Is not a dew-drop on a blade of grass more beautiful than a pearl set in gold? Is not a living spring, which gushes up before us, we know not whence,… - Friedrich Max Müller

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Is not a dew-drop on a blade of grass more beautiful than a pearl set in gold? Is not a living spring, which gushes up before us, we know not whence, more beautiful than all the fountains of Versailles?

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About Friedrich Max Müller

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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Native Name: Max Müller
Alternative Names: Rt. Hon. Friedrich Max Muller F. Max Müller Professor Friedrich Max-Muller F. M. M. Friedrich Maximilian Müller Max Muller
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The worship of Shiva, Vishnu, and other popular deities was of the same and in many cases of a more degraded and savage character than the worship of Jupiter, Apollo or Minerva. ... A religion may linger on for a long time, it may be accepted by large masses of the people, because it is there, and there is nothing better. But when a religion has ceased to produce defenders of the faith, prophets, champions, martyrs, it has ceased to live, in the true sense of the word; and in that sense the old orthodox Brahmanism has ceased to live for more than a thousand years.

किस साहित्य से ऐसी सीख मिलेगी जिसकी बहुत जरूरत है ताकि हम अपना आन्तरिक जीवन अधिक पूर्ण, अधिक व्यापक, अधिक वैश्विक, वास्तव में अधिक मानवीय और न सिर्फ वर्तमान जीवन बल्कि एक शाश्वत जीवन बना सकने

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जब हम कहते हैं कि वर्षा हो रही है तो उन्होंने कहा कि ‘पर्जन्य’ जल से भरे अपने पात्र को धरती पर उड़ेल रहे हैं। जब हम कहते हैं कि पौ फट रही है तो उन्होंने कहा कि उषा सुन्दरी किसी नृत्यांगना के समान अपनी कला का वैभव बिखेर रही है। हम कहते हैं अब अँधेरा हो गया तो उन्होंने कहा कि सूर्य ने अपने रथ के अश्व खोल दिए। वैदिक कवियों के लिए यह समग्र प्रकृति ही सजीव थी। उसे प्रत्येक कण-कण में देवता की उपस्थिति का अनुभव होता रहता था और उनकी उपस्थिति की इस भावना में धार्मिक एवं नैतिकता के बीज भी विद्यमान थे।

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