The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-11-21
MISSION OF A HINDOO.
Bra mincharya Lectures mt Plymouth
-"Signs of the Times"

Brahmincharya. Hindoo missionary lee
tured last evening at Plymouth Church oh
the signs OF the Times" The west. he
said. has made great progress i'm the ma
terial world. while the Orient has made
just wonderful progress i'm things spirit
ual But the western mind has reached
the border land of physical science. and
the attainment of the superphysical and
metaphysical is desired. He said the east
Is beginning TO revolutionize the whole
course of thought and the whole mental life
OF the west. and IL will go on doing so
until it is shown definitely and clearly
that there Is just as definite and positive a
way to knowledge of the superphysical and
transcendental things OF the universe as
there is to material and visible things. In
dia has investigated and ascertained def
nitely and scientifically the problems of life
and death. 1t is h er mission TO educate the
western thinkers who can never be salts
fled with mere belief. with mere hearsay.
that there is a future life. that man lives
after death, that man has possibilities in
his mind of knowing everything there is to
know in the world. that man can reach
that goal OF humanity where he can say he
is one with God. These are truths which
can be verified and with regard to which
things. said he
And in this mission the Hindoo does not
go about telling people their religion IL
wrong and theirs is true he continued.
THE spirit of the Brahmin is thoroughly
opposed TO that. sage of India was once
asked what is the best religion. He said
the best religion for all humanity is to
think OF God always and never to speak evi;
OF any religion in the world Therefore
when l say that India has TO tell you the
method of knowing truth al first hand the
method or verifying the truth about the
hereafter, the truth about the beginning
and the end of things, she doesn't mean
to wound your feelings but she will show
you the way through the very faith you
have and the religion you have had for
ages Our mission is not to make con-
who believe in one or the other of the In
dian sects. 1t is TO help people to be right
eous honest truth-seeking. self-reliant men
In every sense OF the word, and IL doesn't
matter whether man reaches that condl-
ton through the teachings of Christ or that
of Buddha; IL doesn't matter who is the
guide. the leader or exemplar, all we want
Is that people shall be religious in every
sense of the word and should know truth
at first hand.
The west has never tried to understand
what made Jesus Christ what He was;
they have tried no doubt to follow Him, to
initiate Him. but they have never tried TO
understand what was the mystery what
was the secret that produced that great
life. IL you want TO be true Christians. IL
IL Is your supreme duty to know definitely
what steps Christ took before he became
Christ. 1t is to show you the full glory of
Christ in the light OF the rising of the
Orient and not In the setting sun of the
west that the Brahmin comes among you.
Did not Christ ask you to be perfect even
as your Father in heaven? Did He not tell
you to know truth and that truth shall
make you free: What does it mean? Does
II mean mere book reading? Mere reading
OF the Bible? No. it does not mean that.
1t means knowing truth at first hand
Christ did himself. No more is there time
to waste in the development of physical and
visible things, in the qualification of the
senses. We have in northern India teach
ers who have perfected themselves and who
are just as high and exalted as Christ was
and as many other teachers were. That is
the privilege of the Hindoo. who knows ex-
actly what happens when man departs
this life. exactly when he Is to be born
of his life and what are the causes that
determine his life. 1t is possible for you
TO know these things. Will you sleep in
ignorance? Ignorance is indeed the cause
OF all evils. the cause of all sins, the cause
OF all sorrows. the cause of all suffering
for IL is through ignorance that are
selfish and il is through selfishnesS again
that We are sinners. Dispel this ignorance.
Know truth and the truth shall make you
free. Christ said And i'm order to do
that follow the teachings and the guiding
of the East. which will also enable you TO
initiate your own Christ
Brahmincharya will lecture at Plymouth
Church this evening on the subject ''Hindoo
Life and the Search for Truth and Sun
day night on the subject Christ in the
Hindco Light"