Life and religion of the Hindoos. : $b With a sketch of my life and experience.Gangooly, Joguth Chunder
Religion
Life and religion of the Hindoos. : $b With a sketch of my life and experience.
Gangooly, Joguth Chunder
Hindus; India -- Social life and customs
The Hindoos bear different relations to their gods. This seemed to me
absurd. For instance, Shiba is called “_Father_,” his wife Doorga,
mother, his two daughters are our mother too, who, according to the
common rules, ought to be our sisters. Krishto is addressed by the
term _Father_ also. Now the great Teacher says we have only one
Father in heaven, even God. When I learned of Christ that my Creator is
_one_ great Being, and though his majesty is infinite, his wisdom
unfathomable, his power unbounded, his position high, he is our Father
still, my joy knew no bounds. I became aware that my recognition of a
creator in the Bromho, Bishto, etc., was just as bewildering as to seek
an object in the gloomy chambers of Mammoth Cave. But Christ stood by
my side as a blazing light, and pointed out the shortest, easiest way
to my God, saying, “I am the light” and “I am the way.” I used to think
we could come to God through different routes, but now felt convinced
of the great advantage of entering in by the strait gate, treading the
steps of Christ, and following the guidance of the celestial Guide.
When I want to visit the city of New York, the prudent course will be
to take the express train at the Worcester Depot, and not step into the
Boston, Concord, and Montreal cars which will surely take me far, far
away from my destination; it will cost more money and longer time into
the bargain![30]
Where our Creator is to be found and how worshipped became the
subject of my inquiry. Hindoo gods have their respective heavens,
some particular places for their abodes, which they do not wish to be
away from. Thus Krishto reigns in his Goluck, Shiba in Koylas, etc.
The latter is said to have wept on leaving Kashie for a season at the
solicitation of Debodass, a worshipper.
But turning to Christ, I heard him say, our Father is
everywhere,--fills immensity with his presence; that there is no place
so high, so happy as to monopolize his presence, to confine him within
its enclosure; there is no place, on the other hand, so low that does
not contain him. The Mighty Omnipresent sits on high, the great King
of all, controlling the affairs of the universe with his powerful, yet
loving sway,--receiving homage from the Seraphim and Cherubim, and the
“just made perfect;” yet, at the same time, noticing the fall of the
sparrows.
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