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THE VEDANT.
" rity of the Ved for eating all sorts of food should only
"be observed at the time of distress, because it is found'
" in the Ved, that Chacraunu (a celebrated Brahmun)
" ate the meat cooked by the elephant-keepers during
" a famine."* It is concluded, that he acted according
to the above stated authority of the Ved, only at the
time of distress.
Devotion to the Supreme Being is not limited to any
holy place or sacred country, as the Vedant says, " In
" any place wherein the mind feels itself undisturbed,
" men should worship God; because no specific author-
" ity for the choice of any particular place of worship
"is found in the Ved,"t which declares, "In any place
" which renders the mind easy, man should adore
" God."
It is of no consequence to those who have true be-
lief in God, whether they die while the sun is in the
north or south of the equator, as the Vedant declares
that " Any one who has faith in the only God, dying
"even when the sun may be south of the equator,% his
" soul shall proceed from the body, through Sookhumna
" (a vein which, as the Brahmuns suppose, passes
" through the navel up to the brain), and approaches to
" the Supreme Being.§" The Ved also positively asserts
that " He who in the life was devoted to the Supreme
" Being, shall (after death) be absorbed in him, and
* 28th, 4th, 3d. t nth, 1st, 4th.
X It is believed by the Brahmuns, that any one who dies while
the sun is south of the equator, cannot enjoy eternal beatitude.
§ 20th, 2d, 4th.
" rity of the Ved for eating all sorts of food should only
"be observed at the time of distress, because it is found'
" in the Ved, that Chacraunu (a celebrated Brahmun)
" ate the meat cooked by the elephant-keepers during
" a famine."* It is concluded, that he acted according
to the above stated authority of the Ved, only at the
time of distress.
Devotion to the Supreme Being is not limited to any
holy place or sacred country, as the Vedant says, " In
" any place wherein the mind feels itself undisturbed,
" men should worship God; because no specific author-
" ity for the choice of any particular place of worship
"is found in the Ved,"t which declares, "In any place
" which renders the mind easy, man should adore
" God."
It is of no consequence to those who have true be-
lief in God, whether they die while the sun is in the
north or south of the equator, as the Vedant declares
that " Any one who has faith in the only God, dying
"even when the sun may be south of the equator,% his
" soul shall proceed from the body, through Sookhumna
" (a vein which, as the Brahmuns suppose, passes
" through the navel up to the brain), and approaches to
" the Supreme Being.§" The Ved also positively asserts
that " He who in the life was devoted to the Supreme
" Being, shall (after death) be absorbed in him, and
* 28th, 4th, 3d. t nth, 1st, 4th.
X It is believed by the Brahmuns, that any one who dies while
the sun is south of the equator, cannot enjoy eternal beatitude.
§ 20th, 2d, 4th.