German-born British philologist, orientalist and indologist (1823–1900)
Friedrich Max Müller (6 December 1823 – 28 October 1900), more commonly known as Max Müller (or Mueller), was a German philologist and Orientalist, who was a major pioneer of the discipline of comparative religion.
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जीवन के अत्यन्त गम्भीर क्षण होते हैं। इस क्षण में मानवता के पुराने आसान सवाल हमारे पास अपनी पूरी गहराई के साथ लौटते हैं, और हम खुद से पूछते हैं कि हम क्या हैं? पृथ्वी में यह जीवन क्यों बना है? क्या हमें यहाँ कोई विश्राम नहीं करना है और सदैव परिश्रम करते रहना है और अपने पड़ोसियों के सुख के अवशेषों पर अपने खुद के सुख का निर्माण करते रहना है? और जब हमने पृथ्वी पर अपना घर बना लिया है, जो भाप, गैस और बिजली से जितना सुविधाजनक बना सकते थे, बना लिया है तब भी हम क्या उस हिन्दू से ज्यादा सुखी हैं जो अपने आदिम घर में रहता है?
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Many things are still unintelligible to us, and the hieroglyphic language of antiquity records but half of the mind's unconscious intentions. Yet more and more the image of man, in whatever clime we meet him, rises before us, noble and pure from the very beginning; even his errors we learn to understand, even his dreams we begin to interpret. As far as we can trace back the footsteps of man, even on the lowest strata of history, we see the divine gift of a sound and sober intellect belonging to him from the very first, and the idea of a humanity emerging slowly from the depths of an animal brutality can never be maintained again.
हे गंगा, यमुना, सरस्वती, शुतुद्रि, परुष्णी मेरी स्तुति स्वीकार करो। हे मरुद्वरीधा अस्किनी के साथ और हे अर्गिकीया सुशोमा के साथ, मेरी स्तुति सुनो। तुम त्रिस्तमा, ससर्तु, कुभा, गोमती, मेहत्नू तथा क्रमु आदि अपने दाएँ बहने वाली नदियों को साथ कर अपनी यात्रा पर निकल रही हो। यह सिन्धु अपनी जगमग शानदार जलप्रवाहों को इस विशाल भू भाग में इतनी तीव्रता से प्रवाहित होती चलती है, जैसे कोई सुन्दर घोड़ी जा रही हो।
How can a missionary in such circumstances meet the surprise and questions of his pupils, unless he may point to that seed, and tell them what Christianity was meant to be; unless he may show that. like all other religions, Christianity, too, has had its history; that the Christianity of the nineteenth century is not the Christianity of the Middle Ages, that the Christianity of the MiddIe Ages was not that of the early Councils, that the Christianity of the early Councils was not that of the Apostles, and "that what has been said by Christ, that alone was weII said?"
How can a missionary in such circumstances meet the surprise and questions of his pupils, unless he may point to that seed (Referring to the seed planted by Jesus and his Apostles) and tell them what Christianity was meant to be? unless he may show that, like all other religions, Christianity too, has had its history; that the Christianity of the nineteenth century is not the Christianity of the middle ages, and that the Christianity of the middle ages was not that of the early Councils; that the Christianity of the early Councils was not that of the Apostles, and that what has been said by Christ, that alone was well said?
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Whatever sphere of the human mind you may select for your special study, whether it be language, or religion, or mythology, or philosophy, whether it be laws or customs, primitive art or primitive science, everywhere, you have to go to India, whether you like it or not, because some of the most valuable and most instructive materials in the history of man are treasured up in India, and in India only.
It was the celebrated Friedrich Max Muller who gave the last two testimonies in a 1882 lecture in defence of the “Character of the Hindus,” and he observed: It is surely extremely strange that whenever, either in Greek, or in Chinese, or in Persian, or in Arab writings, we meet with any attempts at describing the distinguishing features in the national character of the Indians, regard for truth and justice should always be mentioned first.
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