to save his soul in the next world. Be it as it may, there is not the least doubt that he has done something to ruin the nation here and now. Half the population is dying of starvation, the other half is buried under conspicuous waste, superfluous furniture, scent bottles, affectations, galvanized manners, all sorts of precious trifles, squalid riches and unhealthy how An average Indian home is typical of the state of the whole nation, very slender means and not only yearly multiplying mouths to feed but slavishly to incur undue expenses in meaningless and cruel ceremonies. The Indian Princes and the Indian Nobles, having lost all their precious jewels and powers, are left mere carpet knights with hollow rattling titles and vain empty names. The greatest mistake, made by the present day Socialists, is that they envy the drop of sea-spray possessed by the so-called wealthy, instead of pitying their burden. They raise practically no crops in England, and yet the country is rich? Why? Because Indra, the God of hands, is fed although to the degree of indigestion on arts and industries. The greatest cause of India’s poverty is discarding the rubbish, dreading to touch the bones of dead animals and developing a kind of nose – hygiene, sneering at all kinds of what they call debris. The downfall of India, the decline of India, is explained by the Vedanta philosophy. It is a matter of Karma. There are some for whom patriotism means constant brooding over the vanished glories of the past. Bankrupted bankers brooding over the long outdated credit books, now useless. Young would-be Reformer! Decry not the ancient customs and spirituality of India, by introducing a fresh element of discord, the Indian people cannot reach Unity. Abnegating the little ego and
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