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qualities, the third 36, the fourth 25, the fifth 27. If you find the first 12 in a buinan being, then he is 40 Arbut. If you find the fourth 25 he is of the fourth class, and so on. It he have the fifth 27, then he belongs to the class of holy men and women. All these qualities put together inake 108. There are 108 beads in the rosaries we use. The reason is that when we use the rosary, reciting sacred texts and contemplating on the ideas expressed, we keep before our minds these personages these qualities, which assist us in our journey to wards the perfected state.
We have in the temples of the Hindus many figures of gods and goddesses. In Calcutta, you have heard of one where wany animals are sacrificed. That practice has not yet been exter ninated fron that city. The figure to the ordinary observer is very terrible. The goddess is horrible with a red tongue protruding from her mouth. With little gods and goddesses on each side. On top of the figure is Siva. This is to be explained from the spiritual and material standpoint mixed together. She has 10 arms, all are creative energies, five positive, five negative. These are called creative powers. Those on the right represent the positive aspect, those on the left the negative aspect of the energies. On the right is the figure of the god with a human forn and head of an elephant. The goddess on the
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