Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-09-10
DISTINCT SYSTEMS
Of PHILOSOPHY
So Says Pundlt Or. krlshna In
His Lecture on
India.
NO SALARIE0 PREACHERS.
Your Ministers Are Paid. Where
Then Is The Christ Of to-
VIII Lecture Tonight.

Pundlt Dr. Krishna OF Bombay ad-
dressed a small audience last evening
on the Philosophy Of India The speak
er said. in part.
We had no religion IN India until
the philosophy was generated IN he
lower elements I'm India. talk phil
osophy as student, not olhcrwise
Herbert Spencer Darwin, Tolstoy are
all great philosophers. There is hot a
single Asiatic mind attracted to tie
so-called Christian religion. Ny peo-
pie do not live for dogmas or super
stitlon, but FOR twentieth century en-
llghlenmenL our philosophy is
contained IN $4,000 books. IL
was not the work OF an indi-
yidual. but the gradual accu-
mutation OF 5000 years. yet YOU call
as heathens Christ said: DOM cast
pearls before swine do not mean
that human beings are swine, but what
use TO try 10 convince those VINO will
not see? read your Bible when /
was II years old, not as an enemy Of
Christianity but as student OF re-
ligion. and the more read 1t the more
] knew of religion
students Of philosophy do not Kill
birds, animals or human beings. Ia the
name OF God. We have seen distinct
systems Of philosophy In lndia. and
our Oldest and best works have at
tracted the best minds OF Europe aud
America. Pundit means master OF lit
erature and Hindoo science. Hindoo
philosophy teaches US that no man died
for our sake, nor do we have a prayer
such as you Christians have. You
say: Give as this day our daily
bread We don't because we eat rice.
Your prayer doesn't mean asking for
sandwiches and chicken aud every
thing nice, because We must work for
those things. We have our veddas,
or great books which took 5000 years
10 complete. The wise men OF India
spent centuries IN searching truth
which now gives us our form OF truth.
They were not mere seekers but were
university men We do not attack
other religions, either God is love and
we must prove our loyalty 10 him. II
cannot be that your God is kind 10
Christians and unkind to Chris
tians.
we consider Il wrong TO eat flesh,
] met man once who said that IL
we did not eat flesh we would 60 10
hell Herbert Spencer did not eat
fash Tolstoy has not for 25 years,
yet ! do not believe those men will go
TO hell. We learn 10 keep the body
clean. so how can we eat unclean flesh
According TO your '"sic the strong man
must wrong the weak man, the tall
man wrong the short man. Without
pure body Il Is impossible to be
pure We believe and practise that
what Is not ours is Gods Animals
are not ours, therefore they belong to
God. How, then, can We eat the flesh
OF Mammals? Again. our desires are fed
upon our food so that when We are
drunk with whisky We think only Of
whisky, and when we drink milk we
have a nice taste in our mouth.
In India our highest philosophers
are not paid a penny for their noble
work. They teach from six to eight
hours a day free and the only things
they get is probably two garments
year Your ministers are paid and
demand a salary. Where then IS the
Christ OF II? our philosophers are
taught IN monasteries. They are
there taught and then sent out and
not allowed TO take a penny. They
teach only Gods love and how 10 do
for God. Our philosophy is SIMPLE
city, the simple life, but also doing
good, living or the simplest food and
having the noblest natures. Luxury
is impossible, therefore our simplify
cannot appeal TO YOU The way our
students are taught IN the monastery is
like this: From four 10 eight they
pray TO God; from eight to 10 pre-
pare their own food; 10 to ~ do all
the good they can; IL to is given to
Gods service and from TO or they
90 out IN the gardens and cultivate
them, and before sunset must be at
their prayers. They never 60 10 bed
before 10 or 1880 The Christian min
lister gets up and eats his breakfast.
With him It il himself first and then
comes prayers. which means God at
forwards With as Il is God first and
then self
DR. Kgshna will deliver another leo
ture tonight in the First Congrega-
tional church, his subject being. Re
lieion and Peoples Of India"
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