لاهwد بtit? LETTER FROM A BENGALI PROFESSOR OF EUROPF. Nov EMBER 27TH, 1880. DEAR FRIEND, 掌 殺 嘛 粥 * 舉 MAx MULLER's “SACRED Books of the FASTVol. I—UPANISHAI)S” reached me a few days ago. I have in my spare moments gone through the greater part of this beautifully Ջot-աp But what, difference between the original and the translation So much indeed might be lost in a translation : As I read on, I sometimes compare the trans volume. {Ꮣ lations with the texts which l possess and I am very much struck with the difference by tween the two. The translation at certain places is quite unintelligible to me while the text is as clear as the day. Besides I inus, sav, inspite of all a espect J have for the worthy translator, that he has sometimes misunderstood, at others failed to catch the spirit of the original and at others again have discovered subtleties in it where they do not for any sublime • Kist. One amongst he that thoughts” the Clahaudogya Upanishad with; এতদাত্মম हेनन् সৰ্ব্বম, তৎস তাম্ সঙ্গাত্মা, তত্বমসি শ্বেতকেতো” I think here are very few Hindus who would find 1nılııy; & says ('a II 110t t'oillicct with instance he definite those words of which begin any difficulty at all in finding out what these words truly mean. English is perhaps the 'anguage least fitted to translate the poetical and philosophical words of Sanskrit. French ltalian much better as well as German but perhaps Russian is the best of all. . 尊 聯 兴 帝 I am not much surprised to learn that Babu K. C. Sen aud his followers are leaning is no botter. amore than ever towards C'hrist, and Christianity. it sems to me that the best things in Christianity (its high moral principles) are derived directly or indirectly from Buddhism. In the Continuation, , it will be my endeavour to prove the statement from the researches of nnen like Lassen, Weber &c. I have collected my authorities with no mean diligence. As to the religious dogmas of Christianity as of the other two Semitic religions, I have ATB S C C SAA AAAA SAAAA SAAAA L SAAAASMMA TT S TTA AMMMSTC TT AAAA AAAS S AAAMe eAAAS SAA مایع مهم ==عیچ= Of an essay previously published in this journal, Ed. T. P. LETTER FROM A BENGALI PROFESSOR OF EUROPE
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no very great respect for them. seem to me to have sufficiently lower They been means for a straturm of the m eligi ous life to satisfy the infantile religious aspirations of Humanity. With Schopenhauer I have no hesitation to affirm that a more intimate acquaintance with the Hindu Philosophy and Theology, including also the Buddhistic which is certainly owe own, and let me add, a greater progress is: Science shall by and by either destroy Christianity in Europe or at loast shear it entirely off its puerile dogmas which as soon as a man begins to think, dissipate as darkness before the suti. I have now been travelling in almost all the chief countries and cities of Eulope and l must say that there is very little of religion or ('hristianity in civilised Europe. In the daily concerns of life, not one in a million cares a sous for their reiigii»n. Í (louht, whether there is onl• wwlinig European male or female who has the avoy in any sense. 1)isease, Mistortune, Old Age or Coventionality is the chief om Almost with out exception they in their youth lead lives Panie sole motive of their religion. of immorality which we have no idea of which the society permits, or at best smiles tt) disseveramet f'rom the ta'achings o[' uheir ro!i at and which are say the least in to.f.) gion. And these youths are not much 1. blame nor the parents who regird their fail ures as natural youthful pranks for five dog nias which they must believe are often so curious, not to say more the in despair of being discourteously, thirt they reject whole systern in practice in a position to accord with even the very small part of it. Christi anity as a religion has failed in Europe. If could still hold its name if it would consent tι) Philsophy and Philology and thiis ho deprived of the greater part of its Jewish limitation-. make large accompilations to Scient: . And indeed in casting even a superficial glance on the historical developiniont of the whole Indo-European races, what do we find Do we not find that the wisest and the lest of our Family have becn all more or less Hindus-the greatest of the Persians, the greatest of the Greeks, the Romans, the Germans, the French, and the English : It would be hard to name, one great name in Art or
