KAUAI, HAWAII, December 30, 2023 (HPI): A reader sent us the link (below) to this manuscript. It is in English and intended for youth 12 to 18 or so. The book is easy to read and covers all the basic of Hinduism.

From the introduction:

“The Board of Trustees of the Central Hindu College has laid down the following principles on which religious and moral teaching is to be given in all institutions under its control. The object of the Central Hindu College being to combine Hindu religious and ethical training with the Western education suited to the needs of the time, it is necessary that this religious and ethical training shall be of a wide, liberal and un­sectarian character, while at the same time it shall be definitely and distinctively Hindu. It must be inclusive enough to unite the most divergent forms of Hindu thought, but exclusive enough to leave outside it, forms of thought which are non-Hindu. It must avoid all doctrines which are the subject of controversy between schools recognized as orthodox; it must not enter into any of the social and political questions of the day; but it must lay a solid foundation of religion and ethics on which the student may build, in his manhood, the more specialized principles suited to his intellectual and emotional temperament. It must be directed to the building up of a character— pious, dutiful, strong, self-reliant, upright, righteous, gentle and well-balanced— a character which will be that of a good man and a good citizen; the fundamental principles of religion, governing the general view of life and of life’s obligations, are alone sufficient to form such a character, That which unites Hindus in a common faith must be clearly and simply taught; all that divides them must be ignored. Lastly, care must be taken to cultivate a wide spirit of tolerance, which not only respects the differences of thought and practice among Hindus, but which also respects the differences of religion among non-Hindus, regarding all faiths with reverence, as roads whereby men approach the Supreme.”

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