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Some of the most significant discussions about survival of death are found in the Indian Upanishads, dating from about the eighth century BC. It has been said that Semitic thinkers concentrated their attention on God, but the Indians were obsessed by the soul or self, and this made survival of death a central concern. The many forms of Indian discussion may illuminate problems that trouble us today. The texts are complex and sometimes obscure, but selections can be made.
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For Jain selections see Sources of Indian Tradition ed. W. T. de Bary et al. (Columbia, 1958) p. 81f.
E. Conze, Buddhist Scriptures (Penguin, 1959) p. 149; and see his Buddhist Thought in India (Allen & Unwin, 1962) p. 39.
E. Conze, Buddhist Scriptures (Penguin, 1959) p. 159; see Digha Nikaya 1, 187; Milinda 77.
See W. O. Cole and P. Singh Sambhi, The Sikhs (Routledge, 1978) p. 68f.
See M. Boyce, Zoroastrians (Routledge, 1979) p. 198.
R. A. Nicholson, Rumi (Allen & Unwin, 1950) p. 103.
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Parrinder, G. (1995). The Indestructible Soul — Indian and Asian Beliefs. In: Cohn-Sherbok, D., Lewis, C. (eds) Beyond Death. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230375970_7
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