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94:4.1 With the passing of the centuries in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India India], the populace returned in [[measure]] to the [[ancient]] [[rituals]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vedas Vedas] as they had been [[modified]] by the teachings of the [[Melchizedek]] missionaries and crystallized by the later [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brahmin Brahman priesthood]. This, the oldest and most [[cosmopolitan]] of the world's religions, has undergone further [[changes]] in response to [[Buddhism]] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jainism Jainism] and to the later appearing [[influences]] of [[Islam|Mohammedanism]] and [[Christianity]]. But by the time the teachings of [[Jesus]] arrived, they had already become so [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occident Occidentalized] as to be a "white man's religion," hence strange and foreign to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindu Hindu] mind.

94:4.1 With the passing of the centuries in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India India], the populace returned in [[measure]] to the [[ancient]] [[rituals]] of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vedas Vedas] as they had been [[modified]] by the teachings of the [[Melchizedek]] missionaries and crystallized by the later [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brahmin Brahman priesthood]. This, the oldest and most [[cosmopolitan]] of the world's religions, has undergone further [[changes]] in response to [[Buddhism]] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jainism Jainism] and to the later appearing [[influences]] of [[Islam|Mohammedanism]] and [[Christianity]]. But by the time the teachings of [[Jesus]] arrived, they had already become so [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occident Occidentalized] as to be a "white man's religion," hence strange and foreign to the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindu Hindu] mind.

94:4.2 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindu_philosophy Hindu theology], at present, depicts four descending [[levels]] of [[deity]] and [[divinity]]:

94:4.2 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindu_philosophy Hindu theology], at present, depicts four descending [[levels]] of [[deity]] and [[divinity]]:

*1. 94:4.3 The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brahman Brahman], the [[Absolute]], the Infinite One, the IT IS.

*1. 94:4.3 The [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brahman Brahman], the [[Absolute]], the Infinite One, the IT IS.

*2. 94:4.4 The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trimurti Trimurti], the supreme trinity of Hinduism. In this [[association]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brahma Brahma], the first member, is conceived as being self-created out of the Brahman—[[infinity]]. Were it not for close [[identification]] with the [[pantheistic]] Infinite One, Brahma could [[constitute]] the [[foundation]] for a [[concept]] of the [[Universal Father]]. Brahma is also identified with [[fate]].

*2. 94:4.4 The [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trimurti Trimurti], the supreme trinity of Hinduism. In this [[association]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brahma Brahma], the first member, is conceived as being self-created out of the Brahman—[[infinity]]. Were it not for close [[identification]] with the [[pantheistic]] Infinite One, Brahma could [[constitute]] the [[foundation]] for a [[concept]] of the [[Universal Father]]. Brahma is also identified with [[fate]].

*94:4.5 The [[worship]] of the second and third members, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siva Siva] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vishnu Vishnu], arose in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1000_AD first millennium after Christ]. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siva Siva] is lord of life and death, god of [[fertility]], and master of destruction. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vishnu Vishnu] is extremely popular due to the [[belief]] that he periodically [[incarnates]] in [[human]] form. In this way, Vishnu becomes real and living in the [[imaginations]] of the Indians. Siva and Vishnu are each regarded by some as supreme over all.

*94:4.5 The [[worship]] of the second and third members, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siva Siva] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vishnu Vishnu], arose in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1000_AD first millennium after Christ]. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siva Siva] is lord of life and death, god of [[fertility]], and master of destruction. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vishnu Vishnu] is extremely popular due to the [[belief]] that he periodically [[incarnates]] in [[human]] form. In this way, Vishnu becomes real and living in the [[imaginations]] of the Indians. Siva and Vishnu are each regarded by some as supreme over all.

*3. 94:4.6 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vedism Vedic] and post-Vedic [[deities]]. M any of the [[ancient]] gods of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aryan Aryans], such as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agni Agni], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indra Indra], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soma Soma], have [[persisted]] as secondary to the three members of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trimurti Trimurti]. Numerous additional gods have arisen since the early days of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vedism Vedic India], and these have also been incorporated into the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindu Hindu] [[pantheon]].

*3. 94:4.6 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vedism Vedic] and post-Vedic [[deities]]. M any of the [[ancient]] gods of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aryan Aryans], such as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agni Agni], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indra Indra], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soma Soma], have [[persisted]] as secondary to the three members of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trimurti Trimurti]. Numerous additional gods have arisen since the early days of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vedism Vedic India], and these have also been incorporated into the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindu Hindu] [[pantheon]].

*4. 94:4.7 The demigods: [[supermen]], semigods, [[heroes]], demons, [[ghosts]], evil spirits, sprites, monsters, goblins, and saints of the later-day [[cults]].

*4. 94:4.7 The demigods: [[supermen]], semigods, [[heroes]], demons, [[ghosts]], evil spirits, sprites, monsters, goblins, and saints of the later-day [[cults]].

94:4.8 While [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinduism Hinduism] has long failed to vivify the Indian people, at the same time it has usually been a [[tolerant]] [[religion]]. Its great [[strength]] lies in the [[fact]] that it has proved to be the most [[adaptive]], amorphic religion to appear on [[Urantia]]. It is capable of almost unlimited [[change]] and possesses an unusual range of [[flexible]] [[adjustment]] from the high and semimonotheistic [[speculations]] of the [[intellectual]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brahmin Brahman] to the arrant [[fetishism]] and primitive [[cult]] [[practices]] of the debased and depressed classes of ignorant believers.

94:4.8 While [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinduism Hinduism] has long failed to vivify the Indian people, at the same time it has usually been a [[tolerant]] [[religion]]. Its great [[strength]] lies in the [[fact]] that it has proved to be the most [[adaptive]], amorphic religion to appear on [[Urantia]]. It is capable of almost unlimited [[change]] and possesses an unusual range of [[flexible]] [[adjustment]] from the high and semimonotheistic [[speculations]] of the [[intellectual]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brahmin Brahman] to the arrant [[fetishism]] and primitive [[cult]] [[practices]] of the debased and depressed classes of ignorant believers.

94:4.9 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinduism Hinduism] has [[survived]] because it is [[essentially]] an integral part of the basic [[social]] fabric of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India India]. It has no great [[hierarchy]] which can be disturbed or destroyed; it is interwoven into the life [[pattern]] of the [[people]]. It has an [[adaptability]] to changing conditions that excels all other [[cults]], and it displays a [[tolerant]] [[attitude]] of [[adoption]] toward many other religions, [[Gautama Buddha]] and even [[Christ]] himself being claimed as [[incarnations]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vishnu Vishnu].

94:4.9 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinduism Hinduism] has [[survived]] because it is [[essentially]] an integral part of the basic [[social]] fabric of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India India]. It has no great [[hierarchy]] which can be disturbed or destroyed; it is interwoven into the life [[pattern]] of the [[people]]. It has an [[adaptability]] to changing conditions that excels all other [[cults]], and it displays a [[tolerant]] [[attitude]] of [[adoption]] toward many other religions, [[Gautama Buddha]] and even [[Christ]] himself being claimed as [[incarnations]] of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vishnu Vishnu].

94:4.10 Today, in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India India], the great need is for the portrayal of the [[Jesus|Jesusonian]] [[gospel]]—the Fatherhood of God and the sonship and consequent brotherhood of all men, which is [[personally]] realized in loving ministry and [[social]] [[service]]. In India the philosophical [[framework]] is existent, the [[cult]] [[structure]] is present; all that is needed is the vitalizing [[spark]] of the dynamic [[love]] portrayed in the [[original]] [[gospel]] of the Son of Man, divested of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occident Occidental] [[dogmas]] and [[doctrines]] which have tended to make [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_120 Michael's life bestowal] a [http://books.google.com/books?id=5Iw5IZCTh-kC&printsec=frontcover&dq=white+man&hl=en&ei=PhCUTPimFMH48Abh_LyRDA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=10&ved=0CFsQ6AEwCQ#v=onepage&q=white%20man&f=false white man]'s religion.

94:4.10 Today, in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India India], the great need is for the portrayal of the [[Jesus|Jesusonian]] [[gospel]]—the Fatherhood of God and the sonship and consequent brotherhood of all men, which is [[personally]] realized in loving ministry and [[social]] [[service]]. In India the philosophical [[framework]] is existent, the [[cult]] [[structure]] is present; all that is needed is the vitalizing [[spark]] of the dynamic [[love]] portrayed in the [[original]] [[gospel]] of the Son of Man, divested of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occident Occidental] [[dogmas]] and [[doctrines]] which have tended to make [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_120 Michael's life bestowal] a [https://books.google.com/books?id=5Iw5IZCTh-kC&printsec=frontcover&dq=white+man&hl=en&ei=PhCUTPimFMH48Abh_LyRDA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=10&ved=0CFsQ6AEwCQ#v=onepage&q=white%20man&f=false white man]'s religion.

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