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Start of eBook	1
THE ZEND-AVESTA	1
THE DHAMMAPADA	1
THE UPANISHADS	1
SELECTIONS FROM THE KORAN	1
LIFE OF BUDDHA	1
VEDIC HYMNS	1
INTRODUCTION	2
VEDIC HYMNS	3
TO THE MARUTS[1]	3
I	3
II	4
III	5
IV	6
V	6
VI	7
VII	8
VIII	8
IX	9
X	9
XI	10
XII	10
XIII	11
XIV	12
XV	13
XVI	13
XVII	15
XVIII	15
XIX	16
XX	17
XXI	18
XXII	18
XXIII	19
XXIV	20
XXV	20
TO THE MARUTS AND INDRA	21
The Dialogue	21
The Epilogue	22
TO INDRA AND THE MARUTS	22
TO AGNI[5] AND THE MARUTS	22
TO RUDRA[6]	23
TO RUDRA	23
TO AGNI AND THE MARUTS	24
TO VAYU	25
TO VAYU	25
INDRA AND AGASTYA[7]: A DIALOGUE	26
TO SOMA AND RUDRA	26
TO RUDRA	26
TO VATA	27
TO VATA	27
I	27
II	27
III	28
IV	29
V	29
VI	30
VII	31
VIII	31
IX	32
X	33
XI	33
SELECTIONS FROM THE ZEND-AVESTA	33
INTRODUCTION	34
DISCOVERY OF THE ZEND-AVESTA	36
SELECTIONS FROM THE ZEND-AVESTA	44
MYTH OF YIMA	46
THE EARTH	48
CONTRACTS AND OUTRAGES[11]	51
UNCLEANNESS[12]	56
FUNERALS AND PURIFICATION	62
CLEANSING THE UNCLEAN	65
SPELLS RECITED DURING THE CLEANSING	70
TO FIRES, WATERS, PLANTS	71
TO THE EARTH AND THE SACRED WATERS	72
PRAYER FOR HELPERS	72
A PRAYER FOR SANCTITY AND ITS BENEFITS	73
TO THE FIRE	73
TO THE BOUNTIFUL IMMORTALS	75
PRAISE OF THE HOLY BULL	75
TO RAIN AS A HEALING POWER	75
TO THE WATERS AND LIGHT OF THE SUN	75
TO THE WATERS AND LIGHT OF THE MOON	76
TO THE WATERS AND LIGHT OF THE STARS	76
THE DHAMMAPADA	76
INTRODUCTION	76
THE DHAMMAPADA	77
CHAPTER I	77
CHAPTER II	79
CHAPTER III	79
CHAPTER IV	80
CHAPTER V	81
CHAPTER VI	81
CHAPTER VII	82
CHAPTER VIII	83
CHAPTER IX	84
CHAPTER X	84
CHAPTER XI	85
CHAPTER XII	86
CHAPTER XIII	86
CHAPTER XIV	87
CHAPTER XV	88
CHAPTER XVI	89
CHAPTER XVII	89
CHAPTER XVIII	90
CHAPTER XIX	91
CHAPTER XX	92
CHAPTER XXI	93
CHAPTER XXII	94
CHAPTER XXIII	94
CHAPTER XXIV	95
CHAPTER XXV	97
CHAPTER XXVI	98
THE UPANISHADS	100
INTRODUCTION	100
THE UPANISHADS	101
THE COUCH OF BRAHMAN	101
KNOWLEDGE OF THE LIVING SPIRIT	104
LIFE AND CONSCIOUSNESS	109
SELECTIONS FROM THE KORAN	114
INTRODUCTION	114
MOHAMMED AND MOHAMMEDANISM	117
THE KORAN	142
CHAPTER I	142
CHAPTER II	142
CHAPTER III	168
CHAPTER IV	183
CHAPTER V	199
LIFE OF BUDDHA	210
INTRODUCTION	210
LIFE OF BUDDHA	211
CHAPTER I	211
CHAPTER II	236
CHAPTER III	256
CHAPTER IV	284
CHAPTER V	313

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