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all eternity, for ever and ever. As he has never been not-knowing, he is knowing of himself, having never acquired any knowledge which he did not possess before. In the Veda which he sent down upon Brahma he says: 'Praise and celebrate him who has spoken the Veda, and was before the Veda.'" The pupil asks: "How do you worship him to whom the perception of the senses cannot attain?" The master says: "His name proves his existence, for where there is a report, there must be something to which it refers; and where there is a name, there must be something which is named. He is hidden to the senses and unperceivable by them. However, the soul perceives him, and thought comprehends his qualities. This meditation is identical with worshipping him exclusively, and by practising it uninterruptedly beatitude is obtained."

THE GOD BRAHMA. From Moor's Hindu Pantheon.

In such a manner the Hindus express themselves in that very famous book. The following passage is taken from the conversation between Vasudeva (Krishna) and Arjuna in the Bhagavadgita:

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