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Sacred Books of the East; Comprising the Vedic Hymns, Zend-Avesta, Dhammapada, Upanishads, the Koran and the Life of Buddha
Sacred Books of the East Comprising the Vedic Hymns ZendAvesta Dhammapada Upanishads the Koran and the Life of Buddha Author:Epiphanius Wilson General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1900 Original Publisher: Colonial Press Subjects: Sacred books Religions Oriental literature English literature Literary Criticism / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh Psychology / General Religion / General Religion / Buddhism / General Religion /... more » Comparative Religion Religion / Eastern Religion / Hinduism / General Religion / Theosophy Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: TO RAIN AS A HEALING POWER " Come, come on, O clouds, from up above, down on the earth, by thousands of drops, by myriads of drops " -- thus say, O holy Zarathustra! " to destroy sickness, to destroy death, to destroy the sickness that kills, to destroy death that kills, to destroy Gadha and Apagadha. If death come after noon, may healing come at eve! If death come at eve, may healing come at night! If death come at night, may healing come at dawn! And showers shower down new water, new earth, new plants, new healing powers, and new healing. TO THE WATERS AND LIGHT OF THE SUN " As the sea Vouru-kasha is the gathering place of the waters, rising up and going down, up the aerial way and down the earth, down the earth and up the aerial way: thus rise up and roll along! thou in whose rising and growing Ahura Mazda made the aerial way. Up! rise up and roll along! thou swift-horsed Sun, above Hara Berezaiti, and produce light for the world, and mayest thou, O man! rise up there, if thou art to abide in Garo-nmanem, along the path made by Mazda, along the way made by the gods, the watery way they opened. And the Holy Word shall keep away the evil. Of thec, O child! I will cleanse the birth and growth; of thee, O woman! I will make the body and the strength pu...« less