VML-2/24/02

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We have seen in the Samhita that tile idea of heaven was that it was

eternal, much the same as is prevalent among Mohammedans and

Christians. The Mohammedans concretize it a little more. They say it

is a place where there are gardens, beneath which rivers run. In the

desert of Arabia water is very desirable, so the Mohammedan always

conceives of his heaven as containing much water. I was born in a

country where there are six months of rain every year I should think

of heaven, I suppose, as a dry place, and so also would the English

people. These heavens in the Samhita are eternal, and the departed

have beautiful bodies and live with their forefathers, and are happy

ever afterwards. There they meet with their parents, children, and

other relatives, and lead very much the same sort of life as here,

only much happier. All the difficulties and obstructions to happiness

in this life have vanished, and only its good parts and enjoyments

remain.