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incompatible, The existence of the universe is a standing
proof of this.
This is why those who seek to buttress up religion
are so anxious to prove that the uaiverse has no real
existence or only a temporary and relatively unimportant
one; the result is of course the usual self-destructive
Advaitist muddle
The precepts of morality and religion are thus of
use, of vital use to us, in restraining the thore violent
forces alike of nature and of man. For unless law and
order prevail, we have not the necessary quiet and
resources for investigating, and learning to bring under
our control, all the divergent phenomena of our prison, a
work which we undertake that at last we may be able to
break down the walls, and find that freedom which an
inconsiderate Inversion has denied.
‘The mystical precepts of pseudo-Zoroaster, Buddha,
Gankaracharya, Pseudo-Christ and the rest, are for
advanced students only, for direct attack on the problem.
Our servants, the soldiers, lawyers, all forms of
government, make this our nobler work possible, and it
is the gravest possible mistake to sneer at these humble
but faithful followers of the great minds of the world.
What, then, are the best, easiest, directest_ methods
to attain our result? And how shall we, in mortal
language, convey to the minds of others the nature of a
result so beyond language, baffling even imagination
cagle-pinioned? It may help us if we endeavour
to outline
the distinction between the Hindu and Buddhist methods
and aims of the Great Work.