Excerpt from Hints to the Study of the Holy Qur-An But, could these excellent ethics and morals be owned or cultivated by us under those philosophles and theologies which do no good to the human race? Whether such teachings did or did not emanate from these great men who are believed to be their authors and' in my belief they, as true reformers and messengers from God, could not be responsible for laying down such principles - they, nevertheless, are passed on under their names. Buddha, they say, observed everywhere ...
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Excerpt from Hints to the Study of the Holy Qur-An But, could these excellent ethics and morals be owned or cultivated by us under those philosophles and theologies which do no good to the human race? Whether such teachings did or did not emanate from these great men who are believed to be their authors and' in my belief they, as true reformers and messengers from God, could not be responsible for laying down such principles - they, nevertheless, are passed on under their names. Buddha, they say, observed everywhere trouble and tribulation - the sequel of evil - and saw our liberation from it only 1n annihilation. His dictum may now be construed by some apologists as meanlng self-renunciation; but the practice of the religiously advanced Buddhists has always made it synonymous With man 's total divorcement from all worldly afiairs. The old Brahmans could not see Reality in any thing. All appeared to them a delusion - Maya - with man a Self-deluded entity in' the Universe. They adyoonly} means for'achieving Reality and attaining happi 'ness.' At hermit who turned his back on the world, throwing down the burden of all the obligations which society had laid upon him as its member and retiring to the jungle for contemplation, was, according 'to Hindu theology, the best specimen of humanity. I do not propose to discuss here the utility or otherwise of these high-flown philosophies, but they seem to drench, with a cold douche, all the enthusiasm that oouldpossibly' actuate man towards achieving civilization inl'any' high form. They may supply us with a' good mental food for contemplation, but it is mental luxury only and baneful in its effects. It leads its followers to deprecate all such manly qualities as are necessary for the defence of our rights. It makes them an easy prey to others' aggression. Ancient India indulged in such philosophies, and produced literature that may be fascinating as literature, but no one can deny its harmful influence on the minds of those who took it seriously, seeing that it set them firmly against all the activities necessary in the field of material progress. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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