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INDIA ITS LIFE AND THOUGHT
BY JOHN P. JONES, D.D. SOUTH INDIA AUTHOR OF "INDIA'S PROBLEM, KRISHNA OR CHRIST,"
ETC., ETC.
New York THE MACMILLAN COMPANY 1908 COPYRIGHT, 1908, BY THE MACMILLAN COMPANY.
Dedicated TO MY DEAR CHILDREN WHO HAVE BRAVELY AND CHEERFULLY ENDURED THE SEPARATION AND THE LOSS OF HOME FOR THE SAKE OF INDIA
PREFACE
To the people of the West, the inhabitants of India are the least
understood and the most easily misunderstood of all men. It is partly because they are antipodal to the West the farthest
removed in thought and life. They are also the most secretive, and
find perennial delight in concealment and evasion. According to Hindu teaching, the Supreme Spirit forever sports in
illusion. It continuously manifests itself through unreal and false
forms, which delude and lead astray ignorant man. In harmony with this
philosophy of the Divine and may it not be as a result of it? the
people of India too often delight in unreal and deceptive exhibitions
of themselves. At any rate, it is exceedingly difficult for a man of
the West, especially he of the Anglo Saxon type, to apprehend the full
significance and the correct drift of life and thought of this land. It is amusing, when not discouraging, to witness travellers, who have
rushed through India in a winter tour, publish volumes of their
misconceptions and ill digested theories about the people with an
oracular emphasis which is equalled only by their ignorance. The author of this book makes no claim to a right to speak ex
cathedra upon this subject. Nevertheless, thirty years of matured
experience in this land, living in constant touch with the people and
studying with eagerness their life and thought, gives him an humble
claim to speak once more upon the subject. Even now, however, his pride of knowledge is chastened by the
oft recurring surprises which the Oriental nature and life still bring
to him. And he does not cease to pray, with a western saint, who, at
the end of a half century of work for the people of India, daily cried
out, "O Lord, help me to know these people and to come into intimate
relations of life with them!" If, in these pages, he can help others of the West to come face to
face with the immense and intricate problems which confront all who
desire to know, to help, and to bless India, and shall enable them to
understand better the conditions and characteristics of life in the
Land of the Vedas, he will feel amply repaid for his labours. I express my deep gratitude to the Rev. J. L. Barton, D.D., for his
kind encouragement in the publishing of this book; and also to the
Rev. W. W. Wallace, M.A., for his generous aid in the proof reading. J. P. JONES.
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I. INDIA'S UNREST i. Extent of the Movement ii. Causes of Unrest iii. Conditions of Unrest iv. Results v. How shall the Unrest be Removed
II. THE HOME OF MANY FAITHS Hinduism Madura and Benares Demonolatry Madura Christianity Travancore and Cochin Judaism Cochin Parseeism Bombay Jainism Bombay Mohammedanism Agra and Delhi Buddhism Delhi, Sarnath Sikhism Amritsar
III. BURMA, THE BEAUTIFUL The Extent of the British Empire Burma's Triple Produce The Land of Pagodas Mandalay A Land where Woman is Honoured A Land where Caste is Unknown The American Baptist Mission The Karens and their Conversion Ko San Ye
IV. THE HINDU CASTE SYSTEM What is Caste i. Origin of Caste ( a ) Religious Theory ( b ) Tribal Theory ( c ) Social Theory ( d ) Occupational Theory ( e ) Crossing Theory ii. Characteristics of Caste Intermarriage Inter dining Contact Occupation iii... Continue reading book >>
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