German-born British philologist, orientalist and indologist (1823–1900)
Friedrich Max Müller (6 December 1823 – 28 October 1900), more commonly known as Max Müller (or Mueller), was a German philologist and Orientalist, who was a major pioneer of the discipline of comparative religion.
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The position which believers and unbelievers occupy with regard to their various forms of faith is very much the same all over the world. The difficulties which trouble us, have troubled the hearts and minds of men as far back as we can trace the beginnings of religious life. The great problems touching the relation of the Finite to the Infinite, of the human mind as the recipient, and of the Divine Spirit as the source of truth, are old problems indeed; and while watching their appearance in different countries, and their treatment under varying circumstances, we shall be able, I believe, to profit ourselves, both by the errors which others committed before us, and by the truth which they discovered. We shall know the rocks that threaten every religion in this changing and shifting world of ours, and having watched many a storm of religious controversy and many a shipwreck in distant seas, we shall face with greater calmness and prudence the troubled waters at home.
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Whether listening to the shrieks of the Shaman sorcerers of Tatary, or to the odes of Pindar, or to the sacred songs of Paul Gerhard: whether looking at the pagodas of China, or the Parthenon of Athens, or the cathedral of Cologne: whether reading the sacred books of the Buddhists, of the Jews, or of those who worship God in spirit and in truth, we ought to be able to say, like the Emperor Maximilian, 'Homo sum, humani nihil a me alienum puto,' or, translating his words somewhat freely, 'I am a man, nothing pertaining to man I deem foreign to myself.'
हम ग्रीकों और रोमनों को साहित्यिक लोगों के रूप में समझते हैं और इसमें सन्देह नहीं कि वे ऐसे थे, किन्तु यह हम जैसा समझते हैं उससे बिलकुल भिन्न अर्थ में था। हम जिन्हें ग्रीक और रोमन कहते हैं वे मुख्यत: एथेन्स और रोम के नागरिक थे और यहाँ भी जो प्लेटो के संवाद या होरेस के पत्र प्रस्तुत कर सकते थे या पढ़ सकते थे वह बौद्धिक आभिजात्यों का एक छोटा-सा वर्ग था। हम जिसे इतिहास कहते हैं — अतीत की स्मृति — वह हमेशा से ही अल्पसंख्यकों का काम रहा है। करोड़ों-करोड़ लोग बिना सुने गुजर जाते हैं और सिर्फ कुछ ही को वाणी और चिन्तन के संयोग का वरदान मिला है कि वे अतीत के साक्षी बन सकें।
Let us live happily, without hate amongst those who hate. Let us dwell unhating amidst hateful men.
Let us live happily, in good health amongst those who are sick.
Let us dwell in good health amidst ailing men.
Let us live happily, without yearning for sensual pleasures amongst those who yearn for them.
Let us dwell without yearning amidst those who yearn.
Let us live happily, we who have no impediments. We shall subsist on joy even as the radiant gods.