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The Jaina Philosophy
Love
Faith
Hope
Patience
The Rosicrucian does not say it is a combination of the male and female principles meeting in the centre. If a person practise love, hope, patience, and faith, he will reach the centre.
It can be interpreted as the crucifixion of the outer self; that was the original meaning.
The Zoroastrians also have their symbols. They are supposed to worship fire. Fire has its origin in the sun. The sun was the symbol of spirituality. It was considered the source of spirituality.
According to the views of Hindu scholars the follower of Zoroaster and the Parsees did not agree with the Hindus on certain points and went to Persia and then followed a different religion.
The Brahmins used an intoxicating plant and sung beautiful hymns. The Brahmin ceremony is the origin of the Bacchic custom, or ceremony of drinking wine. It is to protest against this ceremony that the fifth rule of the Buddhists is not to partake of intoxicating drink.
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