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THE RELIGIOUS PROBLEM IN INDIA
no new pale, finds no new religion, makes no separation between man and man; it declares that every religion is God-given, and has in it all that is needed for those who follow it. It bids the Hindū remain a Hindī, but drop his formalism, his pride and his feeling of being above the other religions of the world and of having to himself a special knowledge while others are outside. It bids the Pārsi remember that he has a religion given by a divine Prophet, but that he in following Him, must honor the Prophets of others. It says to the Christian : Do not think that your faith is uniqne, it is all you need; go below the surface, understand its philosophr, remember its mysticism and do not be bound only by the outer formalisin which has been imposed by ignorance and not by knowledge. It ways to the Musulmān: What is this calling believers men of other faiths, when the Prophet said: “Say, we make no distinction between the Prophets, but every man shall follow his own leader.” Then, as this message peals forth in the world, men of other faiths remember that after all it is not new. The Hindū answers: Why, I was taught that in the Bhayarad-Gītā, for did not Shri Kịşhna say: "On any road whereby a man comes to me, on that road will I meet him, for all roads are mine, O son of Kunti?” And the Christian says: Why, did not the Christ say: "Other sheep I have which are not of this fold ; then also must I bring, and they shall hear my voice, and there shall be one fold and one shepherd.” Does not the Sufi say:
