Text of Confucianism Part 02

SR No.: 007676
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: James Legge
Publisher: Oxford
Publication Year: 1882
Total Pages: 2405
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 43 MB

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CHAPTER XCI, 5-10.
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was restored immovably when there was an approach to the sky of that actual contender for the place, the fiend, and the sky was shaken by him; for connected with the sky were arranged so many possessors of all resources, dignified (afrankid) by their own allpowerful position and that well-operating, mighty, undrawn bow?, righteous and well-discoursing (häfravakhsh), and many good spirits, gloriously cooperating for the preparation of the sky. 9. For that which was not even itself a place ?, when it is thus henceforth really a place, is in want of preparing; and, in the preparation of that visible 3 place, with the material of the sky is mingled that triuinphing, powerful spirit who made its existence a seeking for principle and seeking for intention, drawing up from below and drawing down from above, so that through that seeking for principle it becomes a concord, the resting-place of united champions, and unadmonishable through that power of seeking for intention ; such as this it is if, indeed, it be the will of him, the creator of all goodness.
10. And it is said summarily that the sky was shaken in the period of disturbance and restored with trouble ; and, if the guardian spirits are in freedom from disturbance through the glory of the creator, when there is not even a place for it prepared by themselves“, and their nature and own
the sky is supposed to be), unless it is a stronghold in itself, must be always on the alert.
"The rainbow ; reading atang darun. 2 That is, 'a living-place' (see § 3 n). : Reading dido, seen;' but it may be stổ for stî,' material.'
. That is, while the sky was still indefinite space, the region of light, but no dwelling-place; although the guardian spirits had
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