Sacred Books of the East, by Various, et al

About this eBook

Contributor

Carlyle, Thomas, 1795-1881

Title

Sacred Books of the East

Original Publication

[S.l. : s.n.], 1900

Credits

E-text prepared by Juliet Sutherland, John Hagerson, David King, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team

Language

English

LoC Class

PL: Language and Literatures: Languages and literatures of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania

Subject

Oriental literature -- Translations into English

Category

Text

eBook-No.

12894

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/12894

Release Date

July 12, 2004

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.SACRED BOOKS OF THE EAST
2. 2.REVISED EDITION
3. 3.CONTENTS — VEDIC HYMNS — THE ZEND-AVESTA — THE DHAMMAPADA — THE UPANISHADS — SELECTIONS FROM THE KORAN — LIFE OF BUDDHA
4. 4.VEDIC HYMNS — Translation by F. Max Müller. — INTRODUCTION
5. 5.VEDIC HYMNS — TO THE UNKNOWN GOD — TO THE MARUTS 1 — I — II — III — IV — V — VI — VII — VIII — IX — X — XI — XII — XIII — XIV — XV — XVI — XVII — XVIII — XIX — XX — XXI — XXII — XXIII — XXIV — XXV — TO THE MARUTS AND INDRA — The Prologue — The Dialogue — The Epilogue — TO INDRA AND THE MARUTS — TO AGNI AND THE MARUTS 5 — TO RUDRA 6 — TO RUDRA — TO AGNI AND THE MARUTS — TO VÂYU — TO VÂYU — INDRA AND AGASTYA: A DIALOGUE 7 — TO SOMA AND RUDRA — TO RUDRA — TO VÂTA — TO VÂTA — I — II — III — IV — V — VI — VII — VIII — IX — X — XI
6. 6.SELECTIONS FROM THE ZEND-AVESTA — Translation by James Darmestetter — INTRODUCTION — DISCOVERY OF THE ZEND-AVESTA
7. 7.SELECTIONS FROM THE ZEND-AVESTA — THE CREATION 10 — MYTH OF YIMA — THE EARTH — CONTRACTS AND OUTRAGES 11 — UNCLEANNESS 12 — FUNERALS AND PURIFICATION — CLEANSING THE UNCLEAN — SPELLS RECITED DURING THE CLEANSING — TO FIRES, WATERS, PLANTS — TO THE EARTH AND THE SACRED WATERS — PRAYER FOR HELPERS — A PRAYER FOR SANCTITY AND ITS BENEFITS — TO THE FIRE — TO THE BOUNTIFUL IMMORTALS — PRAISE OF THE HOLY BULL — TO RAIN AS A HEALING POWER — TO THE WATERS AND LIGHT OF THE SUN — TO THE WATERS AND LIGHT OF THE MOON — TO THE WATERS AND LIGHT OF THE STARS
8. 8.THE DHAMMAPADA — Translation by F. Max Müller — INTRODUCTION
9. 9.THE DHAMMAPADA — CHAPTER I — THE TWIN-VERSES — CHAPTER II — ON EARNESTNESS — CHAPTER III — THOUGHT — CHAPTER IV — FLOWERS — CHAPTER V — THE FOOL — CHAPTER VI — THE WISE MAN — CHAPTER VII — THE VENERABLE — CHAPTER VIII — THE THOUSANDS — CHAPTER IX — EVIL — CHAPTER X — PUNISHMENT — CHAPTER XI — OLD AGE — CHAPTER XII — SELF — CHAPTER XIII — THE WORLD — CHAPTER XIV — THE BUDDHA—THE AWAKENED — CHAPTER XV — HAPPINESS — CHAPTER XVI — PLEASURE — CHAPTER XVII — ANGER — CHAPTER XVIII — IMPURITY — CHAPTER XIX — THE JUST — CHAPTER XX — THE WAY — CHAPTER XXI — MISCELLANEOUS — CHAPTER XXII — THE DOWNWARD COURSE — CHAPTER XXIII — THE ELEPHANT — CHAPTER XXIV — THIRST — CHAPTER XXV — THE BHIKSHU — CHAPTER XXVI — THE BRÂHMANA
10. 10.THE UPANISHADS — Translation by F. Max Müller — INTRODUCTION
11. 11.THE UPANISHADS — KAUSHÎTAKI-UPANISHAD — THE COUCH OF BRAHMAN — KNOWLEDGE OF THE LIVING SPIRIT — LIFE AND CONSCIOUSNESS
12. 12.SELECTIONS FROM THE KORAN — Translation by George Sale — INTRODUCTION — MOHAMMED AND MOHAMMEDANISM — By Thomas Carlyle
13. 13.THE KORAN — CHAPTER I — Entitled, the Preface, or Introduction—Revealed at Mecca — CHAPTER II — Entitled, the Cow 22 —Revealed Partly at Mecca, and Partly at Medina — CHAPTER III — Entitled, the Family of Imran 46 —Revealed at Medina — CHAPTER IV — Entitled, Women 63 —Revealed at Medina — CHAPTER V — Entitled, the Table 82 —Revealed at Medina
14. 14.LIFE OF BUDDHA — BY ASVAGHOSHA BODHISATTVA — Translated from Sanscrit into Chinese by Dharmaraksha, A.D. 420; from Chinese into English by Samuel Beal — INTRODUCTION
15. 15.LIFE OF BUDDHA — CHAPTER I — The Birth — Living in the Palace — Disgust at Sorrow — Putting Away Desire — Leaving the City — CHAPTER II — The Return of Kandaka — Entering the Place of Austerities — The General Grief of the Palace — The Mission to Seek the Prince — CHAPTER III — Bimbisâra Raga Invites the Prince — The Reply to Bimbasâra Râga — Visit to Ârâda Udrarâma — Defeats Mara — O-wei-san-pou-ti (Abhisambodhi) — Turning the Law-wheel — CHAPTER IV — Bimbisâra Râga Becomes a Disciple — The Great Disciple Becomes a Hermit — Conversion of the "Supporter of the Orphans and Destitute" — Interview between Father and Son — Receiving the Getavana Vihâra — Escaping the Drunken Elephant and Devadatta — The Lady Âmra Sees Buddha — CHAPTER V — By Spiritual Power Fixing His Term of Years — The Differences of the Likkhavis — Parinirvâna — Mahâparinirvâna — Praising Nirvâna — Division of the Sariras

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