Religious Problem in India

Author(s): Annie Besant
Publisher: Theosophist Office Adyar

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SIKHISM
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Space itself (Thy) salver ; the sun and moon . (Thy) lamps ;:. The starry host thy pearls, O Father. The fragrant breeze of the Malaya mountains (Thy) incense;
i The wind waving (its) chawri (over Thee); . All forest vegetation (lit. vegetable kingdom) as
flowers, O Light! · What a rejoicing (īrați or hymn of praise) O
Destroyer of fear (or samsāra); the Anāhat Shabda (the soundless or instruck sound) sounds
as (Thy) kettle-ulrum. Thonsands are Thy eyes; Nay! Nay! Thon hast
none; " Thousands are Thy forms; Nay! Nay! Thou hast
none; Thousands are Thy holy feet; Nay! Nay! Thou
hast none; . Thou art without nostril (lit. sense of smell) yet
Thou hast a thousand nostrils; This wondrous working of Thine bewilders (ns), In everything, O Glory! is Thy Light. : In every'one the Light of That (Light) shines.'' : In Guru's presence (or by Gmi's teaching shineth
forth that Light; That is rejoicing (īrați) which to Him is pleasing:
Such is his teaching. It breathes the purest spirit of devotion, that reaches beyond all forms, to the One Formless; and now and then a heart is found that feels greater passion of devotion for the ideal of the