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Katha Upanishad
First Vallī (3)
'Unblessed, surely, are the worlds to which a man goes by giving (as his promised present at a sacrifice) cows which have drunk water, eaten hay, given their milk, and are barren.'
Bhagavad Gita
Karma Yoga (3.12)
"Nourished by the sacrifice, the Gods shall indeed bestow on you the enjoyments ye desire." Whoso enjoys — without offering to Them — Their gifts, he...
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...
Dhammapada
Chapter VIII: The Thousands (108)
Whatever a man sacrifice in this world as an offering or as an oblation for a whole year in order to gain merit, the whole of it is not worth a...
Stromata (Miscellanies)
Chapter VI: Prayers and Praise From A Pure Mind, Ceaselessly Offered, Far Better Than Sacrifices. (3)
"When to the gods you sacrifice, Selecting what our portion is, 'Tis shame to tell, do ye not take, And both the thighs, clean to the groins, The...
Divine Comedy
Paradiso: Canto V (3)
The other, which is known to thee as matter, May well indeed be such that one errs not If it for other matter be exchanged. But let none shift the bur...
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)...
Brihadaranyaka Upanishad
Brahmana 3 (4.3.33)
If one is fortunate among men and wealthy, lord over others, best provided with all human enjoyments — that is the highest bliss of men. Now a...
Bhagavad Gita
Śhraddhā Traya Vibhāga Yoga (17.28)
Whatever is sacrificed, given, or done, and whatever austerity is practised, without faith, it is called 'asat,' O Pârtha; it is naught here or...
Bhagavad Gita
Daivāsura Sampad Vibhāga Yoga (16.17)
Self-honored, stubborn, filled with the pride and intoxication of wealth, they perform sacrifices in name with hypocrisy, without regard to ordinance.
Chandogya Upanishad
Prapathaka IV, Khanda 16 (3)
He performs perfectly the one way only (that by words), but the other is injured. As a man walking on one foot, or a carriage going on one wheel, is...
Bhagavad Gita
Jnana Yoga (4.31)
Eating of ambrosia, the remnant of the sacrifice, they go to Eternal Brahman. This world is not for the non-sacrificer; whence the other? — O best of...
Mundaka Upanishad
First Mundaka, Second Khanda (3)
If a man's Agnihotra sacrifice is not followed by the new-moon and full-moon sacrifices, by the four-months' sacrifices, and by the harvest...
Bhagavad Gita
Śhraddhā Traya Vibhāga Yoga (17.22)
The gift that is given at a wrong place or time, to unworthy persons, without respect or with insult, that is declared to be Tâmasic.
Dhammapada
Chapter XXIV: Thirst (359)
The fields are damaged by weeds, mankind is damaged by lust: therefore a gift bestowed on those who are free from lust brings great reward.
Dhammapada
Chapter XIII: The World (177)
The uncharitable do not go to the world of the gods; fools only do not praise liberality; a wise man rejoices in liberality, and through it becomes...
Brihadaranyaka Upanishad
Brahmana 2 (6.2.11)
This world, verily, is a sacrificial fire, 0 Gautama. The earth, in truth, is its fuel; fire, the smoke; night, the flame; the moon, the coals; the...
Chandogya Upanishad
Prapathaka V, Khanda 21 (2)
'And through their satisfaction he (the sacrificer or eater) himself is satisfied with offspring, cattle, health, brightness, and Vedic splendour.
On the Mysteries
V, Chapter VI (1)
Hence no one can justly approve of them, because they assign a cause of the works performed in sacrifices unadapted to their dignity. And if some one ...
Chandogya Upanishad
Prapathaka IV, Khanda 4 (5)
He said to him: 'No one but a true Brâhmana would thus speak out. Go and fetch fuel, friend, I shall initiate you. You have not swerved from the...
Dhammapada
Chapter XXIV: Thirst (358)
The fields are damaged by weeds, mankind is damaged by vanity: therefore a gift bestowed on those who are free from vanity brings great reward.
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