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abode Absolute ancient guilt animals Atman attained beast becomes belief body to body Brahman Brihadaranyaka-Upanishad Buddha Buddhism character Christian Chuang-tzsě conception consciousness consequence death deeds defilement desire Deussen dhism dispelled divine doctrine of metempsychosis Doukhobors earthly Egyptian embodiment Empedocles eschatology eternal evil existence to existence expiated flesh former existence GEORGE FOOT MOORE Gnostic gods Greek Hades HARVARD UNIVERSITY heaven hell Herder Hermes Trismegistos hypothesis idea identity IMMORTALITY Indian thought influence Ingersoll Lecture intelligence Jainism kind knowledge lives memory of former metaphysical metem migrate misery modern Neoplatonic nether-world Nirvana ophy origin and destiny Orphic perfection Persian Phaedo Philo philosophy Pindar Plato Plotinian Plotinus psychology psychosis punishment purification Pythagoras Pythagorean re-embodied reincarnation religion religious resurrection retribution round of rebirth salvation savage sects soul's stage suffer Tertullian theory of metempsychosis thinkers thousand tion tomb trans transcendental translated transmigration of souls Upanishads Vedanta WILLIAM LAMBERT
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Page 21 - Tzu, dreamt I was a butterfly, fluttering hither and thither, to all intents and purposes a butterfly. I was conscious only of following my fancies as a butterfly, and was unconscious of my individuality as a man. Suddenly, I awaked, and there I lay, myself again. Now I do not know whether I was then a man dreaming I was a butterfly, or whether I am now a butterfly, dreaming I am a man. Between a man and a butterfly there is necessarily a barrier. The transition is called Metempsychosis.
Page 67 - A theory," says George Foote Moore, "which has been embraced by so large a part of mankind, of many races and religions, and has commended itself to some of the most profound thinkers of all time, cannot be lightly dismissed.
Page 14 - ... civilization," the former regards the whole attempt as founded on error. Its inevitable failure does not signify real failure, but the adoption of a wrong standard of success. According to the teaching of the "Upanishads" even separate individuality is an illusion perpetuated by desire. When all the passion is at rest That lurks within the heart of man Then is the mortal no more mortal. But here and now attaineth Brahman.
Page 24 - Among the dead, sinful souls at once pay penalty, and the crimes done in this realm of Zeus are judged beneath the earth by one who gives sentence under dire necessity.