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Aim of the author in writing this book
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A detailed statement of the contents of chapters dealing with religions other than Vedic.
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How to judge the spirit of an author’s teaching.
PRAYER
THE HIGHEST NAME OF GOD; AND OTHER NAMES
VEDIC AND OTHER HOLY TEXTS IN SUPPORT OF THIS VIEW
AN ETYMOLOGICAL EXPOSITION OF THE VARIOUS NAMES OF GOD
O. The words such like Mitra should be taken to mean friend, etc., and the words like Indra, etc., the well-known devas** of this visible universe.
Parents and conception
the 11th and 13th of the (lunar) month; so that there are altogether left ten nights out of which it is best to choose one for sexual intercourse.
The mother's instructions to a child.
1. Tutoring and reprimanding.
3 Conduct, dress and diet.
CHAPTER 3
Yaiyopavita to be performed at the age of 8, both in the case of boys and girls.
The students of both sexes to be guarded against sexual excitement of all sorts.
The principles underlying the Gurukula (seminary) system ofEducation
PRELIMINARY ACCESSORIES OF SANDHYA OR DIVINE MEDITATION
THE SITE SUITABLE FOR DIVINE MEDITATION
THE SECOND GREAT DAILY DUTY
Q. - What is the good of doing Homa?
Q. I should think it would do people more good to apply Sandal locally as a plaster, and eat butter instead. Is it wise to waste these things by destroying them in fire?
Q. If this be the case, the keeping of such odoriferous things, as saffron, musk, camphor, scented flowers and attar, in the house will serve the same purpose.
Q. What is the object of reciting mantras whilst performing Homa>?
Q. Is the omission of Homa a sin?
Q. How many aahootis* (spoonfuls) should a man pour, and how much clarified butter should each aahooti contain?
Who is entitled to invest students with the sacred thread?
Period for Brahmacharya - Maximum and minimum.
Q. Does this law of marriage apply equally to both sexes?
The Five Great Daily Duties
THE FIVE TESTS OF TRUTH
Eight kinds of evidence
THE SIX ENTITIES
THE SCHEME OF STUDIES
Atka Shiksham Pravakshyami Pranamyan matam yatha.
Is there no truth to be found in these books?
Do you not believe in the Puraanaas, Ithihaasa, etc.?
Q. Which of them ar ture and which forged of false?
What is your faith?
Are the Rishis in contradiction with one another?
Q. Even the Shaatraas written by Rishis - contain truth mixed with untruth, and contradict one another like other books. Take for ezample, the subject of Creation. Now all the six Shaastraaas contradict one another on this subject. The Mimaansaa, for ...
Q. When different statements ae made on the same subject. Here, too, the subject is the same, viz., creation.
Q. One.
Are even women and Shoodraas (low-caste) allowed to study the Vedas?
Should even women read the Veda?
The advantages and disadvantages of distant and near marriages
Choosing a spouse
O. ~ What is the best time for marriage and which is the best form?
O. ~Says Paraasara, the Law giver:-
O. ~ The verses, you have quoted, are not authoritative.
O. ~ Well! Well! Do you not hold even Parasaasara and Kashi Naath as authorities?
O. ~Your quotation cannot be held authoritative, because it teaches an impossibility. One thousand seconds are taken in childbirth alone, how could a girl , then, be married when she is only one, two or three seconds old; nor can any good result from ...
O. ~Should marriage be under the control of parents or the contracting parties themselves?
Marriage of the highest Class
O.~ How can the body formed out of the reproductive elements - male and female - change in character and assume a new form suitable for another Class.
O.~ It is not I alone who think so. There are many others who believe with me, it being the most ancient usage from time immemorial. Do you oppose even the most ancient customs?
O.~How is it that our understanding you call perverted, whilst you think yours is rightly directed?
O.~Certainly they should.
O.~The Yajur Veda says "Braahmans were born of His - God's - mouth, Kshatriyaas, out of His arm, Vaishayaas, out of His thighs, and Shoodraas, out of His feet." Now just as the mouth can never become an arm, nor can an arm become the mouth, so can nev...
O.~Supposiing a family has only one child and that enters into a different Class, who will then look after the old folks? Besides, the family line will die out. How would you provide for such cases?
CHARACTERISTICS OF MARRIAGE
1. Brahma.
6. Gaandharva.
The perfomance of Homa and Sandhya
14. Wife
FIVE GREAT DAILY DUTIES
8. AtithiYajna
CHARACTERISTICS OF IMPOSTER
Qualifications of Teachers (male and female)
Characteristics of undesirable teachers and fools
VICES OF STUDENTS
QUALIFICATIONS OF GOOD STUDENTS
Q. ~Should a man or a woman marry more thanonce?
Q ~Can one party re-marry when the other is dead?
Q. ~What are the evils of re-marriage** (in the case of such persons)?
Q. ~ If one of the parties dies leaving no male issue, even then the family line will become extinct. Besides, if re-marriage be not allowed, the widows and widowers will resort to adultery and fornication, procure abortion, and will commit wicked dee...
The difference of re-marriage and Niyoga
Q. ~ Do the same laws apply to Niyoga and marriage, or are they different in each case?
Q. ~ But Niyoga looks like adultery.
Q. ~ This is alright but it looks like prostitution.
Q. ~ To us it seems that Niyoga is a sinful practice.
Q. ~ What conditions should be observed in the performance of the Niyoga ceremony?
Q. ~Should the relation of Niyoga be entered into with a member of one's own Class or with that of a different Class as well?
Q. ~ Why should a man contract Niyoga when he can marry again?
Q. ~ are there any Vedic and Shaastric authorities in favor of Niyoga, as there are in support of the marriage institution?
Q. ~ How many times can a man or woman enter into the relation of Niyoga? What are the husbands, by marriage or by Niyoga, of a woman, called?
Q. ~ Why should not the world eleven be taken to refer to ten sons and the husband as the eleventh (member of the family)?
Q. ~ Can a woman contract Niyoga only after the death of her husband or even when he is alive?
Q. ~ What is the good of the institution of marriage? This relation restricts the liberty of people and entails great suffering on them. Therefore it is desirable that a couple should continue to live as man and wife as long as they love each other, a...
Q.~ Monogamy being the rule (i.e., if one man be allowed to have only one wife, and one woman only one husband) what will a person do, if the wife be encienti ir afflicted with some chronic disease, or if the husband be a valetudinarian and either of ...
Q. ~ Well sir! Have you no faith even in what the Parashar says:
Q. ~ Is the Order of householders the highest or the lowest of Orders?
CHAPTER 5
VAANPRASHTH AND SANYAAS
THE ORDER OF RENUNCIATION
Q. ~ Is it a sin to become a Sanyaasi without going through the intermediate stages of Grihasth and Vaanaprastha?
What class have the right to Sanyas?
Where is the necessity of Sanyaasa?
Is not Sanyaas against he design of God
Sanyasis say that they have no duties to perform
Should they accept expensive gifts?
Can a Brahmacharya enter into Sanyas?
THE FOUR ORDERS
Q. ~ Should mendicants other than Sanyaasi such as Vairagees, Khakees, etc. be ranked as Sanyaasi or not?
SCIENCE OF GOVERNMENT
1.Religious
QUALIFICATIONS OF MEMBERS OF THE POLITICAL ASSEMBLY
REVENUE
TAXES
IN PEACE AND WAR - MILITARY.
THE QUALIFICATIONS OF A FRIEND
THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE
WITNESSES AND THEIR APTITUDES, ETC.
CHAPTER 7
GOD AND THE VEDA.
"That Supreme Being overspreads all. He is entirely spirit, All-energy, All- powerful, Pure, Perfect, Omniscient, Inward Controller of all, Ruler of All, Eternal and Self-existent. He has from all eternity been teaching uncreated immortal human souls,...
"No tongue can express that bliss which flows, from communion with the Supreme Spirit, into the soul of that man whose impurities are washed off by the practice of yoga, whose mind being abstracted from the outside world is centred in the Supreme Spir...
A.- How do you know that the word (tat) refer to Brahma
A,- Then whichever part the obstructing medium - the antahkaran - leaves, that must become free from ignorance, whilst whichever part it goes to, that part of the pure enlightened Brahma must necessarily become ignorant. In other words, Brahma would i...
The book in which God is described as He is, viz., Holy, Omniscient, Pure in nature, character and attributes, Just, Merciful, etc., and in which nothing is said that is opposed to the laws of nature reason, the evidence of direct cognizance, etc., th...
CHAPTER 8
THE CREATION, SUSTENANCE AND DISSOLUTION OF THE UNIVERSE.
Q.Had He not created it, He would have lived in happiness? Besides, the souls would have remained free from pleasure and pain and the like.
Q.What was first created, man or earth, etc.?
CHAPTER 9
KNOWLEDGE AND IGNORANCE, EMANCIPATION AND BONDAGE
Q. "The soul being Brahma (God) is really neither ever veiled by ignorance, nor born. It is neither in bondage nor need it devise any means for its emancipation, neither it desires to be emancipated nor is it ever emancipated. How can it be emancipate...
Q.But do you not see the all-pervading, formless ether reflected in clear deep water. Similarly, God can be reflected in a pure mind. Therefore, it is that the soul is called chidaabhaas - the image of God.
BONDAGE AND EMANCIPATON
Q. Do the souls of men go into bodies of animals and vice versa; and do souls of men go into souls of women and vice versa?
CHAPTER 10
CONDUCT - DESIRABLE and UNDESIRABLE; DIET -PERMISSIBLE and FORBIDDEN.
Controlling the Senses
Ancient Aryas of Europe and the Americas.
Cooking and preparation of food.
O. What are Sakharee and Nikharee?
ON DIET - PERMISSIBLE and FORBIDDEN
The Kitchen
Eating with foreigners
CHAPTER 11
AN EXAMINATION OF THE DIFFERENT RELIGIONS PREVAILING IN
Q. ~ Were they brought into existence through magical formulae sanctified by the Gods?
The source of false religions..
Q. ~ What is a pope?
The sect of Vaama Margis..
"There is no turpitude in eating flesh, drinking wine, and committing adultery, for that is the natural way of created beings, but abstinence being great reward." MANU.
What are then the true meanings of such words as Ashwamedha, Gomedha, and Naramedha?
A brief statement on Charavaka, Abhanaka and Jainism
Shankaracharya
Beliefs of the Neo-Vedantists.
Vikramaditya, Bhartri Hari and King Bhoja and the Shivites.
The Puranics or Vaishnavites
The origin of idol-worship.
The Puranic Hindu and Chakrankitas sects.
The Muslims' plundering and looting of Hindu temples.
The nature, attributes and characteristics of God.
The myth of the Hindu Puranas.
The story of Creation in the Bhagvat Purana.
The fallacies Markandeya Purana.
Exposing the trickery of the Shrimad Bhagavat.
The trickery of Astrology
Exposing the trickery of the Garur Purana.
Who should not be given charity.
Who should be given charity..
The three kinds of donors.
When fasting is a correct practice.
The doings of Gurus and their disciples, of the various sects and their teachings.
The inclusion of Krishna, Rama, Shiva, etc., in the practice of idolatry.
The sects of Vaama Maargis.
The sect of the Shivites.
More on the Vaishnavite sect.
The Kabirpanthees sect.
Sikhism - the sect of Guru Nanak.
The teachings of the Dadupanthee sect.
The Ram Das sect.
The cult of the Gokuliey Gosaeens.
The Swami Narayana Cult.
The Madhawa faith.
The Lingankit faith.
The advanced life styles of the Europeans.
The fallacies of Forgiveness of sins.
Can language evolve by instinctive knowledge?
Disbelief in the pre-existence of the soul.
Are all religions good and therefore, not deserving of criticism?
More on today's Brahmacharis and Sanyasis.
Pantheism
Genealogy of the Aryan Emperors of Aryavarta (India).
CHAPTER 12
AN EXPOSITION AND A REFUTATION OF THE CHARVAKA, THE BUDDHISTIC
AND JAIN FAITHS ALL OF WHICH ARE ATHEISTIC.
Rebuttal of the eleven arguments.
7. An examination of the four schools of Buddhism.
A description of the Buddhist religion by the Vivekavilasa.
Now we shall mainly discuss the Jainreligion.
The belief in six substrata .
The seven Bhangas of the Buddhists and the Jainees.
Discussion on the Jain religion.
13. Denial of the existence of God.
15. Denial of the Vedas as the eternal revelation.
18. The act of creating of first human beings withoutparents
19. Why did God get Himself involved in the troubles and worries of the world?
20. Did the universe came into existence byitself?
21. Discussion of the Scriptural aphorisms of the Jainreligion.
22. Time or age ofcreation.
23. The bodies of plants andcreatures.
24. Measurements of the earth.
25. If God is the Maker, who is HisMaker?
26. Is emancipation of the souleternal?
27. Is the soul always pure or somewhatcontaminated?
28. The belief of reincarnation without the existence ofGod.
29. The true meaning of Mercy andcompassion.
30. Five obligatory duties of theJains.
31. Further errors of the Jainfaith.
33. The Jain concept ofSalvation.
34. Who feels pain?
35. The height an age of the Jain 24 tirthankaras(teachers).
Now we shall treat of Christianity in the next chapter.
We hope these few words will suffice to the seekers of truth.
GENESIS
EXODUS
LEVITICUS
NUMBERS
II SAMUEL
II KINGS
I CHRONICLES
THE BOOK OF JOB
ECCLESIASTES
GOSPEL OF ST. MATHEW
THE GOSPEL OF ST. MARK
THE GOSPEL OF ST. LUKE
THE GOSPEL OF ST. JOHN
INTRODUCTION TO CHAPTER 14
CHAPTER 14
AN EXAMINATION OF THE DOCTRINE OF ISLAM.
INTOLERANCE TOWARDS NON-MUSLIMS
DAY OF JUDGMENT
FAVOR AND DISFAVOR OF ALLAH
THE ARROGANCE OF ALLAH PRAISING HIS OWN BOOK
Allah actions more devilish than godly.
STONES FOR UNBELIEVERS
THE PARADISE OF ISLAM IS NO BETTER THAN THIS WORLD
Deceiving angels to impress them of his (Allah.s) greatness.
ALLAH WAS NOT OMNISCIENT.
ALLAH NOT FREE FROM PREJUDICE.
The Q’uran is meaningless if the book was already given to Moses.
IF THE DEAD WERE RAISED IN THE PAST, WHY NOT NOW.
WAS ALLAH SITTING IDLE BEFORE CREATION?
THE Q’URAN, A MERE ECHO OF THE BIBLE
ALLAH JEALOUS AND MALEVOLENT?
All things that are a breach to the laws of nature are false.
Out of nothing, nothing can come.
Were there no places sacred before Kaaba?
Muslims, idol-worshippers?
Slaying non-muslims and innocent animals to be on Allah’s path.
Fasting copied from Hinduism.
Losing political supremacy in their fight for cause for Allah.
Women are pollution?
The author of the Q’uran knew neither Astronomy nor Geography.
Allah is nothing else but a tyrant
Paradise a brothel?
Islam, true religion?
Muslims are embodiments of bigotry and ignorance.
Allah, the great deceiver.
Muhammad and Allah were both pugnacious.
Allah’s omnisciency in doubt, keeps a memorandum.
The height of prejudice.
"Birds of a feather flock together."
The Q’uran promotes sinful conduct.
Muhammad an imposter.
Allah should be spoken to aloud or not?
Is Allah all-pervading?
Muhammad holding out baits for the ignorant.
A terrible blot on Godhead?
Allah ignorant of physics?
Allah beguiles people?
Why are there infidels when he sent apostles to all people?
What an injustice of Allah!
There can be no delay in the administration of Justice.
Rebirth of souls constitutes true doctrine.
Did Allah, himself send the devil to incite the innocent?
Can the inanimate adore God?
This mode of meting out justice is as bad as doing injustice.
The Qoran disturbs the peace of the world and fosters discord.
Other books sent down by Allah before the Q’uran.
Does God create by the caprice of His Will?
Is Allah limited by space like man?
A father-in-law lusting after his daughter-in-law.
Is Allah subject to pain?
If the Qoran were the work of God, how could He swear by it?
Drinking of alcohol forbidden on earth, but not in Paradise.
What is not eternal, must perish.
It is unjust to forgive sins.
Is this your almight Allah?
Condemning some women to life of sterility.
He sent Jesus whose teachings oppose the Q’uran.
Is the earth stationary?
Allah a servant of Muhammad?
What a ‘remarkable’ sense of justice!
A day whose length is fifty thousand years?
The sun and moon together?
Sexual intercourse in Paradise?
Can the sun be folded up?
Does Allah ride a camel?
Was the Q’uran revealed in one night?
The Q’uran is neither the worked of God nor an intelligent person.
Is the Muhammad prophesied in the Vedas?
Asmallam ille Mitra Varuna………allorasul Mohammad AkbarasyaAlloAllam… etc.
A STATEMENT OF MY BELIEF
A BELIEF IN HARMONY WITH REASONING.
Kaama.
Angaas.
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