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] During the Vedic period  certainly toward its conclusion  a tendency to speculation had begun to appear. DURING THE WEALTHY PERIOD CERTAINLY TOWARDS ITS CONCLUSION A TENDENCY TO SPECULATION HAD BEGUN TO APPEAR
en severe.[12] The supersession of Varuna by Indra, then, is easily understood. We see the principle on which it rests stated in the Old Testament. "Ye cannot serve the Lord," said Joshua to the elders of Israel; "for he is a holy God." Even so Jeremiah points sorrowfully to the fact that the pagan nations clung to their false gods, while Israel was faithless to the true. As St. Paul expresses it, "they did not like to retain God in their knowledge." Unless this principle is fully taken into account we cannot understand the historical development of Hinduism. [Sidenote: Varuna the only divinity possessed of pure and elevated attributes.] The Veda frequently ascribes to the gods, to use the language of Max Müller, "sentiments and passions unworthy of deity." In truth, except in the case of Varuna, there is not one divinity that is possessed of pure and elevated attributes. II. PHILOSOPHY, AND RITUALISM. [Sidenote: Speculation begins. Rise of asceticism. Upanishads. They are pantheistic.  THE HINDU RELIGION PHILOSOPHY AND RITUALISM OF CRUEL FAITHS ESSAYS ON THE RELIGIONS OF THE HINDUS AND THE MOHMEDANES BY MARIE MITCHELL AND WILLIAM MURE THIS LIPERSY CALLING IS IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN READ BY SCIENTILLA TO TEMPOLI PALEST TEXAS MAY TWENTY EIGHTEEN THE HINDU RELIGION PHILOSOPHY AND RITUALISM
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