VML-9/21/01

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The religion of the Hindus is divided into two parts, the ceremonial and

the spiritual; the spiritual portion is specially studied by the monks.

 

In that there is no caste. A man from the highest caste and a man from the

lowest may become a monk in India and the two castes become equal. In the

religion there is no caste; caste is simply a social institution, Shakya

Muni himself was a monk, and it was his glory that he had the

large-heartedness to bring out the truths how the hidden Vedas and throw

them broadcast all over the world. He was the first being in the world who

brought missionarizing into practice - nay, he was the first to conceive

the idea of proselytizing.