8159 | Damayata - be self-controlled! Datta - be charitable! Dayadhwam - be compassionate! [Anon (Upan)] |
8156 | The gods are not worshipped for their own sake, but for the sake of the Self [Anon (Upan)] |
8157 | A man with desires is continually reborn, until his desires are stilled [Anon (Upan)] |
8145 | Those ignorant of Atman return as animals or plants, according to their merits [Anon (Upan)] |
7993 | Brahman is supreme, Atman his spirit in man, and Karma is the force of creation [Anon (Bhag)] |
5350 | The Hindu doctrine of reincarnation only appeared in the eighth century CE [Flanagan] |
7599 | Around 800 BCE teachers superseded gods in India [Armstrong,K] |
7474 | Hinduism has no founder, or prophet, or creed, or ecclesiastical structure [Watson] |