The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-13

TIC SiSNlSSCS SOlSSSdi TTdCAlCCS OF
False Teachers Who Come to Amer
lea With Mystic, Weird Religions
Which Drive Innocent Followers In
ssne-Came First to Worlds Fair.
Startling revelations of the so called I
Swami teachers of Indian philosophy
who prey upon social America with
their doctrines were made recently by
Rustom Rustomjee, Parsee, of Bombay.
India, editor and proprietor of the
Oriental Review, the most powerful or
gan of public opinion in western India.
Mr.. Rustomjee. who is in this country
to study its social, educational and in
| dustrial institutions~and to set in the
right light Americas opinion Of the
Indian peoples, ridiculed society for its
feting of the men who come here pos
ing as Swamis, told of the manner in
| which these men despise American wo-
men upon their return to India and
4 presented in sensational form the dan
/ gers of the Indian PHILOSOPHERS when
/ preached to the young girls of America.
| 1t was a matter of shame and regret
| 10 him, he declared, that it was neces-
/ sary for him TO expose those who were
/ of his country, but he considered ii
his duty in view Of the fact that pro-
mitigation of distorted and hideous
eastern wOrships was driving Ameri-
cas- womanhood into insane asylums
and sanitariums. No true Swami. no
| true teacher Of the true Hindu reli-
gion. would come to this country. he
fy,. 4
caste, and that no true Swami would
think OF doing
Invaders Not Real Hindus.
The impOstor Swami upon his re-
turn to India viewed the American
woman as the dancing girl is viewed
in his own country. Into the bargain.
while here. the PHILOSOPHERS he dis
seminated included the most immoral
| forms of sun worship and the most
revolving phases of worship of certain
gods and goddesses every educated In
dian is striving to tear from the minds
of the common people of the east.
The men who come here are not
real Hindus." he declared. The in
vasion of America began with the Chi
cago exposition, when an endeavoT
was made to show Americans what
the Indian religions were. After the
exposition those who came were so
much pampered and feted by silly
American women that they gave them
selves up to a life of dissipation. One,
a noted teacher. died a drunkard's
death in India"
Mr. Rustomiee explained that the
eastern idea of woman was at decided
variance with that of America. Your
women are bosses Of the families
They are the social equals of your
men," he commented. I'm India wo
men are mere chattels. In America q
mother is proud to have her daughter
sing for friends. dance with them. en-
terrain them. The Indian woman who
dances or sings in public or in private
is looked down upon. She is never re
ceived in society. She is girl dedi
Gated to the service of Hindu gods
permitted openly and without any dis
grace to live a life of shame"
, Treachery of Swami.
Mr.. Rustomjee cited the case of {
so called swami who at one tim,
was on very friendly terms with 6
/ wealthy oLINdSO Dg IN
| daughters of the house he was looked
upon as one of their brothers friends
When he returned to India the teache
received occasional letters from tn,
girls of the house. written Innocent!
and full of affectionate regard for hin
as a religious teacher He published
these letters in certain Indian papers.
"A true Indian religious teacher.
\ Mr.. RustOmjee went on to say, "woulC
never associate with women. III,
T. would not eat meat or drink wine. II
, one word, he has TO live the strict!
, aesthetic life. In america we find tn,
q so called Swamis' living luxuriou
4 lives with rich Americans, eating an,
drinking. dressing gorgeOusly, travel
@ ing in Pullmans. Only the other da,
O Mrs. Sanborne of Somerville Mass
4 writing of an entertainment she hat
: given a Swami said that he ha,
drunk an entire bottle of brandy a
r one sitting and eaten two pounds o
meat He weighed 200 pounds an,
called himself an aesthetic. He prom
ised her diamonds. rubies and cost,
apparel. asked her how old she wa
and when she told him she was thirty
S five called her mamma
Not True Philosophy.
n These 'Swamis' who come to Amer
l. lea do not teach the real philosophy o
n India, the Vedanta. but they teach
mixture of German philosophy with
n little eastern mysticism thrown in
e They teach the worship of Christ sid
II by side with the worship of Krishn
J. and Kali, the latter goddess who de
g lights in the drinking of human blood
according to the Hindu scriptures. Sh
has for her earrings two heads of me
she has slaughtered a necklace 0
lg skulls and a waistband Of huma
y hands. This is the goddess America
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