Modern Hindu Personalism
Modern Hindu Personalism - The History, Life, and Thought of Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati (Author: Ferdinando Sardella) https://www.google.be/books/edition/Modern_Hindu_Personalism/rYSXPg9GUpwC?hl=nl&pg=PA78&printsec=frontcover Interesting to learn, from the biography of Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati, how much competition the man was encountering, from both OUTSIDE (i.e. how the British - and so the west, reduced "Hinduism" to the "advaita" approach) INSIDE (e.g. how the caste brahmana's would have preferred to have him killed) So in a way, he was lucky to live during the British colonial era (which enforced secularism - and with that, religious freedom) instead of: earlier islamic/Moghul times (which persecuted the Hindu adherents) Below some NOTES... 2. Life and Works 1874-1900: Early period (to age twenty-six) p.78 Example of OUTSIDE debate: (His father) BhaktiVinoda remained throughout his life a loyal citizen and servant of the Raj. He believed that the