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] The notion of trust in the gods was familiar to the mind of India from Vedic days, but the deity was indistinct and unsympathetic, and there could hardly be love and attachment to him. THE NOTION OF TRUST IN THE GODS WAS FAMILIAR TO THE MIND OF INDIA FROM BAITHY DAYS BUT THE DEITY WAS IN INDISTINCT AND UNSYMPATHETIC AND THERE COULD HARDLY BE LOVE AND ATTACHMENT TO HIM
st startling to think that this being is by grave writers--like the authors of the Bhagavad Gita and the Bhagavata Purana--made the highest of the gods, or, indeed, the only real God. Stranger still, if possible, is the probability that the early life of Krishna--in part, at least--is a dreadful travesty of the early life of Christ, as given in the apocryphal gospels, especially the Gospel of the Infancy. The falling off in the apocryphal gospels, when compared with the canonical, is truly sad; but the falling off even from the apocryphal ones, in the Hindu books, is altogether sickening.[27] A very striking characteristic of modern Hinduism is what is termed _bhakti_, or devotion. There are three great ways of attaining to salvation: _karma marga_, or the way of ceremonial works; _jnana marga_, or the way of knowledge, and _bhakti marga_, or the way of devotion. [Sidenote: Doctrine of _bhakti_ introduced. Influence of the system. Mixed with Buddhist elements. Exaltation of the _guru_.  REPRESENTED AS FULL OF NAUGHTY TRICKS IN HIS YOUTH ALTHOUGH EXERCISING THE HIGHEST POWERS OF DEITY AND WHEN HE GROWS UP HIS CONDUCT IS GROSSLY IMMORAL AND DISGUSTING IT IS MOST STARTLING TO THINK THAT THIS BEING IS BY GRAVE WRITERS LIKE THE AUTHORS OF THE BAGWATA AND THE BAGWATA KURANA MADE THE HIGHEST OF THE GODS OR INDEED THE ONLY REAL GOD STRANGER STILL IF POSSIBLE IS THE PROBABILITY THAT THE EARLY LIFE OF KUSHNA IN PART AT LEAST IS A DREADFUL TRAVESTY OF THE EARLY LIFE OF CHRIST AS GIVEN IN THE APOCRYPHAL GOSPELS ESPECIALLY THE GOSPEL OF THE INFANCY THE FALLING OFF IN THE APOCHRYPHAL GOSPELS WHEN COMPARED WITH THE CANONICAL IS TRULY SAD BUT THE FALLING OFF EVEN FROM THE EPOQUIPHAL ONES IN THE HINDOO BOOKS IS ALTOGETHER SICKENING A VERY STRIKING CHARACTERISTIC OF MODERN HINNOISM IS WHAT IS TERMED BABY OR DEVOTION THERE ARE THREE GREAT WAYS OF ATTAINING TO SALVATION HERMA MARGA OR THE WAY OF CEREMONIAL WORKS NANA MARGA OR THE WAY OF KNOWLEDGE AND BUT THE MARKA OR THE WAY OF DEVOTION
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