
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... reached , which has found different expressions in different religions and philosophies , but nowhere such a clear and powerful realisation as in the ancient Upanishads of India . For let me add at once , this recognition of the ...
... reached , which has found different expressions in different religions and philosophies , but nowhere such a clear and powerful realisation as in the ancient Upanishads of India . For let me add at once , this recognition of the ...
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... reached the place of lightning , a person , not a man , comes near them 1 Yagnavalkya III . 192 explains this by sraddhayâ parayâ yutah , endowed with the highest faith . The exact meaning is not clear . The True is meant for Brahman ...
... reached the place of lightning , a person , not a man , comes near them 1 Yagnavalkya III . 192 explains this by sraddhayâ parayâ yutah , endowed with the highest faith . The exact meaning is not clear . The True is meant for Brahman ...
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