Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1897 edition. Excerpt: ...are that it must be done in the open air and by daylight. There must be no rod connecting him with the ground nor any balloon above his head. J. Murdoch. Madeab, October 1896. The Hindu belief in the power of Yoga, mantras, and charms is all a delusion. Hindu Pessimism And False View Op Lifb, It has been shown that the first Sutra of the Sankhya system is that " the complete cessation of pain is the complete end of man." As existence is a curse, this is to be secured by freedom from future births. The Yoga Sastra, and indeed every system of Hindu philosophy, takes a similar gloomy view of life. "To the eulightoued all is misery," says Patanjali (11. 15). Lectures, p. 184, The general belief is that this is the Kali Yuga, succeeding supposed Krita, Treta, and Dwapara Yugas, representing golden, silver, brazen, and iron agos. The doleful account, of the Kali Yuga given in the Vishnu lJurana has been quoted. Among other tilings, "a man will be grey when he is 12, aud no one will exceed 20 years of life." All this only shows the absence of the historical faculty among the Hindus. Like little children, they have accepted the most improbable legends as true. There never was a golden age in India. The earliest inhabitants were savages, ignorant of the metals, who fought with each other and wild beasts with arrows tipped with flint. This is shown by the flint arrow heads which have been dug up all over India, and may be seen in museums. Only very gradually did civilization arise and spread. Even under the most celebrated Hindu sovereigns, as Macaulay says, " We see the multitudes eunlc in brutal ignorance and the studious few engaged in acquiring what did not deserve the name of knowledge." The Brahraans...
