The San Francisco call., 1897-06-06
UNITY, THE
/ KEYNOTE OF
THE WORLD
ForeshadOwing Of a Mighty
Force Arising From
Religion.
THE BRAHMACHARIN ON
ONE CREED.
Truth in Its Various Phases
May Be the Common Basis
Of All Belief.
EXPERIMENTAL KNOWLEDGE
AN ESSENTIAL.
Iheoso ophy as 0ff.ring a Channel for
the Realization of Every
Human Ilea.
EXPERIMENTAL KNOWLEDGE
AN ESSENTIAL.
Iheosophy as 0ff.ring a Channel for
the Realization of Every
Human Ilea'.

The following paper on THE Future
Religion and It's Creed" by the Brahma-
charm Bodhabhikshu, will be read with
interest:
Whoever can read between the lines will 4
once recognize from facts that crowd upon
MIN from all sides that the present age is
pre-eminentiy one OF unifcation. One prob
ably need not even be so keen an observer 10
recognize this spirit OF the age. II is too
giarlng TO be overlooked by any but The most
GUN ana ihoughtess man. The whole world
SIIes unanimously for unity. ISol alton and
separateness arc doomed 10 die, and with them
al Ihose who take re iuge in them.
And this unlhcation, as tar IS physical and
outward clrcums tances are concerned, is Al
most complete already. The application of
Inc laws OF science to the serving OF the phys-
cal needs-or more properly, supposed needs
o. humanity ana the consequent inventions OF
European and American nations most won
deriul and ast, undlng-their magnificent
steamships, railroads and astonishing svs-
TENS OF telegraph have made u imp Jssible Tor
any nation 10 keep alOof from the T. st of the
world. BY these means physical fellowship is
being realized more and more fully every dav
on all sides. To-day there breaks out a
plague in India and famine RUNS her
people; and the distant America feels the
enect, she can no longer overlook
il altoge ther. For however strictly She NAV
guard her shores by all the rules of a rigid
quarantine she cannot altogether escape the
danger And the very fact thai she takes
precautions with regard 10 the quarantine
and IN other matters shows that the waves Of
LOe Prague ana famine have already IOuch %
her shores. Who knows that the plague
which originated in China and is now raging
in India, viii not travel westward on TIL II
has QuenChed It's thirst Tor human bIcod on
she lands OF the extreme west OF the shores of
the Pacific? Who VIII say that the famine in
India viii not affect the commerce of the
world? Physically the world is one lc-iav
and any one of its members contracting dis
eases is sure to make the whole body feel the
But the physical union is one of form alone.
/ of
spirit or, 10 use mateTiaiistic language 10 be
the playground OF force or forces. Form and
spirit or matter and force go hand in hand
Each minute cell of our body is as Il form
Dnty-a playground for the expression OF Il
force; and these cells again com bIned together
anu organized give rise to a larger and oetter
form, meant in its turn 10 be used lor It's ex.
preston By another force, which we call the
soul. The body gives the opportunity for the
soul 10 develop. And this law is universal
Look wherever you like, it Is there though
known by different names under different cir
cumstances. And the grand physical union
OF the nations OF the earth as gigantic form
foreshadOws IN no distant future the intro
ducuon OF mighty force. which viii use The
form Tor its expression and Developments
And the force IS religion in The true sense OF
the word, the force Of the highest and nob!est
aspirations OF man. The physical uuification
is preparing the way for the union OF the
spiritual, mental and mOrsl-iu a WORD. re-
IgiOus nature OF man. The spirit of univcr-
EaI religion is going to be poured into the
grand vessel OF physical union which the
western science and Western commerce have
brought about The faiths of the world have
quarreled long enough. Now il is time that
they should once more seek reunion. only on
q broader, grander anG wider sea e than in
the past History repeats itself" is truth ii
we only add that 1t repeats within a wider
range. And, following this truth, we
again hope to find what once hap
pened within what is known as the
historical period on the shores of the
tan thought combined with the philosophy of
The Greeks took the shape OF a universal re-
llgion tor those who lived there To-day we
expect the same, only, as said tefore. On a
broader scale, SO that the result may raoob
and aHect the nations OF the whole earth in.
stead OF a few. Ihe coming of a universal re-
lgIon, which is to be the religion of the
future, is sure and unmistakable II has in
fact, already made its appearance, and has
given peace to thousands all the world over
And this universal religion is one which
knows no dogmatlsm- IT does not depend on
mere assertions. Neither does it demand
blind faith from its advocates. 1t IS a religion
and at the same time a science-nay. the
science of all sciences. being that of the soul
A large mum Der OF men and women have now
outgroWn the age OF mere belief and blind ac-
ceptance OF the teachings OF any religion
And no religion which is not science will
appeal to such.
And true science is never dogmatic nor can
st ever be understood by every one in all its
entirety. Science gives every one just what
one can receive nationally and logically. Its
simplest truths it presents even to the child
while the more abstruse and difficult ones are
reserved only for those who have highly de-
veloped intelligence 10 grasp them. Thus il
is that science has for each person truths that
suit him best. It never makes any such alb
gurd demand from its students and advocates
that they must believe in any particular doc
trine whether they understand it or not
Such ahsurdiiies find their place in dogmatic
religions, which would faiu bring every one
down to the same level and ask all 10 believe
in particular creed for the salvation Of the
soul.
What is more absurd than to imagine that
the same crude notions OF Christianity as sults
the lowest intelligence of the most ignorant
man, say the newly converted" African saw
age, will satisfy the reason OF Bishop Berke-
ley? Does the same course of study suit one
and all the students of university? Nature
does not know any such monotony. Variety