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on abstract propositions about the method of self-realisation. Mystic in thought and tendency, they are seldom, if ever, clear or exact enough to enable one to know precisely what to do in a given situation, and are not only useless and dangerous to experiment with, but also foster much unholy superstition and spirit of mystification in the minds of men by their veiled and obscure hints and innuendos.
In the Appendix I have embodied some stray thoughts of mine on the relation between Jainism and Hinduism and on the source, evolution and gradual development of the latter creed, in the hope that they might prove useful to the student of comparative religion. They will, it is believed, be also helpful, to a great extent, in arriving at the tenets of the Hindu creed, and the true interpretation of its rich and exuberant mythology.
HARDOI :
1st October 1916.
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