INTRODUCTION.

THERE is always plenty of opposition to doctrines that are new or strange. During the era this was written, Eastern philosophies were often viewed with suspicion or as "heathen" by Western audiences unfamiliar with their depth. The philosophies and religions of the East still are so with the great majority of those even who are above the general average of culture and enlightenment in Western thought and science. One of the current objections which passes freely amongst people who have not inquired for themselves, but who through bias for some particular religion or cult are anxious to throw discredit upon other creeds, is that the Indian religions and philosophies show marvellous ingenuity, but no heart, no love, such as Christ: Jesus Christ, the central figure of Christianity, whose teachings on "Agapé" (divine love) are here being compared to Indian concepts of devotion. taught. Such a statement is not likely to long disguise the truth in this matter from an unbiassed inquirer. One need only consider that the wants of the human heart are everywhere the same to

The text ends here mid-sentence; the author is likely about to argue that the human need for divine love is universal across all cultures.