This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1897 edition. Excerpt: ... parrot; thou art the thunder-cloud, the seasons; thou art the seas. Thou art without beginning, being infinite, thou of whom all worlds are born. But as the flowing rivers which go toward the ocean are absorbed and swallowed up in it, losing their names and their forms, so the sun and moon, the Kshatriyas and ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1897 edition. Excerpt: ... parrot; thou art the thunder-cloud, the seasons; thou art the seas. Thou art without beginning, being infinite, thou of whom all worlds are born. But as the flowing rivers which go toward the ocean are absorbed and swallowed up in it, losing their names and their forms, so the sun and moon, the Kshatriyas and Brahmans, mosquitos, bees, flamingos, the devas, Vishnu, Siva, and time itself in which lives the second Brahma, will be absorbed in the inconceivable existence, and their names and their forms will be no more." And in reality, at this moment they are not, these forms; they are only appearances. Brahma, regarding himself in the mirror of time and of illusion, perceives himself as multiple and mutable, but in reality there is only that which is. This is no mere theory, no scholastic thesis, no philosophy framed by idle speculation, but an active, practical, deeply-rooted belief, elaborated by solitary and concentrated meditation. Thrown back upon himself, absorbed in reflection, the Brahman no longer distinguishes the real world from that of his dreams, and sees it floating to and fro like a vapour. Hence the tie which attaches him to this world has no strength. How can a man love that which is known to be unreal? Why seek to grasp what must inevitably slip from the hand? " O holy one! what profits it to be happy in this vile and fragile body, an accumulation of bones and blood and skin, of nerves, marrow, flesh, tears? What profits it to be happy in this body, which is assailed by hatred, covetousness, envy, deception, fear, anguish, jealousy, the separation from friends, hunger, thirst, old age, death, disease, suffering? And we see that all is perishable, flies and moths and other insects, grass and trees, which grow up and decay. Look...
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