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Passages similar to: Bundahishn — Chapter XXVIII
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Bundahishn
Chapter XXVIII (8)
The business of the demon Andar is this, that he constrains the thoughts of the creatures from deeds of virtue, just like a leader who has well-constrained (sardâr-i khûp afsârdŏ); and he casts this into the thoughts of men, that it is not necessary to have the sacred shirt and thread-girdle.
The Masnavi
The Prophet's Scribe (11-20)
Instil many vain fancies into men's minds. But, on the contrary, 'tis his perverseness and want of faith The philosopher denies the existence of the...
Yasna (Gathas)
Yasna 46 — Ushtavaiti Gatha (4)
(But e’er these helpers come to me, all rests as yet in gloom.) The evil man is holding back those who are the bearers of the Righteous Order from...
Yasna (Gathas)
Yasna 30 — Ahunavaiti Gatha (6)
As they were questioning and debating in their council the (personified ) Worst Mind approached them that he might be chosen. (They made their fatal d...
Chaldean Oracles
And Daemons. (75)
There are certain Irrational Demons (mindless elementals), which. derive their subsistence from the Aërial Rulers; wherefore the Oracle saith, Being...
The Masnavi
The Pauper and the Prisoners (12-22)
Sometimes I menace them with poverty, Sometimes I blind their eyes with tresses and moles." In this prison the food of true faith is scarce, In spite...
The Three Principles of the Divine Essence
Chapter 3: Of the endless and numberless manifold engendering, [generating,] or Birth of the eternal Nature. The Gates of the great Depth. (7)
Where is it more needful for him to oppose, than on that Part where his Enemy may break in? He therefore covers the Hearts, Minds, Thoughts, and Sense...
Yasna (Gathas)
Yasna 32 — Ahunavaiti Gatha (5)
Yea, he has ruled you, (ye) who are of the Demon-gods, and with an evil word unto action, as his ruler (governs) the wicked !
Yasna (Gathas)
Yasna 48 — Spenta Mainyu Gatha (7)
Smite ye against the envy (which would plot against our Throne ), O ye who, abiding by the Good Mind, and in accordance with our holy Order, desire to...
Yasna (Gathas)
Yasna 44 — Ushtavaiti Gatha (14)
This I ask Thee, O Ahura! tell me aright; how shall I deliver that Demon-of-the-Lie into the two hands of Thine Order (as he lives in our hosts) to...
Chandogya Upanishad
Prapathaka VIII, Khanda 8 (5)
They deck out the body of the dead with perfumes, flowers, and fine raiment by way of ornament, and think they will thus conquer that world .
Yasna (Gathas)
Yasna 49 — Spenta Mainyu Gatha (4)
They who with evil scheme and will shall cherish and help on the Wrath of Rapine, and with her Râma , and (not by silent favour, but) with their very...