The Washington times., 1904-12-18

/ been termed the unessentiaI part of re-
I iiglon. Doctrines. dogmas, rituals, cere-
| monies, and mythologies are designated
! as unessential in religion. But while
Nedanta does not proclaim dogmas or
! doctrines. ii nevertheless does not make
war upon them, recognizing the fact
that they do an immense good in certain
stages Of progress. But that a man CT
woman may be spiritually religious
without performing the ceremonies laid
down by the Scriptures or any religious
hierarchy Is firmly maintained by them.
The essentials Of true religion, IL is
claimed, are self-knowledge and self
control Self-knowledge means the
knowledge OF the divine nature OF man.
and self-cOntrol Is the restraint of the
lower self or selfish nature The first
can ony be attained when the selfish
nature has been completely subjueated.
Know thyself has been "a catch
word since the days of the Greek philos-
ophers who wrote the words above the
doors Of their temples: il has been a
common maxim Ia the mouths OF wise
men of all ages, but few have made a
religion of the phrase. So seldom has
self-knoWledge been attained that II
has become the custom 90 say that man
never knows himself as well as others
know him. Possibly the world means
by this that no man knows himself as
others see him. But acknowledge does
not end with the recognition of cne's
own shortcomings or abilities il means
that man. the individual. must realize
that ne is part Of the great universal
spirit that governs the universe. With
the endeavor 70 reach absolute control
Of the self whereby perfect self-knowl-
edge may be had the yoga system was
developed
Power of Concentration.
BY concentration and meditation the
true yogi gains wonderful control over
his mind and bodv AS he progresses
through the various stages he finally has
the power 10 control not only the voldn-
tary muscles. bat also The sO-called in
voluntary muscles, such as the heart
and lungs. The power Of mind over
matter, mind over the body in the case
OF a man. has long been known TO physi-
clans and the world in general. But so
great is the power Of the concentrated
mind OF a yogi that there Is as much
difference between il and the power eX-
ercised b,' the scattered mind Of the Or
binary Individual as there is between
the lignt OF an extremely powerful
searchIight and that of a common oil
lamp.
The young University Of Vedanta Is
established in comfortable quarters on
Sixteenth Street. There under the direc-
tiCn Of the regent Mr.. Dulin. The stu
dents are striving 10 attain that pro-
dcicncy in concentration possessed by
the yOgis Of India and a few of the fol-
lowers of yedanta in this country. The
regent has striking personality. Meth
er tail nor short bat thick through he
gives the appearance of much physical
strength y Well-deyelOped head. brown
hair, mustache and imperial. and large.
blue eyes made stiH larger by powerful
eyeglasses completes the outward pic
tuTe OF the man. lie speaks easily and
huenuy OF the topic in hand and is never
at a loss for a word or an explanation.
While he has been a student Of the We
dauta philosophy for years Mr.. Dulin
has been actively engaged as a news
paper man and politician, and even took
a prominent part in the last Presidential
campaign.
No Quarrel With Other Religions.
we nave no quarrel with amy Otuer
religion or creed whatsoever" said Mr.
Dulin. "In fact We realize the good in
each different faith. And what Is good
in each one is also found in vedauta.
but taking the religions of the world in
turn you will find that all rest largely |
upon some single individual who stands
Out from the rest by reason of great
personality. These have been the
prophets who have been listened to- and
believed when they preached great
truths Mohammed was such "a one.
and about his personality was built the
religion Of the Mohammedans. Chris
tianity hinges upon the personality Of
Christ Buddhism upon that of Budda.
And So on throughout the list il viii be
found that some personality has laid an
indeliblc stamp upon the religion. The
followers of these different religions be- |
come attached 10 the personality of tire
founder and refuse 10 recognize the
truths preached by the others This has
caused strife since the beginning e sizns
aud continues 10 do eo fo This pa.-sr -.