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In the struggle between good and evil there is no final triumph for the good. We tread a fated, eternal round from which there is no escape; and alike the hero fights and the martyr dies in vain. IN THE STRUGGLE BETWEEN GOOD AND EVIL THERE IS NO FINAL TRIUMPH FOR THE GOOD WE TREAD ATERNAL WRONG FROM WHICH THERE IS NO ESCAPE AND ALIKE THE HERO FIGHTS AND THE MATTER DIES IN VAIN
or a plant, or a stone, according to desert. This weary, all but endless, round of births fills the mind of a Hindu with the greatest horror. At last the soul is lost in God as a drop mingles with the ocean. Individual existence and consciousness then cease. The thought is profoundly sorrowful that this is the cheerless faith of countless multitudes. No wonder, though, the great tenet of Hinduism is this--_Existence is misery._ [Sidenote: The future of the race. The struggle between good and evil.] So much for the future of the individual. Regarding the future of the race Hinduism speaks in equally cheerless terms. Its golden age lies in the immeasurably distant past; and the further we recede from it the deeper must we plunge into sin and wretchedness. True, ages and ages hence the "age of truth" returns, but it returns only to pass away again and torment us with the memory of lost purity and joy. The experience of the universe is thus an eternal renovation of hope and disappointment. CESSION EIGHTY FOUR LACKS OF BODIES THE BODY OF A HUMAN BEING OR A BEAST OR A BIRD OR A FISH OR A PLANT OR A STONE ACCORDING TO DESSERT THIS WEARY ALL BUT ENDLESS BROWNED OF BIRDS FILLS THE MIND OF A HINDU WITH THE GREATEST HORROR AT LAST THE SOUL IS LOST IN GOD AS A DROP MINGLES WITH THE OCEAN INDIVIDUAL EXISTENCE AND CONSCIOUSNESS THEN CEASE THE THOUGHT IS PROFOUNDLY SORROWFUL THAT THIS IS THE CHEERLESS FAITH OF COUNTLESS MULTITUDES NO WONDER THOUGH THE GREAT TENET OF HINDU IS A MISTRESS EXISTENCE IS MISERY SO MUCH FOR THE FUTURE OF THE INDIVIDUAL REGARDING THE FUTURE OF THE RACE HENOISM SPEAKS IN EQUALLY CHEERLESS TERMS ITS GOLDEN AGE LIES IN THE IMMEASURABLY DISTANT PAST AND THE FURTHER WE RECEIVED FROM IT THE DEEPER MUST WE PLUNGE INTO SIN AND RICHARDNESS TRUE AGES AND AGES HENCE THE AGE OF TRUTH RETURNS BUT IT RETURNS ONLY TO PASS AWAY AGAIN AND TORMENT US WITH THE MEMORY OF LOSS UNITY AND JOY THE EXPERIENCE OF THE UNIVERSE IS THUS AN ETERNAL RENOVATION OF HOPE AND DISAPPOINTMENT
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