 Time is in the long run death, so that the sacrificer himself becomes death, and by that act rises superior to death, and is for ever removed from the world of illusion and trouble to the world of everlasting bliss. In this the true nature of Prajapati...  Ancient India - Page 142edited by - 1922 - 736 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1922 - 852 pages
...fire of the altar, and both Prajapati and Agni are the divine counterparts of the human sacrificer. But Prajapati is himself Time, and Time is in the...one, called variously brahman, 'the holy power,' or atman, 'the self.' Moreover, the Upanishads agree in regarding the absolute to be unknowable, and though... | |
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...fire of the altar, and both Prajapati and Agni are the divine counterparts of the human sacrificer. But Prajapati is himself Time, and Time is in the...one, called variously brahman, 'the holy power,' or nt num. 'the self Moreover, the Upanishads agree in regarding the absolute to be unknowable, and though... | |
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