Diary of a Pedestrian in Cashmere and Thibet |
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Page 259 - Let us adore the supremacy of that divine sun, the god-head who illuminates all, who recreates all, from whom all proceed, to whom all must return, whom we invoke to direct our understandings aright in our progress towards his holy seat.
Page 296 - Praise be to God, the Lord of Creation , The All-merciful, the All-compassionate ! Ruler of the day of Reckoning ! Thee we worship, and Thee we invoke for help. Lead us in the straight path ; — The path of those upon whom Thou hast been gracious, Not of those that are the objects of Wrath, or that are in Error...
Page 259 - What the sun and light are to this visible world, that are the supreme good and truth, to the intellectual and invisible universe ; and, as our corporeal eyes have a distinct perception of objects enlightened by the sun, thus our souls acquire 1 Essays and Lectures, &c., vol.
Page 301 - All that tread The globe are but a handful to the tribes That slumber in its bosom.
Page 147 - Here we find a practice equally strange, that of polyandry, if I may so call it, universally prevailing ; and see one female, associating her fate and fortune with all the brothers of a family, without any restriction of age, or of numbers...
Page 310 - As an isolated ruin, this deserves, on account of its solitary and massive grandeur, to be ranked, not only as the first ruin of the kind in Kashmir, but as one of the noblest amongst the architectural relics of antiquity that are to be seen in any country.
Page 310 - ... that over the inner chamber must have been the loftiest, the height of its pinnacle above the ground being about 7,5 feet. 'The interior must have been as imposing as the exterior. On ascending the flight of steps, now covered by ruins, the votary of the sun entered a highly decorated chamber, with a doorway on each side covered by a pediment, with a trefoil-headed niche containing a bust of the Hindu triad, and on the flanks of the main entrance, as well as on those of the side doorways, were...
Page 318 - The affairs of this quarter in every respect flourish. I am, night and day, employed in prayers for the increase of your happiness and prosperity. Having been informed, by travellers from your country, of your exalted fame and reputation, my heart, like the blossoms of spring, abounds with satisfaction, gladness, and joy.
Page 319 - I am but a fakeer, and it is the custom of my sect, with the rosary in our hands, to pray for the welfare of mankind and the peace and happiness of the inhabitants of this country ; and I do now, with my head uncovered, entreat that you cease all hostilities against the dah in future.
Page 298 - I will show thee," replied the stranger, " a better way than that; let a crier call aloud, GREAT is THE LORD ! G-REAT is THE LORD ! / bear witness that there is no God but the Lord : I bear witness that Mahomet is the Prophet of God. Come unto Prayer: Come unto Salvation. God is Great ! God is Great! There is no God but the Lord !" Awaking from sleep, the citizen went straightway to Mahomet, and told him his dream.