Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-18
ABOUT HINDOOISM
BY A SACREDOTAL BRAHMIN
PRIEST.
A Contribution by the Hindoo Doctor Con-
tanning COpiOus Extracts From "A little
Volume by the Same Author.

/ am foreigner by birth, educated in
the oldest, the greatest and grandest
civilization of East India, the cradle of
the civilization of the earth. The peO-
pie of this country do not understand
the civilization of India, except ew
college bred men. rwentyfOur
years ago, educated IN my
country as a preacher and
doctor. After embracing the Christ
ian religion, l went to Europe, thence to
Canada and to the United States, and
devoted some years in the best colleges
in America, as Medical Missionary.
There are these principal professional
studies in the world, viz, theological,
legal and medical, bu. doctor has the
hardest life in the world. He
has to combat the various dread
ful diseases of the human life, when
ever the patient is sick he depends up
on the doctor, and the doctor must de-
vote himself honestly, To raise that pa
tient, it is his sacred du and honor
| practiced medicine mostly in large
cities. There are three regular medical
schools # this country, viz, allOpathic
homeopathic, and eclectic. | belong to
the eclectic system Of this country.
India has been land of mystery rom
the earliest times. From the Ilost
ancient days we hear of India as the
most pOpulous nation of the world, full
of barbara wealth, and strange wisdom.
King AsOka, the grandson o. Chandra-
gupta, reigned from 259 TO 1863 Il. c.,
Chandragupta was contemporary OF
Alexander, and according to the Hei-
lenic, L mean Greek, historians, Chan
dragapta became king of India, 315
B.C.
1t has attracted conqueror5 and has
been over run by the armies of Semi
rimis, Darius, Alexander, by Mahommed,
Tamerlina, Nather-Shaw, AkOber, Aur-
ingjob, by Lord Give, and Duke of
Wilmington. These conquerOrS from
the Assyrian Queen to the British, East
India company, have lver run and
plundered ancient India. If we study
comparative PhilOlOgy we know that
the Aryan (noble) family was divided
into two branches, tie Northwestern
and Southeastern. The former marched
toward the home of the setting sun, till
they had reached that small peninsula,
which we now call Europe. The latter,
the southeastern branch, set out 10 dis
cover the home OF the rising sun, till
| they reached their earthly paradise, In
the valleys of the land of the Penjab,
and further still, along he shores of the
GangeS and Jamina, The Lord of the
world"
The linguistics tell us the Hindoo
European family was divided into seven
branches, viz. UindOOs, Persians,
Greeks and Romans, who all emigrated
to the south from the original ancestral
home, the Celts, the Teutonics, the
SlavOmic, who entered Europe on the
north OF the CaucaslS and the Caspian
sea. These seven branches were OIL
ginally one, that they must have emf
CRATE from region of Central Asia, at
the east of Caspian sea northwest Of
India. They were originally pastoral
[shepherd race and gradually changed
their habits as they descended from
those great plains INTO the valleys of the
Indus and Euphartes.
The first emigration of mankind took
place before the confusion of tongues
at Babel, from the region of Ararat,
where the ark rested at the time the
earth became almost dry; and either
Noah or some descendant of Shem led
The people into the western parts of
India, and this increasing colony
flourished intellectually, morally, social
ly and spiritually, practicing the pure
monosthestic (Monos, one; Theos, God.
rites of patrlarchal religion, without
images and temples, till at length the
descendants of Ham invaded and con-
quered India and corrupted the most
pre-eminent religion of the Hindoos.
The eleventh century before the time
OF Alexander, they (the IIindoos) ar
rived III India.
The venerable Hindoos have sacred
books OF great antiquity, and a rich,
sublime literature extending far back
twenty or thirty centuries; yet no one
has any definite idea of it all.
HindOo religion is professed by more
than half of the human race. The doc
trlnes Of "Veda' are acknowledged all
over India, even in European countries.
The word"Veda" means in the Sanskrit
''devine;;" in Latin, "Video," l see; in
Greek, "IdOw," / know. The schools
of India were divided into three parts,
namely: Nyaya philosophy; Sage
Gauthma, founder of the buddhism:
Sankhya philosophy, founder of the
Brahmanism, by Sage Kapela; Ve-
danthe philosophy, the Sage Bardayana.
These sacred books or bibles were
written by these holy apostles 1880
before Christ.
There are five grandest religions of
the world, namely: Brahmanism,
Buddhism, MOhammedanism J Judeaism
and Christianity. According to the
HindOo religion there are three per 'ons
OF the God-head, like the Chri tian re.
ligion, viz: Brahma, Nlshnu and
Slva,-the trinity. They are equal in
power, glory, majesty and dominion.
The Brahma,-the Great Being,-is the
first cause, supreme, eternal, uncreated
God. Brahma, the first created being,
by whom he made and governed the
world is the prince of th > benelicent
spirits. lie Is assisted by Nishnu, the
great preserver of men, who several
times appeared upon the earth and un
der a human form. For the most
benelicent purposes Nishnu is often
styled like Chreshna, the Indian Apoll,.
The silva is the destroyer.
This trinity, or belief, was promul-
gated in India 1900 years before the