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THE HINDOO MYTHOLOGY. 245
CHAP. IX.
WORSHIP OP HUMAN BEINGS.
Deified Men and Women.
ALL the bramhuns, but especially the religious guides,
(gooroo,) are objects of worship among.the Hindoos, and
have divine honours paid to them. The spiritual guide, in
the estimation of the disciple, is literally a god. When-
ever he approaches, the disciple prostrates himself in the
dust before him, and never sits in his presence ■without
leave. He drinks the water with which he has washed the
feet of his gooroo °, and relies entirely upon his blessing for
final happiness. I have heard some Hindoos speak with
comparative contempt of all other ways of salvation. When
the claims of the bramhuns to deity have been disputed by
any one, I have seen the poor besotted shoodru prostrate
himself at the feet of the nearest bramhun, and, raising his
head, and closing his hands, say, f You are my god.' At
the same time the character of the bramhun has perhaps
been notorious for every vice.
The shastrus declare that the daughters of bramhuns,
till they are eight years old, are objects of worship, as forms
of the goddess Bhuguvutee; and some persons worship
these girls daily. The worshipper, taking the daughter of
° Doing reverence to the very feet of superiors prevailed among the
Jews. Hence the woman washed the feet of Christ, and wiped them
with the hair of her head. Paul was brought np at the feet of Gamaliel.
CHAP. IX.
WORSHIP OP HUMAN BEINGS.
Deified Men and Women.
ALL the bramhuns, but especially the religious guides,
(gooroo,) are objects of worship among.the Hindoos, and
have divine honours paid to them. The spiritual guide, in
the estimation of the disciple, is literally a god. When-
ever he approaches, the disciple prostrates himself in the
dust before him, and never sits in his presence ■without
leave. He drinks the water with which he has washed the
feet of his gooroo °, and relies entirely upon his blessing for
final happiness. I have heard some Hindoos speak with
comparative contempt of all other ways of salvation. When
the claims of the bramhuns to deity have been disputed by
any one, I have seen the poor besotted shoodru prostrate
himself at the feet of the nearest bramhun, and, raising his
head, and closing his hands, say, f You are my god.' At
the same time the character of the bramhun has perhaps
been notorious for every vice.
The shastrus declare that the daughters of bramhuns,
till they are eight years old, are objects of worship, as forms
of the goddess Bhuguvutee; and some persons worship
these girls daily. The worshipper, taking the daughter of
° Doing reverence to the very feet of superiors prevailed among the
Jews. Hence the woman washed the feet of Christ, and wiped them
with the hair of her head. Paul was brought np at the feet of Gamaliel.