Book Title: Sacred Laws of Aryas
Author(s): Gorge Buhler
Publisher: Oxford


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CHAPTER XCIV, 6-8.
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that is self-conceit, and self-conceit is the religion of the adversary1.
8. And this, too, was thus considered by them, that Aharman would do everything for the injury of Aûharmazd, but when it is done by him it is then an injury of him himself, and an advantage of Aûharmazd; and Aûharmazd would do everything for his own advantage, and when it is done by him it is then, indeed, an advantage of him himself, but an injury of Aharman".
1 In Dk. the following is here inserted:-'And this, too, was thus considered by them, that in one's nature there is no wisdom, but in wisdom there is nature, and in religion are both wisdom and nature. It is known how to manage the affairs of the spirit by the nature, they are preserved by wisdom, and the soul is preserved by a union of both. And this, too, was thus considered by them, that shame is that which should not allow one to commit sin, and disgrace is that it would not allow to cause. And this, too, was thus considered by them, that the essential thing of the primitive faith is freedom from sin. And this, too, was thus considered by them, that one becomes diligent about that with which he is conversant. And this, too, was thus considered by them, that the good thoughts that are in the records of the religion of every kind one should always put fully into practice, so far as he understands them. And this, too, was thus considered by them, that Aûharmasd, the lord, produced these creatures through his nature, maintains them through wisdom, and forces them back to himself through religion.'
The evil spirit (see Chaps. II, 11, XIX, 1).
"Or' when he has done it,' which would be expressed by the same words.
• Dk. omits 'indeed.'
In Dk. the following is here inserted :-' And this, too, was thus considered by them, that people are to keep an eye most diligently on the world for these three things: that which is realisable by a sinner through sin, a follower made famous, and to beg the recompense of good works from the spirits: and keeping their eye on the world is said to be this, that it is he who observes himself, so that a part of whatever he really desires he should always perform. And this, too, was thus considered by them, that three
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