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Passages similar to: Bundahishn — Chapter XXVIII
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Bundahishn
Chapter XXVIII (21)
Whoever has given anything to that person whose opinion is this, and who says, that it is not necessary to have a snake-killer (mâr-van), then Aharman, with the foregoing demons, is propitiated by him; this is said of him who, when he sees a noxious creature, does not kill it.
The Masnavi
Moses and Pharaoh (12-22)
Slay it in sacred war and combat, When that man cherished that snake, That stubborn brute was happy in the luxury of warmth; And of necessity worked...
Yasna (Gathas)
Yasna 32 — Ahunavaiti Gatha (12)
(But Ahura will speak His rebuke, for) as to those doctrines which (such) men may be (basely) delivering (repelled) by the holiest action, (and...
Yasna (Gathas)
Yasna 51 — Vohu Khshathra Gatha (6)
(And in partial answer to his question, and to solve his doubt, I now declare the truth): He who gives to this (good citizen) that which is better...
Yasna (Gathas)
Yasna 31 — Ahunavaiti Gatha (15)
And I would ask Thee this, O Mazda! (concerning the coadjutor of the wicked): What is the award for him who prepares the throne for the evil, for the ...
Yasna (Gathas)
Yasna 46 — Ushtavaiti Gatha (13)
Yea, he who will propitiate Zarathustra Spitâma with gifts midst men, this man is fitted for the proclamation, and to him Ahura Mazda will give the...
Yasna (Gathas)
Yasna 33 — Ahunavaiti Gatha (2)
Yea, (he will act with justice but with vengeance, for) he who does evil to the wicked by word, or with thought (and plan), and (who therein does not...
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 44 — Ushtavaiti Gatha (19)
This I ask Thee, O Ahura! tell me aright; (in the case of the recreant, of him) who does not give this (honoured) gift to him who hath earned it;...
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 .
The Masnavi
The Lover and his Mistress (1-10)
The lover invoked blessings on that rough patrol, They were poison to most men, but sweets to him, In the world there is nothing absolutely bad;...
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...
Yasna (Gathas)
Yasna 48 — Spenta Mainyu Gatha (1)
If through his action in the offering of gifts in accordance with the Righteous Order, (Thy saint ) shall smite the Demon-of-the-Lie (the inspiring...
Yasna (Gathas)
Yasna 34 — Ahunavaiti Gatha (9)
Aye, they who desert Thy bountiful Piety, O Mazda! that one desired of Thee , O Thou omniscient! and who thus abandon her by reason of the evil-doer,...
Yasna (Gathas)
Yasna 51 — Vohu Khshathra Gatha (10)
(Yea, let Thy believer wound the wicked to the quick), for he, who totally estranged from this (our holy rule ), O Mazda! seeks to destroy my life,...
Yasna (Gathas)
Yasna 32 — Ahunavaiti Gatha (8)
Of these wretched beings Yima Vîvanghusha was famed to be; he who, desiring to content our men, was eating kine's flesh in its pieces. But from (such...
Yasna (Gathas)
Yasna 32 — Ahunavaiti Gatha (10)
Aye, this man will destroy my doctrines (indeed, for he blasphemes the highest of creatures that live or are made). He declares that the (sacred)...
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...