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10. MANICHEAN
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Rugtalara NSA
Page from an illustrated Manichaean hymn manuscript, found in Central Asia and probably
dating to the eleventh century.
MANICHAEAN PSALM
"I am in everything. I bear the skies. I am the foundation. I support the earths. I am the Light that shines forth, that gives joy to the souls. I am the life of the world; I am the milk that is in all trees; I am the sweet water that is beneath the sons of matter... I bore these things until I had fulfilled the will of my father; the First Man is my father whose will I have carried out... O soul, raise your eyes to the height and contemplate your bond... look, your Fathers are calling you."
No one can fail to see the basic Hinduism in Mani.
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