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ABEIDOMENT OF
" in the Ved that many persons who had neglected the
"performance of the Brahminical rites and ceremonies
" owing to their perpetual attention to the adoration of
"the Supreme Being, acquired the true knowledge
"respecting the Deity."* The Vedant again more
" clearly states that, "It is equally found in the Ved
" that some people, though they had their entire faith
" in God alone, yet performed both the worship of God
"and the ceremonies prescribed by the Ved; and that c
l' some others neglected them, and merely worshipped
" God."f The following texts of the Ved fully explain
" the subject, viz. " Junuku (one of the noted devo-
" tees) had performed Yugnyu (or the adoration of the
" celestial gods through fire) with the gift of a con-
" siderable sum of money, as a fee to the holy Brah-
" muns, and many learned true believers never wor-
"shipped fire, nor any celestial god through fire."
Notwithstanding it is optional with those who have
their faith in the only God, to attend to the prescribed
ceremonies or to neglect them entirely, the Vedant
prefers the former to the latter, because the Ved says
that attendance to the religious ceremonies conduces
to the attainment of the Supreme Being.
Although the Ved says," That he who has true faith
" in the omnipresent Supreme Being may ea all
" that exists,"| i. e. is not bound to enquire what is his
food, or who prepares it, nevertheless the Vedant
limits that authority thus: "The above-mentioned autho-
36th, 4th, 3d. f 9th, 4th, 3d. X Chhandoggu,
ABEIDOMENT OF
" in the Ved that many persons who had neglected the
"performance of the Brahminical rites and ceremonies
" owing to their perpetual attention to the adoration of
"the Supreme Being, acquired the true knowledge
"respecting the Deity."* The Vedant again more
" clearly states that, "It is equally found in the Ved
" that some people, though they had their entire faith
" in God alone, yet performed both the worship of God
"and the ceremonies prescribed by the Ved; and that c
l' some others neglected them, and merely worshipped
" God."f The following texts of the Ved fully explain
" the subject, viz. " Junuku (one of the noted devo-
" tees) had performed Yugnyu (or the adoration of the
" celestial gods through fire) with the gift of a con-
" siderable sum of money, as a fee to the holy Brah-
" muns, and many learned true believers never wor-
"shipped fire, nor any celestial god through fire."
Notwithstanding it is optional with those who have
their faith in the only God, to attend to the prescribed
ceremonies or to neglect them entirely, the Vedant
prefers the former to the latter, because the Ved says
that attendance to the religious ceremonies conduces
to the attainment of the Supreme Being.
Although the Ved says," That he who has true faith
" in the omnipresent Supreme Being may ea all
" that exists,"| i. e. is not bound to enquire what is his
food, or who prepares it, nevertheless the Vedant
limits that authority thus: "The above-mentioned autho-
36th, 4th, 3d. f 9th, 4th, 3d. X Chhandoggu,