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The conceptions and feelings hence arising have from the beginning powerfully affected the religion of the Hindus. THE CONCEPTIONS AND FEELINGS HENCE ARISING HAVE FROM THE BEGINNING POWERFULLY AFFECTED THE RELIGION OF THE HINGOOS
an thought and life. The religious stamp which the compilers of the Veda impressed so widely and so deeply has not been obliterated in the course of thirty centuries. [Sidenote: Their religion is Nature-worship.] The prevailing aspect of the religion presented in the Vedic hymns may be broadly designated as Nature-worship. [Sidenote: Physical phenomena in India. Their effect on the religion.] All physical phenomena in India are invested with a grandeur which they do not possess in northern or even southern Europe. Sunlight, moonlight, starlight, the clouds purpled with the beam of morning or flaming in the west like fiery chariots of heaven; to behold these things in their full magnificence one ought to see them in the East. Even so the sterner phenomena of nature--whirlwind and tempest, lightning and thunder, flood and storm-wave, plague, pestilence, and famine; all of these oftentimes assume in the East a character of awful majesty before which man cowers in helplessness and despair. ENTIAL PORTION OF THE RACE WITH ALL THE QUALIFICATIONS NOW STATED NEVADA MUST RETAIN A POSITION OF HIGH IMPORTANCE FOR ALL WHO STUDY INDIAN THOUGHT AND LIFE THE RELIGIOUS STAMP WHICH THE COMPILERS OF THE WEATHER IMPRESS SO WIDELY AND SO DEEPLY HAS NOT BEEN OBLITERATED IN THE COURSE OF THIRTY CENTURIES THE PREVAILING ASPECT OF THE RELIGION PRESENTED IN THE WADY HYMNS MAY BE BROADLY DESIGNATED AS NATURE WORSHIP ALL PHYSICAL PHENOMENA IN INDIA ARE INVESTED WITH A GRANDEUR WHICH THEY DO NOT POSSESS IN NORTHERN OR EVEN SOUTHERN EUROPE SUNLIGHT MOONLIGHT STARLIGHT THE CLOUDS PURPLED WITH THE BEAM OF MORNING OR FLAMING IN THE WEST LIKE FAY CHARIOTS OF HEAVEN TO BEHOLD THESE THINGS IN THEIR FULL MAGNIFICENCE WERE NOT TO SEE THEM IN THE EAST EVEN SO THE STERNER PHENOMENA OF NATURE WHIRLWIND AND TEMPEST LIGHTNING AND THUNDER FLOOD AND STORM WAVE PLAGUE PESTILENCE AND FEMINE ALL OF THESE OFTENTIMES ASSUME IN THE EAST A CHARACTER OF AWFUL MAJESTY BEFORE WHICH MAN COWERS IN HELPLESSNESS AND DESPAIR
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