. Where half the world is waking up; the old and the new in Japan, China, the Philippines, and India, reported with especial reference to American conditions. esI visited, at least — to take a big stick and crack the skullin order to release his fathers spirit! But, after all, reverting to the question of mourning, whyshould the Hindu mourn for his dead? Human life, in histheology, is itself a curse, and after infinite rebirths, the soulrunning its course through the bodies of beasts and men, theultimate good, the greatest boon to be won from the propiti-ated gods, is remerging in the general
. Where half the world is waking up; the old and the new in Japan, China, the Philippines, and India, reported with especial reference to American conditions. esI visited, at least — to take a big stick and crack the skullin order to release his fathers spirit! But, after all, reverting to the question of mourning, whyshould the Hindu mourn for his dead? Human life, in histheology, is itself a curse, and after infinite rebirths, the soulrunning its course through the bodies of beasts and men, theultimate good, the greatest boon to be won from the propiti-ated gods, is remerging in the general soul, the Escape fromBeing, Escape from the Illusions of Sense and Self; not An-nihilation itself but the Annihilation of Personality, of thatsense of separateness from the Divine which our encasementin human bodies gives us. Where Christianity teaches thatyou are a son of God and that you will maintain a separate,conscious, responsible identity throughout eternity, Hinduismteaches that your spirit is a part of the Divine and will ulti-mately be reabsorbed into it. Its doctrine in this respect ismuch like that of Buddhism. Inevitably neither religion. TYPES AT DARJEELING, NORTHERN INDIA, AND AT DELHI,CENTRAL INDIA India has not a homogeneous population. There are almost as many races,types, and languages as in the continent of Europe. The right-hand figure in theupper picture bears a striking resemblance to a North American instrument in his hands is a praying-wheel
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