This book is an exposition of the beliefs propounded by what might be called Brahmanic theology. It is intended for the common mass of Hindus who need to be awakened to know in what quagmire the Brahmins have placed them and to lead them on to the road of rational thinking.
The Brahmins have propagated the view that the Hindu civilization is Sanatan, that is, unchanging. This view has been reinforced by a good many of European scholars who have said that the Hindu civilization is static. In this book I have attempted to show that this view is not in accord with facts and that Hindu society has changed from time to time and that often times the change is of the most radical kind. In this connection, compare the Riddles from Himsa to Ahimsa and from Ahimsa to Himsa. I want to make the mass of people to realize that Hindu religion is not Sanatan.
The second purpose of this book is to draw attention of the Hindu mass to the devices of the Brahmins and to make them think for themselves how they have been deceived and misguided by the Brahmins.
It will be noticed how the Brahmins have changed and chopped. There was a time when they worshipped the Vedic gods. Then came time when they abandoned their Vedic gods and started worshipping non-Vedic gods. One may well ask them where is Indira, where is Varuna, where is Brahma, where is Mitra the gods mentioned in the Vedas? They have all disappeared. And why, because the worship of Indira, Varuna and Brahma ceased to be profitable. Not only did the Brahmins abandon their Vedic gods but there are cases where they have become the worshippers of Muslim Pirs. In this connection one glaring case may be referred to. In Kalyan near Bombay there is a famous Darga of Pir called Bawa Malangsha on the top of a hill. It is a very famous Darga. Every year a Urs (pilgramage) is held and offerings are made. The person who officiates at the Darga as a priest is a Brahmin, sitting near it, wearing the clothes of Muslims and receiving monies offered at the Darga. This he did for the sake of money. Religion or no religion what the Brahmin wants is Dakshina. Indeed the Brahmins have made religion a matter of trade and commerce. Compare with this faithlessness of the Brahmins the fidelity of the Jews to their gods even when their conqueror Nebuchadnezzar forced the Jews to abandon their religion and adopt his (religion).
“Nebuchadnezzar, the king, made an image of gold, whose height was three score cubits, and the breadth thereof six cubits, he set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon.
Nebuchadnezzar, the king, ordered the princes, the governors, the captains, the judges, the treasures, the councellors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces to come to the dedication of the image which Nebuchadnezzar, the king had set up.
Then the princess, the governors, the captains, the judges, the treasurers, the counsellors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, were gathered together unto the dedication of the image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up, and they stood before the image that Nebuchadnezzar had set up.
Then an herald cried aloud:
“To you, it is commended, O people, nations, and languages, sack-but, psaltery, dulcimer and all kinds of musick, ye fall down and worship the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king hath set up:
And who so falleth not down and worshippeth shall the same hour be cast into the midst of burning fiery furnace.”
Therefore at that time, when all the people heard the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sack-but. psaltery, dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, all the people, the nations, and the languages fell down and worshipped the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.
Wherefore at that time certain Chaldeans came near, and accused the Jews. (To be continued)
