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September 1889 in its second and third issues respectively. The essay
contains a critique of a host of thinkers on the basis of Patanjali Yoga,
Vaisheshika Darshana, Nyaya Darshana, Prashastapada Bhashya, Gita and
Sahiartha Prakasha.
Those analysed in the essay include. western
philosophers, scientists and poets like Charles Bradlaugh, Alexander
Bain, Herbert Spencer, Thomas Henry Huxley, Nicholson, Rosce,
Hooper, Hunter, Rush, Whytt, Sthal, Andrew Jackson Davis, Darwin,
Haeckel, Tennyson, Dr. Ludwig Buchner, Cullen, Brown, Wundt and
Brousais besides Koran, Bible, Buddhism, and Brahmo Samaj.
Actually, this is an exposition on
Prashnopanishad
(4.1). The essay is a
testimony to Guru Datta's application and unbounded knowledge.
The Realities of Inner Life
Pandit Guru Datta delivered a lecture on the realm of the inner world,
on the annual function of Arya Samaj, Lahore in December 1887. This
was published posthumously on 7th August, 1890.
Pecuniomania
Pandit Guru Datta Vidyarthi in this article has established that hunger
for money is a hindrance to the quest for
Dharma.
He has based his
essay on the following
shloka
(2.13) by Manu:
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He had also delivered a lecture on the same topic on 13th October,
1888 at a function of Arya Samaj, Peshawar. This was published in
Vedic Magazine's first and second issues in July and August 1889
respectively.
Righteousness or Unrighteousness of Flesh Eating
Much before the discontent relating to the college, Guru Datta had
written this article while Rishi Dayananda was still alive. It was
published in the August 1882 issue of
The Arya
(pages 131-134).
This article based on
Gokarunanidhi,
determined flesh eating as
improper on the ground of morality and utilitarianism.
Man's Progress Downwards
The western school of thought based on the concept of evolution,
believes that the knowledge of all species is ever-increasing.
Therefore, the Vedas are thought of as the work of an uncivilized
race, simply because they are ancient. This essay demolishes this