Vedanta Monthly Message of the East May 1926

MESSAGE OF THE EAST And behold the glory of the God of Israel came from the way of the East.'' Ezekiel. [...] Not only was he versed in all the wisdom of the Greeks but he encouraged the search after the One and preached the elevation and purification of the soul through abstinence from the things of the flesh. [...] Because many born at the time of His incarnation had heard Him preach the Holy Law yet could not receive it For this He was moved to pity." THE MESSAGE OF THE EAST 135 THE INNER TREASURE By William Law (English Mystic 17th Century) Consider the treasure thou hast within thee: the Saviour of the world the eternal Word of God lies hid in thee as a spark of the divine nature which is to overcome [...] It is the Lord who has led you to India the Land of realization the Land of the Rishis or seers of God the Land of the renunciation of all sense-enjoyments the Land where Niskama-Karnia (desireless work) has been preached from time immemorial the Land of avatars the Land of comunion with the Infinite and the Eternal the Land where God has repeatedly shown His wonderful love for His own a [...] "Dealing with the life of Sri Ramakrishna" said the Swami "we find simplicity and sincerity as the most flindamental and essential factors of religion." This was"THE MESSAGE OF THE EAST 139 the main purport of the Swami's speech.