India, and India Missions: Including Sketches of the Gigantic System of Hinduism, Both in Theory and Practice ; Also, Notices of Some of the Principal Agencies Employed in Conducting the Process of Indian Evangelization, &c. &cJ. Johnstone, 1840 - 708 pages |
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... triliteral monosyllable AUM , contracted Oм , the symbol of the Triad ; and the Gayatri , or holiest text of the Vedas , which , in one of its forms , has been thus translated , " We meditate on the adorable light of the resplendent ...
... triliteral monosyllable AUM , contracted Oм , the symbol of the Triad ; and the Gayatri , or holiest text of the Vedas , which , in one of its forms , has been thus translated , " We meditate on the adorable light of the resplendent ...
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... triliteral monosyllable , and the sacred text of Brahma ; last of all , he raises both fingers off the left nostril , and emits the breath he had suppressed through the right . This process being repeated three several times , he must ...
... triliteral monosyllable , and the sacred text of Brahma ; last of all , he raises both fingers off the left nostril , and emits the breath he had suppressed through the right . This process being repeated three several times , he must ...
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... triliteral monosyllable , and the names of the three lower worlds , a hundred or a thousand times ; or as often as may be practicable , -counting the repetitions on a rosary of gems set in gold , or of wild grains . To these repetitions ...
... triliteral monosyllable , and the names of the three lower worlds , a hundred or a thousand times ; or as often as may be practicable , -counting the repetitions on a rosary of gems set in gold , or of wild grains . To these repetitions ...
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... triliteral monosyllable Aum ; recitings of the holiest of texts - the Gayatri ; mystic suppressions of the breath with the thumb and forefingers , and intense inward meditations ; adorations the most multiform of elements , planets ...
... triliteral monosyllable Aum ; recitings of the holiest of texts - the Gayatri ; mystic suppressions of the breath with the thumb and forefingers , and intense inward meditations ; adorations the most multiform of elements , planets ...
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... triliteral monosyllable AUM , and other mystical names and texts which constitute effica- cious devotion . -Hence those attempts at fixing the mind on the lotus of the heart , the pineal gland , or some other internal object ; to ...
... triliteral monosyllable AUM , and other mystical names and texts which constitute effica- cious devotion . -Hence those attempts at fixing the mind on the lotus of the heart , the pineal gland , or some other internal object ; to ...
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Page 686 - Shew the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that ye are gods : yea, do good, or do evil, that we may be dismayed, and behold it together.
Page 296 - ... godliness hath promise of the life that now is," as well as of that which is to come.
Page 471 - For if the casting away of them be the reconciling of the world, what shall the receiving of them be, but life from the dead?
Page 437 - Whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom is from generation to generation. And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing; and he doeth according to his will in the armies of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth...
Page 631 - Then let us pray that come it may, As come it will, for a' that, That sense and worth, o'er a' the earth, Shall bear the 'gree, an' a
Page 565 - Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy: but I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you...
Page 241 - I have burned part of it in the fire ; yea, also I have baked bread upon the coals thereof ; I have roasted flesh, and eaten it : and shall I make the residue thereof an abomination ? shall I fall down to the stock of a tree ? " He feedeth on ashes : a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, " Is there not a lie in my right hand...
Page 240 - Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man's device.
Page 471 - Now if the fall of them be the riches of the world, and the diminishing of them the riches of the Gentiles; how much more their fulness?
Page 227 - And on the morrow when he departed, he took out two pence and gave them to the host and said unto him, Take care of him, and whatsoever thou spendest more, when I come again I will repay thee.