. The history of the devil and the idea of evil; from the earliest times to the present day . Krishnas Adventures. (Reproduced from Coleman.) riors. Arjuna chose Krishna himself, and left the hnn-dred million -warriors to his rivals, the Kurns. Thetwo armies met on the field of Knrnkshetra, near Delhi. BKAIIMAXISM AND HINDUISM. 91 During tlie battle, as we read in tlic Bhagavadgita,Krishna accompanies Arjuna as his charioteer and ex-plains to him the depth and breadth of the religiousphilosophy of the Hindus. The Pandus conquer theKurus, and Yudhishthira becomes king of sundry
. The history of the devil and the idea of evil; from the earliest times to the present day . Krishnas Adventures. (Reproduced from Coleman.) riors. Arjuna chose Krishna himself, and left the hnn-dred million -warriors to his rivals, the Kurns. Thetwo armies met on the field of Knrnkshetra, near Delhi. BKAIIMAXISM AND HINDUISM. 91 During tlie battle, as we read in tlic Bhagavadgita,Krishna accompanies Arjuna as his charioteer and ex-plains to him the depth and breadth of the religiousphilosophy of the Hindus. The Pandus conquer theKurus, and Yudhishthira becomes king of sundry additional adventures the Pandus die andgo to heaven, where they find that rest and happinesswhich is unattainable on The Battle Between the Kurus and Pandus on the Field of Kurukshetra.(Reproduced from Wilkins.) The Mahabharata, like the Wars of the Roses, showsneither party in a favorable light; but the epic is writtenfrom the standpoint of the Pandus, whose demeanor is al-ways extolled, while the Kurus are throughout charac-terised as extremely unworthy and mean. Krishna is the Hindu Apollo, Orpheus, and Herculesin one person, and there is no god in the Hindu Pan-theon who is dearer to the Brahman heart than he. ]\Iany 92 THE HISTORY OF THE DE\IL. of his adventures, such as his escape from the HinduHerod, the massacre of babes, his transfiguration, etc.,reappear in a modified form in Buddhist legends and bearsome resemblance to the events told of Christ in the NewTestament. In his ninth incarnation Vishnu appears as Buddha,the enlightened one, to be a teacher of morals, of purity,charity, and compassionate love toward all beings. It is
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