Show absurd hindmo beliefs enunciation la Is on one e ot of the teft fes tures ture of of f A writer says th the ascetic life is the natural fruit of taw lii pessimism of india in no other country la is such transcend transcendent ant merit atun li A 1 to mortification of the flesh awl i press their martyrdom to almot almost su incredible credible limits they will pass their days outstretched upon a bed of spikes they will hold hol up an arm till it withers in the socket literally they treat the body as though it were a slave the devotee Is saluted everywhere ns as maharaja men of 0 wealth and position constantly in their declining years rears resign their possessions to their heirs and wait for or death in nakedness and poverty by the ganges at benares Ce cares nay any it ft Is no uncommon thing that young men the products ot of our universities should relinquish their interests and their ambitions and join the wandering army of 0 devotees who literally in sackcloth and ashes seek grace in an unending round of 0 pilgrimages |