Excerpt from Braj: The Vaishnava Holy Land: A Jubilee Volume The author's purpose in preparing this brief brochure is fourfold: First, to give a short account of an interesting land and its paramount religion. Second, to show that this religion has deteriorated with age, and that the most modern form of it is the most corrupt. Hinduism is worse than Brahmanism, and the more modem Krishnaism is the grossest form of Hinduism. Third, to contrast with the Hinduism of to-day - with the latter-day Krishna cultus - the purer and nobler religion of Christ, and with the puerile narratives of the Puranas the exalted teachings of the gospels. And, lastly, to show the triumphs of the nobler faith in the very stronghold of Hinduism, where for centuries it has been fortified by tradition, custom, wealth, and the prestige of a dominant and bigoted priesthood. Modern Hinduism presents no greater attraction to the masses than this land of Braj. It is the Vaishnava Holy Land. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.