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If we regard experience, purification from within is hopeless; the struggle for it is only a repetition of the toil of Sisyphus, and always with the same sad issue. IF WE REGARD EXPERIENCE PURIFICATION FROM WITHIN IS HOPELESS THE STRUGGLE FOR IT IS ONLY A REPUTATION OF THE TOIL OF SPECIFERS AND ALWAYS WITH THE SAME SAD ISSUE
s have arisen from time to time in India; men who saw the deplorable corruption of religion, and strove to restore it to what they considered purity. Next to Buddha we may mention Kabir, to whom are ascribed many verses still popular. Probably the doctrine of the unity of God, as maintained by the Mohammedans, had impressed him. He opposed idolatry, caste, and Brahmanical assumption. Yet his monotheism was a kind of pantheism. His date may be the beginning of the fifteenth century. Nanak followed and founded the religion of the Sikhs. His sacred book, the _Granth_, is mainly pantheistic; it dwells earnestly on devotion, especially devotion to the _guru_. The Sikhs now seem slowly relapsing into idolatry. In truth, the history of all attempts at reformation in India has been most discouraging. Sect after sect has successively risen to some elevation above the prevalent idolatry; and then gradually, as by some irresistible gravitation, it has sunk back into the _mare magnum_ of Hinduism. LY HAS NOT BEEN REALIZED REFORMERS HAVE ARISEN FROM TIME TO TIME IN INDIA MEN WHO SAW THE DEPLORABLE CORRUPTION OF RELIGION AND STROVE TO RESTORE IT TO WHAT THEY CONSIDERED PURITY NEXT TO BUDDHA WE MAY MENTION CABILLE TO WHOM ARE ASCRIBED MANY VERSES STILL POPULAR PROBABLY THE DOCTRINE OF THE UNITY OF GOD AS MAINTAINED BY THE MOMADANES HAD IMPRESSED HIM HE OPPOSED IDOLATRY CASTE AN BRAHMANICAL ASSUMPTION YET HIS MONOTHEISM WAS A KIND OF PANTHEISM HIS DATE MAY BE THE BEGINNING OF THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY NONE FOLLOWED AND FOUNDED THE RELIGION OF THE SIXTH HIS SACRED BOOK THE GRAND IS MAINLY PANTHEISTIC IT DWELLS EARNESTLY ON DEVOTION ESPECIALLY DEVOTION TO THE GURRU THE SIX NOW SEEM SLOWLY RELAPSING INTO IDOLATRY IN TRUTH THE HISTORY OF ALL ATTEMPTS AT REFORMATION IN INDIA HAS BEEN MOST DISCOURAGING SAID THAT THE SECT HAS SUCCESSIVELY RISEN TO SOME ELEVATION ABOUT THE PREVALENT IDOLATRY AND THEN GRADUALLY AS BY SOME IRRESISTIBLE GRAVITATION IT HAS SUNK BACK INTO THE MARE MAGNUM OF HINGOISM
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