W. Douglas P. Hill: Man

W. Douglas P. Hill was British Indologist. Explore interesting quotes on man.
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“Just as the distinction between good and evil is valid only on the empiric plane, so on that plane alone man's will is free to choose, man is responsible for sin. In actual fact, where man is God and personal being a delusion the question of real freedom and responsibility cannot arise. It is this double view of truth —the higher and the lower—that explains the apparent weakness of Hindu doctrine in general (with its incurable inclination to pantheism), and the much-blamed 'inconsistency' of the Gītā, on the subject of freewill.”

W. Douglas P. Hill

Source: The Bhagavadgītā (1973), p. 47. (25. Freewill)

“Kṛiṣṇa says (vii. 19) that the man of knowledge affirms that Vāsudeva is All. This is the central doctrine of the Bhagavadgītā. Kṛiṣṇa Vāsudeva is one with Brahman, the ultimate unity that lies behind this manifold universe, the changeless truth behind impermanent appearance.”

W. Douglas P. Hill

Source: The Bhagavadgītā (1973), p. 24. (14. Kṛiṣṇa is Brahman)

“For the saint who seeks to scale the heights of control work is said to be the means; when that same man has scaled the heights of control, quietude is said to be the means.”

W. Douglas P. Hill

Source: The Bhagavadgītā (1973), p. 117. (3.)

“On the empiric plane the Gītā teaches theism; it is not, then, surprising to find—still on the empiric plane—an emphasis on ethics absent from the earlier Upaniṣads. Krishna is never weary of telling Arjuna to be virtuous; his own sympathies are decidedly on the side of righteousness; it is to reestablish right when wrong prevails that he takes birth as man.”

W. Douglas P. Hill

Source: The Bhagavadgītā (1973), p. 45. (24. Good and Evil)

“The author of the Gītā is interested in man and his destiny; for man is the centre of creation. Brahman, it is true, dwells equally in every living creature; but to man is given a gift denied even to the Lords of Heaven—man alone in all creation's scale can win release.”

W. Douglas P. Hill

Source: The Bhagavadgītā (1973), p. 43. (23. Man)

“Better a man's own duty, though ill-done, than another's duty well-performed; if a man do the duty his own nature bids him, he incurs no stain.”

W. Douglas P. Hill

Source: The Bhagavadgītā (1973), p. 209. (47.)