Modern Religious Movements in India #248570

But the subject carries within it a still more intimate difficulty. Even if abundance Of information were forth coming about any one Of these most noteworthy Uprisings Of the Indian spirit, there would still remain the difficulty of understanding it, the possibility of totally misconceiving the forces that have created it, of fastening one's eyes on externals and failing to feel the beatings of the heart. Others must decide whether I did right in attempting the task, and how far I have succeeded in it. What weighed with me was the fact that my past experience had given me a partial preparation for the work, and that my present circumstances afford me unusual facilities for getting the necessary information. I spent in Calcutta eleven years as a Professor in a Missionary College and five as an Association Secretary among educated non-christians. During those sixteen years I was constantly in touch with Chaitanyas, Brahmas.